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Photo ID: 397166

Seaboard Coast Line passenger, mail, & express train No. 3 is making fast time approaching Franklinton, NC in February 1968. The consist of No. 3 has diminished considerably by this date and the ... (more)

Railroad: Seaboard Coast Line
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Franklinton, NC, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SCL 564
Train ID: SCL No. 3
Photo Date: February, 1968


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By: Wharton Separk

Added: May 07, 2012

Views: 3,538
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Photo ID: 396419

While L&N mail and express train number 4 readies for departure, Monon’s number 6 rolls out for Chicago in this Louisville Union Station scene from 1964. Number 4’s power is a motley mix of E6... (more)

Railroad: Monon
Locomotive: EMD F3(A)
Location: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Locomotive #: MON 203
Train ID: Monon 6
Photo Date: 1964


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By: Collection of Ron Flanary

Added: Apr 29, 2012

Views: 4,528
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Photo ID: 391193

It's 12:01pm at Raleigh, NC and passenger, mail, and express train No. 4 has just released brakes and begun it's northward roll towards Richmond, Va. E7 3034 leads an SDP35 and a typical consist ... (more)

Railroad: Seaboard Air Line
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: SAL 3034
Train ID: No. 4
Photo Date: October, 1966


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By: Wharton Separk

Added: Mar 03, 2012

Views: 5,091
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Photo ID: 366050

NYC J-3a Hudson 5414, with a long mail train and several rider coaches bringing up the rear, departs Chicago's La Salle Street Station on a cold winter day toward the end of New York Central steam... (more)

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-4
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: 5414
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: 1956


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By: Juice Junkie

Added: Jun 14, 2011

Views: 11,839
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Favorited: 35
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Photo ID: 363447

A mail train draws a steam assignment on this September day.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA
Locomotive #: UP 843
Train ID: mail
Photo Date: September 05, 1957


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: May 15, 2011

Views: 10,585
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Photo ID: 360113

Seaboard passenger, mail, and express train No. 3 awaits its 4:15pm departure from Raleigh, NC in April 1966. The car inspector is walking the train as a couple of railfans look on.

Railroad: Seaboard Air Line
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Locomotive #: 3038
Train ID: No. 3
Photo Date: April, 1966


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By: Wharton Separk

Added: Apr 11, 2011

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Photo ID: 355425

Departing for West 30th Street on Manhattan's West Side with Flexi-Vans of mail off the "Wolverine"

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: EMD GP7
Location: Croton-Harmon, New York, USA
Locomotive #: NYC 5769
Train ID: Eastbound
Photo Date: April 14, 1966


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By: George W. Hamlin

Added: Feb 24, 2011

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Photo ID: 354513

Burlington's Denver Zephyr surprised me while I was waiting for the mail train in the background (shown in image 354169). It came out of nowhere and was by me in a flash. It had to be hitting at l... (more)

Railroad: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Locomotive: EMD E7(A)
Location: Brookfield, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: May, 1955


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By: Juice Junkie

Added: Feb 14, 2011

Views: 11,425
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Photo ID: 346599

What kind of sandhouse gossip do you think these trainmen are discussing on this pleasant September day amongst the Streamliners? #5 was a mail train.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD E(9)
Location: Ogden, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: UP 944
Train ID: 5
Photo Date: September 06, 1957


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Nov 26, 2010

Views: 7,748
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Photo ID: 328184

A "President" class P7c leads a passenger train past John's camera on the south side. This shot is a followup to an earlier upload, click on "BO 5309" above to link to it. The Chicago Can Compan... (more)

Railroad: Baltimore & Ohio (B&O)
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-2
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: BO 5309
Train ID: mail-express
Photo Date: August 11, 1956


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Jun 15, 2010

Views: 7,159
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Photo ID: 307588

Penn Central's mail & express train to Chicago, Getting ready to leave C.U.T.

Railroad: Penn Central
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: PRR 4318
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: 1970


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By: Lin Moss

Added: Dec 19, 2009

Views: 4,613
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Photo ID: 306237

Former DL&W 818 and former Erie 826 sit with the mostly mail and express train 22 in Port Jervis. This was a Binghamton to Hoboken accomodation that was run after the through trains had been route... (more)

Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: EMD E8(A)
Location: Port Jervis, New York, USA
Locomotive #: 818 826
Train ID: 22
Photo Date: January, 1965


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Dec 06, 2009

Views: 10,270
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Photo ID: 298173

2397 approaches Windsor Station.

Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway
Locomotive: Steam 4-6-2
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Locomotive #: CP 2397
Train ID: mail & express
Photo Date: July 04, 1954


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Sep 23, 2009

Views: 7,306
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Favorited: 25
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Photo ID: 291598

A suspected Mohawk-led mail and express train, with 4 head-end mail cars, slows to stop at Crestline. It was scheduled into Crestline at 3:10 and did not carry passengers (1956 Ohio Div. TT). Du... (more)

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-2
Location: Crestline, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: unk
Train ID: 472
Photo Date: May 29, 1954


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Jul 23, 2009

Views: 15,250
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Favorited: 36
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Photo ID: 290923

A profile of Niagara #6014 during a midday station stop at Crestline. This was mostly a mail & express train, carrying passengers only as far as Galion. The interlocking tower is behind the loco... (more)

Railroad: New York Central
Locomotive: Steam 4-8-4
Location: Crestline, Ohio, USA
Locomotive #: NYC 6014
Train ID: 473
Photo Date: May 29, 1954


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By: John Dziobko www.godfatherrails.com

Added: Jul 17, 2009

Views: 16,992
Comments: 4

Favorited: 60
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