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All About Railroads · Locomotives

Great Locomotives

The iron horses of American railroading. Photographs and accounts of the great locomotives that powered the rails — from early steam engines to the giants of the golden age.

Adirondack & St Lawrence
Adirondack & St Lawrence
Arcade & Attica Railroad
Arcade & Attica Railroad
Atlantic and Great Western
Atlantic City Railroad
Atlantic City Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio President Buchanan
Baltimore & Ohio President Buchanan
Bangor and Aroostook
Bangor and Piscataquis
Bangor and Piscataquis
Barre Railroad
Barre Railroad
Bigfour
Boston and Maine
Catham and Lebanon Valley
Catham and Lebanon Valley
Central Georgia Railroad
Central Georgia Railroad
Charelston & Western Carolina
Charelston & Western Carolina
Chesapeake & Ohio Railorad
Chesapeake & Ohio Railorad
Chesapeake12
Cheshire Railroad
Cheshire Railroad
Compressed Air Engine
Compressed Air Engine
ConcordKS
Connecticut River
Connecticut River
Delaware Lackawanna
Delaware Lackawanna
Detroit & Mackinac RR
Detroit & Mackinac RR
Dover & Winnepasaukee RR
Dover & Winnepasaukee RR
Eastern Railroad
Eastern Railroad
Electric
Franconia Notch
Franconia Notch
Haverell Railroad
Haverell Railroad
Live Oak Railroad
Live Oak Railroad
Nantasket Beach
Nantasket Beach
Nashville Baldwin
Nashville Baldwin
New England Railroad
New England Railroad
New Haven Railroad
New Haven Railroad
New York Providence
New York Providence
Northern Pacific Ten Wheeler
Northern Railroad
Northern Railroad
Norwolk and Western
Norwolk and Western
NYC
NYOW
Old Colony
Old Colony
Portland & Kennebec RR
Portland & Kennebec RR
Portland & Ogden
Rio Grande Railroad
Rio Grande Railroad
Southern
Southern Express Railroad
Southern Express Railroad
Southern Railroad
stgothard
Vermont and Massachusetts
Vermont and Massachusetts
Western Maryland
Western Maryland
Western Maryland
Western Maryland
Worcester and Norwich
Worcester and Norwich