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A company photo featuring one of Southern Pacific's Krauss-Maffei, ML-4000 diesel-hydraulics, #9006, circa 1963. This particular unit was part of the company's second-batch that offered a more road-switcher-like appearance and was dubbed "hood units." american-rails.com/ml-4000.html

One of Baltimore & Ohio's beautifully streamlined P-7d's (4-6-2) has train #76, the eastbound "Cincinnatian," crossing Tray Run Viaduct, in the summer of 1947. Charles H. Kerrigan photo. american-rails.com/cincinnatian.h…

The Erie Lackawanna's large terminal at Marion, Ohio was still quite busy when seen here in March of 1976. Alas, that would soon change with arrival of Conrail in the coming weeks. Gary Morris photo. american-rails.com/lackawanna.html

Chicago & North Western C44-9W #8637 is on home rails at Missouri Valley, Iowa with a westbound manifest on June 18, 2000. Wade Massie photo. american-rails.com/52602.html

In this Union Pacific publicity photo the rare E2 model leads the westbound "City of San Francisco" which is seen here at Riview, Wyoming, circa 1940. The bulbous-nose E2 was a hybrid in Electro-Motive's transition from the slant-nose EA/E1 to the later "Bulldog" look on the…

Virginian Railway 2-6-6-6, #903 (Class AG), is seen here in Norfolk, Virginia during December of 1954. american-rails.com/2-6-6-6.html

An EMD photo featuring new Chicago & Eastern Illinois F3s; February, 1948. american-rails.com/291a2.html

The eastbound "Wabash Cannon Ball," arrives at Tolono, Illinois on October 28, 1962. american-rails.com/cannonball.html

G Cabin operator Melva Rowe speaks with a local CSX crew at Gordonsville, Virginia on July 3, 1990. Wade Massie photo. american-rails.com/va.html

The southbound "Southern Crescent" at Laurel, Mississippi; November, 1978. Gary Morris photo. american-rails.com/southern.html

Illinois Central's Central Station complex (clock tower) in Chicago is seen here, circa 1971. It was razed a few years later (1974), considered an eye sore. american-rails.com/ctrl.html

Louisville & Nashville E6A #772 is ahead of "The Humming Bird" at Louisville Union Station (Kentucky) in 1956. Howard Robins photo. american-rails.com/humming-bird.h…

At the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad in Petersburg, WV on the evening of June 27, 2010; from left to right B&O F7A #722 (ex-Bessemer & Lake Erie #722-A), Western Maryland GP30 #501 (ex-PRR #2249), and C&O F3Au #8016 (ex-Clinchfield F3A #800). Tom Granville photo.…

Central Vermont/Grand Trunk GP9 #1776 wearing the road's Bicentennial livery. american-rails.com/bicentennial.h…

It's the early Burlington Northern era as a pair of former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy E8A's, led by #9934, depart Chicago Union Station with the westbound "Denver Zephyr" in the summer of 1970. american-rails.com/denver.html

A Pennsylvania GG-1 with a southbound passenger consist along the Northeast Corridor at Jericho Park, Maryland on January 1, 1968, shortly before the Penn Central merger. Robert Flack photo. american-rails.com/nec.html

From left to right Cotton Belt/St. Louis Southwestern 4-8-4 #819 (Class L-1), Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 #1218 (Class A), Union Pacific 4-8-4 #844, and St. Louis-San Francisco/Frisco 4-8-2 #1522 are all under steam as they simmer away in St. Louis during June of 1990. Gary Morris…

Pennsylvania E8A #4268's Keystone has nearly faded away, symbolizing the road's growing financial troubles, as Illinois Central E8A #4032 sits close by at Indianapolis Union Station, circa 1967. american-rails.com/ius.html

Lehigh Valley 4-6-2 #2093 waits for its train at Newark, New Jersey along the PRR on February 1, 1941. american-rails.com/diamond.html

Erie Lackawanna's train #1605 (Hoboken, New Jersey - Spring Valley, New York) arrives at Hillsdale, New Jersey; August, 1971. Henry Butz photo. american-rails.com/lackawanna.html