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Southern Pacific train carrying M3A1 Stuart light tanks past the Grove Street Pier, 1943.

These would have most likely been on their way to fight in the jungles of the Pacific Theater. Though lightly armored and armed, Stuarts proved to be invaluable in jungle environments due to their light weight and manueverability. They provided much needed armored support to U.S. and Allied forces in places where heavier tanks simply could not go or would have been logistically impossible to deliver in adequate numbers.

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Piru, CA Fillmore and Western 14 heads westbound out of Piru through the avocado and orange fields that the Heritage Valley is known for in beautiful late afternoon light.

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The great escape. Train station, Melbourne Australia!

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Photo of the Day - January 28, 2016: Kicking Up Snow, image submitted to the UrbanToronto flickr pool by Michael Monastyrskyj 

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ATSF, Chicago, Illinois, 1952 by railphotoart on Flickr.

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MUNI Double-Ended PCC Cars -- 3 Photos These photos were taken by Roger Puta on August 24, 1967. At that time San Francisco MUNI had some ex-double ended PCC in its fleet, i.e., they had been reworked into single ended cars. The cars were built by St. Louis Car Co. in 1948. Note that the doors are at the corners as opposed to at the front and middle for a single-ended PCC. Car 1014 is showing its new rear end, sans headlight and roll sign. MUNI PCC 1015, a L TARAVAL 46th - ZOO car at the West Portal of Twin Peaks Tunnel.

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Tinplate4657 Taken this weekend at the St. Paul Union Depot Railroad Days festival. This layout was setup next to where I was displaying my live steam engine

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“Friendly San Joaquin's At first, this was just your average Amtrak California San Joaquin racing Westbound at MP 25 on the Cal-P towards Oakland, CA. Then it turns out my buddy Klink was the hogger on the train. This went from your average photo to a friendly photo!©FranksRails Photography, LLC.“

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(via Long Island RR Token Booth with Dashing Dan logo, for the New York World's Fair 1964-1965 only, 50 cent shuttle, September 1964 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!)

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I will never quite understand how they managed to splice in 17 feet in the middle without any long-term structural problems.  I understand that there were some railroads that really needed new equipment, so they went for a list-ditch effort and a quick fix - but some of these cars (and splices) lasted in service ANOTHER 40 years without serious problems.  That’s pretty darn amazing.

CSS&SB 13 by Chuck Zeiler on Flickr.

Caption: “CSS&SB [South Shore Line] Pullman built 13 at the Randolph Street Station in Chicago, Illinois on June 27, 1965, Kodachrome by Chuck Zeiler. Number 13 was built by Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company in 1926 as a 60 foot coach with Pullman-style smoking compartment. It was rebuilt in 1946 at which time a 17 foot section was spliced into the middle, creating a 77 foot car and increasing capacity from 56 to 80 seats.”

Today this location is underneath Millennium Park

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winter train by tamson66

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BNSF 3942 E V SDGCLO1 14A HackberryAZ 1 RP by David Carballido-Jeans

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(via Mark Sylvester on Instagram: “#tbt to summer of 2003, on a dreary spring day in Portland, Maine, and the last live F40 I remember seeing in Amtrak service. 280 looks a little worse for wear at 25 years old as it idles the day away in Portland, Maine. 280 is still out there roaming the rails today, now as CSX 9998. 822 is now the 40th anniversary Phase 3 "heritage" locomotive. #Amtrak #Portland #portlandmaine #downeaster #f40 #train #locomotive #🚞 #2003”)

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ATSF GP20 3157-3113, Blue Island, IL

Pure Santa Fe, from the GP20’s to the trailing boxcar. I don’t know about the rest of Santa Fe’s territory, but in ChicagoLand, GP20’s were the backbone of ATSF’s four axle fleet. Here’s two of them about to roll under the Rock Island, on their way to B&OCT’s Barr Yard.

Photo by Bill Johnson.

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Virginia City, NV by bobM9