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T-1 Construction Photos
In Steam Glory 2, the 2007 Special Edition from Classic Trains, we present a history of the Reading Company’s main locomotive shops at Reading, Pa. In their century of locomotive-building, the Reading Shops’ greatest creations were the 30 T-1 Northerns of 1945-47. Below are 30 photos of T-1’s under construction at Reading; click on each image to enlarge.
Railroad story of the month: November 2009
 11/04/2009
Santa Fe nights
Jim Neubauer 10/23/2009
A 1950s tour conductor recalls some special times on the Santa Fe
Delaware & Hudson: a fallen flag remembered
Jim Shaughnessy 10/23/2009
On December 1, 2000, the flag of North America's oldest transportation company finally fell
A Tour Conductor's trains
Jim Neubauer 10/23/2009
In the Winter 2009 issue of Classic Trains, Jim Neubauer recalls his 1958-1961 stint as a tour conductor. The trains he rode with his groups took him from coast to coast, from Canada to Mexico, as this list shows.
Railroad story of the month: October 2009
 10/07/2009
Railroad story of the month: September 2009
 09/02/2009
Railroad story of the month: August 2009
 08/05/2009
SP cab-forward roster
 07/23/2009
Online supplement to "Tales from the Front" in Fall 2009 Classic Trains magazine
Chasing the elusive Black Marias
 07/23/2009
Online supplement to "The Case of the Black Marias," by Preston Cook, Fall 2009 Classic Trains magazine
Railroad story of the month: July 2009
 07/01/2009
Railroad story of the month: June 2009
 06/03/2009
50 years ago this month: June 1959
 06/03/2009
Railroad story of the month: May 2009
 05/04/2009
50 years ago this month: May 1959
 05/04/2009
GG1 in layers
 04/24/2009
GG1 engineer's controls
 04/24/2009
GG1 roster
 04/24/2009
Railroad story of the month: April 2009
 03/31/2009
50 years ago in railroad history: April 1959
 03/31/2009
Railroad story of the month: March 2009
 03/03/2009
50 years ago in railroad history: March 1959
 03/03/2009
Railroad story of the month: February 2009
 02/03/2009
A look back in time: February 1959
 02/03/2009
Railroad story of the month: January 2009
 01/05/2009
A look back in time: January 1959
 01/05/2009
Railroad story of the month: December 2008
 12/01/2008
A look back in time: December 1958
 12/01/2008
Railroad story of the month: November 2008
 11/03/2008
A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
A look back in time: November 1958
 11/03/2008
50 years ago in railroad history... A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
TRAIN CONSISTS: Champion and Auto-Train
 10/27/2008
Railroad story of the month: October 2008
 09/30/2008
A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
A look back in time: October 1958
 09/30/2008
50 years ago in railroad history... A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
Railroad story of the month: September 2008
 09/02/2008
A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
A look back in time: September 1958
 09/02/2008
50 years ago in railroad history... A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
Railroad story of the month: August 2008
 07/31/2008
A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
A look back in time: August 1958
 07/31/2008
50 years ago in railroad history... A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
Railroad story of the month: July 2008
 06/16/2008
A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
A look back in time: July 1958
 06/16/2008
50 years ago in railroad history... A supplement to the Classic Trains Online Look Back e-mail newsletter
Pullman on Dress Parade
 04/25/2008
From Texas to Valley Forge for the 1957 National Jamboree
By Olan B. Draper 04/25/2007
Memories of Boy Scout Tour 904
Inaugural Consists for C&O's George Washington
 01/18/2007
Marion, Ohio, Train Log
 01/18/2007
June 14, 1970
Online extra: Jacksonville Terminal train chart
 08/02/2006
Post-World War II East Broad Top timeline
 02/01/2005
Read "Mr. Kovalchick's Full-size Train Set" in the Spring 2005 issue of Classic Trains
Online Bonus: "The case of the elusive C-Liners"
 02/01/2005
Learn more about C-Liners by reading this story from the July 1972 issue of TRAINS magazine.
The Berkshire: Fast-Freight Legend
 04/01/2004
These final 2-8-4's are covered in "The Unwanted Berkshires" in the Spring 2004 issue of Classic Trains magazine.
The General
Arthur Dubin 10/29/2003
PRR's champion of rail-air service was a leader in both military and railroad affairs
Wabash Railway Steam Locomotives in the 20th Century
 09/01/2003
For more on Wabash steam, read Wabash's Phantom N Class in the Fall 2003 issue of Classic Trains.
Baltimore & Ohio timeline
 04/28/2003
The Summer 2003 issue of Classic Trains celebrates 175 years of the B&O Railroad. Here's a timeline of "America's railroad"
Marketing the Golden State Limited
Illustrations from the collection of Warren Taylor 12/01/2002
Brochures, pamphlets, and route guides spanning 50 years of travel on a Chicago-California luxury train
Carolina circle
J. David Ingles  08/02/2002
Passenger-train consists from Dave Ingles' Carolina Circle trip, March 17-21, 1966
Ready to serve the nation
 11/12/2001
Music dedicated to the Military Railway Service
The ways to and from Denver
Dave Ingles 07/10/2001
Passenger-train consists from a 1967 trip from Springfield, Ill. to Colorado, Utah, Montana, and back
The Frisco in photographs
 01/18/2001
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