While all eyes were on a certain steam locomotive, I couldn't help but notice these veterans nearby. There is still a fairly remarkable fleet of them in service today, thankfully, but most are in... (more)

UP 4533 (SD70M) leads an officer's special towards the Moffat Tunnel, passing the trusty designated chase vehicle dubbed "The F-Unit".

Our 2nd storm of the season started getting going Friday morning. By the time it ended Saturday night, most of Iowa is in pretty bad shape. It was an impressive storm with a decent amount of wind ... (more)

Western Pacific 4-8-2 171 is seen at Oroville California in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

BNSF 4702 leads a Long Beach Pier E to Alliance, TX stack train around the curve leading into Crozier Canyon. When I saw this train on the lineup, I thought the 4702 was still painted in the iconi... (more)

LTV/Erie RS-11 7205 works a mine train at their facility in Hoyt Lakes, MN. in September of 1987. These units were seldom photographed as they stayed near the mine and rarely ventured out on the m... (more)

With the pair of Alton & Southern SD60's in charge, UP train MBNAS (Bloomington, IL to Gateway Yard in East Saint Louis, IL) prepares its departure out of the Bloomington Yard. Clouds were heavy i... (more)

Fisheating Creek. The FEC 148 charter passes over Fisheating Creek, the name of which is derived from the Creek "Thlothlopopka-Hatchee"--translated as "the creek where fish ... (more)

CSX's Spirit of Law Enforcement 3194 leads M576 across the Ohio River as it nears Indiana. Technically since Kentucky claims the Ohio River to the Indiana shore I suppose its Louisville Kentucky h... (more)

GE industrials morphed over the years with little fanfare and no change of model. Much like the tractors on 18-wheelers components varied from user to user. One locomotive we handled had a two c... (more)

40 Years Ago This Weekend!

Bringing up the rear of the World's Fair Daylight, a 13-car train of privately-owned passenger cars – all painted in Daylight re... (more)

One of the few remaining CSX jeeps in YN2 paint leads the L148 across the Little Kanawha River leaving CSX’s Parkersburg yard.

It was a happening morning at Alton & Southern's Gateway Yard as SD60's 2204 and 2205 build a train along Third Rail Road in Alorton, while UP 3019 is on hold, waiting for an available track to ya... (more)

Local Delivery. New York & Atlantic leaser locomotive GMTX 2204 idles on the Bushwick Branch with train RS-40 as a man on an e-bike crosses the tracks on Morgan Ave in East Williamsburg... (more)

Classics NS 9549, a beat-up Dash 9, awaits rebuild at Juniata. In the background, an SD45-2 is awaiting accident repairs, and 8688, the Juniata fuel tender, sits with a wrecked Dash 9.