AREZ 5931 in fresh paint, south of Corvallis.

A California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society excursion train is seen leaving Reno on December 1st 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A modest five car train is dwarfed by the Joso Bridge over the Snake River, Union Pacific's largest, in southeast Washington. It's been a dry summer and the sun is slightly muted by the smoke from... (more)

Stack over Two Medicine
It’s autumn, but snow has already coated the jagged peaks in Glacier National Park. On October 8, 2018, a BNSF stack train crosses the oft-photographed Two Med... (more)

Katy was desperate for motive power when they got some KCC high cab units. When chopping the cab and hood they got it almost right but somewhat lower than normal. Other units were repainted but ... (more)

Lehigh Valley Alco FA2 582 mated with an FB-1 and two EMD counterparts powers this NE-1 passing in front of the joint LV-RDG station with a pair of SW-8's working the locals on February 29, 19... (more)

Back in Action: After spending the last few months in the shops awaiting repainting, NS 1069, the Virginian, finally sees the light of day for the first time in 3 months, as it is brought out of... (more)

CSX 1850 sporting the Louisville and Nashville heritage scheme as they depart on M492-26.

The North Reading Fast Freight "America's Freight Train" pulls North by the Reading & Northern Shops in Port Clinton Pennsylvania. The RBMN 3059 leads a five unit consist pulling by the ... (more)

"Bennett Scenic Journey" train from Skagway, AK, has crossed the US-Canada border and arrived at Fraser, BC, for border immigration checks. While waiting, I see another train pulls in ri... (more)

Warbonnets on freight became more common as more passenger trains disappeared. The "white" on this unit seems to be particularly evident. Were there two different versions of the passe... (more)

Things seemed more interesting when the 4-axle units went up the "hollers" on mine runs. These units are entering the north end of the former C&O yard. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from ... (more)

Ns 8758 sit's rusting away at the local scrap yard.

Now at Larry's Truck the SP 2641 was Brand New and shiny in 1972. The now rusty and picked over SW 1500 sports LTEX reporting markings and the paint is nearly gone but the Southern Pacific Lineage... (more)

Wearing an Olympic cycling trials billboard point job.