On Saturday, November 9th, 2013, just before the first of two Autumn Leaf excursions, the Wilmington & Western honored our military and their service to our country during a ceremony at 11:30 a.m.... (more)

As a Veterans Day salute this image shows SD40-2 3593, which was painted in a special scheme and labeled "Desert Victory" to honor UP employees serving in Desert Storm. The names of those employee... (more)

Rock Island's bicentennial E8 652 debutes on the 20th Century Railroad Club's Railfair '76 special from Chicago to Bureau, shown here departing Chicago.

Amtrak Police Officer Wolf and his canine partner pose in front of P42DC 42, the unit painted to commemorate America's military veterans. (Union Station, Los Angeles, California - September 19, 2... (more)

on a very lucky day for me while checking the south end of ICG's exIC Markum yard on the south side of Chicago ICG's second (and only) BiCentennial painted unit was leading a train south out of th... (more)

On National Train day DM&IR 193 with American Flags on it's cab enjoys the beautiful weather before helping switch out 261's train.

SP 4449 sits patiently while the American Freedom Train is on exhibit. The crew is in the process of touching up the paint on 4449's pilot.

The Original "All American"

Photographed on Kodachrome more than two years after America's Bicentennial celebration, WP 1776 awaits servicing at D&RGW's Roper Diesel Shop in South Salt Lake. GP40 1776 was built the WP 3540 b... (more)

FEC 107 winds it's way through the Nation's Oldest City on a sunny evening with two former Rail America schemed locomotives. These locomotives will eventually leave in 2015.

Amtrak train #370, the Pere Marquette, departs Chicago with "heritage" P42 #66 leading, Superliner cars, and "heritage" F40 #406 on the rear. They are passing the colorful Veterans duo, NS SD60E ... (more)

Happy Birthday, USA! 237 years ago, the United States of America declared its independence. Norfolk Southern is honored to recognize the service of our country's military members, past and prese... (more)

After assisting in their duties of loading military trucks onto rail flatcars, four Marines at Camp Lejeune, NC, take the opportunity to salute the flag on the NS 6920 and honor our Nation's Veter... (more)

A close study of FEC 226's power, three schemes exist here, the Rail America 2008-2011, the blue dip as it's called about 2000-2008 and the original 1940's scheme which is now the new again.

January 17 marks the anniversary of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. This image shows the patriotic SD60M BN painted for the occasion rolling back to Montana with coal empties from Superior, Wiscon... (more)