Handsome F7 4515 with five other F-units are at the head of a westbound train awaiting departure from Salamanca, N.Y. in May 1959. Photo from my collection, no photographer listed on slide.

Five first generation Rio Grande Geeps, lead by GP9 5943 in charge of a mainline freight at Plainview, Colorado in March 1969. Photo from my slide collection, Photographer J.B. Calvert.

NYC Alco RS-11 8008, with three FA's heading west at River Rouge, Michigan near Detroit in March 1962. The NYC RS-11's were delivered in July 1957, not in Lightning stripes, but in black with a w... (more)

Wabash E-8 1004 leading the Chicago to St. Louis "Banner Blue" leaving the Decatur Station for the remaining one hundred and thirteen mile trip to St. Louis on February 21, 1958. Photo... (more)

NYC GP7's 5764 and 5795 leads train 406 to Chicago at Kankakee, Illinois on February 28, 1958. Rated at 1500hp each and having a heavy train it was hard for the Geeps to maintain track speed. Man... (more)

A pair of RF&P E8A's 1009-1014 on the point of train 375 pauses at Alexandria station before continuing south to Richmond on March 01, 1971. Two railroads, the Southern Railway and the C&O opera... (more)

A red flag was displayed on the lead unit for the back-up movement of no.2 the San Francisco Chief, from Dearborn Street Station to the 18th Street Yard on June 3, 1966. Lead unit 326 is an F7 gea... (more)

Rio Grande Alco PA-1 6013, here sunning itself at Denver Union Station on May 18, 1959. From my collection, Photo by Lou Schmitz.

One of the unique NKP 1300-series boxcar cabooses no.1346, with an NKP GP9 458 at Donnellson, Illinois on May 10, 1956. From my collection, Photo by Frank Tatnall.

A pair of E-5's, led by C&S 9955, is in charge of the northbound Dallas to Denver train 28 in April 1967. Number 28 is carrying a mixed bag of equipment from various roads. C&S E-5 9955 the "S... (more)

Santa Fe E8M 81 leads the Denver-LaJunta Train 191 at Colorado Springs, Colorado in August 1968. Santa Fe E8M 81 was rebuilt by EMD in 1953 from a 1937 model EMC E1A #4. Santa Fe owned the enti... (more)

A quartet of Monon F-units, leads a northbound freight through Borden, Indiana in August 1960. Photo from my slide collection, no photographer's name Listed.

New York Central took delivery of the very first Fairbanks-Morse C-Liner built, starting in 1950-52 numbered 5006-5017. NYC 5011 at the Detroit enginehouse in August 1962. Photo from my slide coll... (more)

In October 1965, steam equipped Wabash Geep 486 and N&W 3494 (ex-Wabash 494) leads the Chicago-St. Louis Banner Blue at Granite City, Illinois. Photo from my collection, the photographer Al Hol... (more)

Western Pacific F7A 919-D, F7B, GP20, F7A prepare to head west out of Keddie yard in October, 1969. Photo from my collection, the photographer was not specified.