The Crescent - behind two E8As and two FP7As - pulls away from its Tuscaloosa station stop.

Santa Fe's train 201 with E8(A) 83 awaits its 12:30 p.m. departure from La Junta to Denver on January 18, 1968. Photo from my collection, no photographer listed on slide.

In the 1970s, the southbound Crescent did not get to Hattiesburg until very late in the afternoon, which could be a problem on short winter days. That's why the approach to the Leaf River Bridge ... (more)

It is still hard to believe that the Southern Crescent had to call at this pitiful remnant of Terminal Station. Built in 1909, and torn down in 1969 (just 5 years before this photo), Terminal Sta... (more)

I played 'catch the sun' all weekend on one of my few trips to Tuscaloosa way back when. As the Crescent rolled in from Birmingham, it was overcast as heck. A few minutes later, a brief sweet sp... (more)

The James Whitcomb Riley moves past State Line Tower. Tom Golden photo.

Southern 6900 sits outside the roundhouse in Spencer enjoying the afternoon sun before its shoved in its stall for the night.

Erie On Erie. On Thursday, April 29, 2021, former Erie Railroad E8 833 left its long time home in Port Jervis, New York for what may be the final time, destination unknown. This engine last... (more)

A shabby ex-B&O E8A (assisted by a leased SCL E7A) is on the headend of the Floridian during its stop at Montgomery's equally shabby Union Station.

The Southern California Railway Museum (formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum) shows off some of their finest, operating diesels in the golden hour light on a late, warm spring evenin... (more)

Alone in The Night - A look upon one of Union Pacific's former flagship locomotives as to how it would have looked in the mid-era of passenger railroading. This unit has not only been resto... (more)

You might think its summer already with the warm temperature in Perris this afternoon as the sun beats down on an open field located south of downtown. Scattered sporadically throughout the acres ... (more)

All Good Things Come in Threes. As the old saying goes...you can't just stop at two since all good things come in threes.

An eastbound aircraft streaks in the sky above UP 942 and ATSF 108 as the Southern California Railway Museum's first formal night photography session continues into the evening.