On 1/18/2024, FEC unveiled their new paint scheme with locomotives 820 & 816. They have been rebuilt and had this new variant added to reflect the GrupoMexico corporate image. They plan to do th... (more)

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1793 is seen on the west side of Raton Pass, near Lynn New Mexico, during WWII in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

National Locomotive's rebuilt former Norfolk & Western RS36 #1800 sits at the shops that NALCO shared with the Morristown & Erie Railroad. This was to be the first in a group of RS11 and RS36 rebu... (more)

Three trains awaiting crews, back in the days of coal, as the sun weakly peers through the humid haze draped over the Appalachian hills. "It's going to be another scorcher", as the old ... (more)

Sometime in the late seventies a WB freight is crossing the big trestle west of town. It may have been that blizzard we had one May 15th. Welcome to North Dakota.

70 Floating hoppers and tumbleweeds

While traveling down highway 70/84 between Texico and Lubbock, Texas, I hoped to see some BNSF trains along the route. Never did I expec... (more)

Lehigh Valley Alco PA-1 604 leads the New York City to Coxton, PA the daily passenger train "The John Wilkes" at Bethlehem, PA on July 05, 1950. The John Wilkes lasted until Februar... (more)

Union Pacific 4014 (Big Boy) in Schuyler

When I climbed on top of this hill, I saw for the first time the Santa Fe derailment that happened just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass, and at first glance it looked like it was from an HO mod... (more)

Amtrak has applied wraps to a pair of their Pacific Surfliner cars, coach 6402 (on the left), and coach/café car 6306 (on the right), to promote the upcoming X Games in Ventura in late Jul... (more)

DALE WY Oct 17 1977 — Union Pacific DDA40X 6920 has just crossed the Dale Creek Fill on its westbound journey to Laramie and offers this angle as it passes below. EMD built the unit (b/n 3546) i... (more)

The Electroliner races westward. Restoration work continues on the Liner set, but it is able to move under it's own power for special events.

Several Union Pacific locomotives line the tracks of UP’s large North Platte Diesel Shop at Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

Norfolk Southern's newest maintenance of way equipment, NS 992800 and 992801, rest for the weekend with the R3 rail train in the house track at Orangeburg, South Carolina. Now considered "on-... (more)

Just another ex-Con chilling in the parking lot. The former Conrail Executive E is looking a little worse for the wear as it has floated around after leaving Big Blue. All fingers are crossed fo... (more)