With the snow capped Sierra mountains in the background, and a cold breeze blowing an eastbound Z train slithering like a snake through the S curves at Glenshire just east of Truckee, CA.

CSX M583 in Waxhaw

A trio of two kind of new and one brand new eSPee AC4400CWs head towards the Wilmington Wye south of Dolores Yard. October 15 1995.

GP40 (3807) and its' mate (807) have started the evening shift with a string of containers in tow; setting up one of tonight's Berkshire & Eastern road train runs.

Met 1 heads out of Dallas yard to work industries on the White Rock branch and Interstate 635 getting wider day by day.

Looking pretty good after a few years, a small relief from "stealth" is on the point of a southbound train.

Grafton & Upton 1751 is sporting fresh paint after repairs were made after years on the side line. The GP9R was built as a straight GP9 for the Grand Trunk Western as their 4932 in November, 1958.... (more)

A manifest comes into West Colton Yard off the Palmdale Cutoff. Power are a pair of SD40T-2s (SP and DRGW) bookending a MK SD40M-2 rebuild. Oct 25 1995.

A fifty eight car freight is westbound near Eads Colorado in 1950. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Western Pacific 4-8-2 171 is seen at Oroville California in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A leased LTEX SW9 shuffles scrap gons at the Midwest Steel & Alloy scrapyard in Youngstown, Ohio located alongside the CSX New Castle Subdivision. The crew has just run these two cars over the rai... (more)

IC 1033 and 1017, both Deathstar SD70's, lead CN L503 south through Blue Island Junction as ominous clouds swirl overhead. L503 is a BRC Clearing Yard to CN Kirk Yard train and is utilizing the fo... (more)

Winding slowly downgrade on the serpentine branch this loaded mine run was an easy chase. Though wearing its short-lived Seaboard System number it still bears the proud logo of SCL's whipping boy... (more)

On March 15, 2024, after 42 inches of snow fell on Crescent during a major Colorado Front Range storm, the view of snow-covered scenery from Amtrakā€™s westbound California Zephyr would have been ... (more)

On a rare visit to the Kansas City area, a quartet of GM&O SD-40s have uncoupled from their train, likely #91, and are headed back to the engine house. The SD-40s were purchased by the GM&O to ha... (more)