Warbonnets on freight became more common as more passenger trains disappeared. The "white" on this unit seems to be particularly evident. Were there two different versions of the passe... (more)

Things seemed more interesting when the 4-axle units went up the "hollers" on mine runs. These units are entering the north end of the former C&O yard. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from ... (more)

With a big group of foamers set up for CSX L810 in the small west Georgia town of Cedartown, we quickly caught the attention of the locals who did not understand our fascination with just another ... (more)

CSX's Metropolitan Subdivision sees a familiar friend once again, Chessie the railroad kitten. CSX's Chessie System Heritage Unit 1973, brightens up the rainy night as it leads mixed freight M4152... (more)

Wearing an Olympic cycling trials billboard point job.

By the generosity of the Norfolk Southern our club was provided a tour of the then new yard. In a view from the tower we see some power moving cars around in the yard.

VGN 2-8-8-2s 739 and 710 are seen leaving Page West Virginia with a freight in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Morant's Curve (named to honor Canadian Pacific photographer Nicholas Morant [June 29, 1910 - March 13, 1999]) is best for eastbound trains … and, naturally, we got a westbound (CPKC 301, a grai... (more)

Hazy Day On The Sunflour Railroad. Built for what would become the Soo Line Railroad, the modern day Sunflour Railroad (reporting marks SNR) functions as a car storage line with no active c... (more)

Rolling through Sandwich, Illinois on October 01, 1959 a westbound Burlington freight is propelled by a trio of Chinese Red high-nose SD24's on the point. Here U.S. Route 34 parallels the CB&Q m... (more)

Only just an hour into the northbound Coast Starlight’s journey, disaster has struck. A large truck was fouling the single main around 11:15 AM Wednesday morning when Amtrak #14 came through at ... (more)

ATSF 575 leading an eastbound Q train takes five at Joliet near Union Station while the Employee Passenger Special gets under way just ahead of it. Soon both trains will be headed for Corwith Yard... (more)

BN 6004 was Balmer Yard's principal hump engine in the mid-70s. The unit was GN's fifth SD7, part of a fleet of 23 SD7s and 27 SD9s, most of which were assigned to Minnesota. I enjoyed several eve... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

An ABBA set of what was once common freight power leads a Santa Fe freight through Oklahoma City on the elevated portion of track over the Rock Island and Frisco. Taken by Frank Tribbey. Patrick M... (more)