Inside the recently restored cab of Alco 5, the control stand shines in the afternoon sun showing the unique contrast of 1940's engineering to modern day.

I shot this at Wilsmere Yard near Wilmington DE on July 8, 1978. A Baltimore & Ohio SW1, circa 1940, and a former Chesapeake & Ohio NW2, about nine years newer, sit next to a boxcar with a roof ha... (more)

A pair of Cleveland Works Railroad jobs meet deep inside the steel mill complex at the Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Works in Cleveland, Ohio. A solo SW1500 hauls the bottle train towards the slag du... (more)

The Iowa Northern and Canadian National operated a joint special across the majority of the railroad over 2 days. Many high-end officials sat down and talked about the many aspects of the upcoming... (more)

After attending the Kentucky Derby the day before CSX P001-5 heads for home.

Reportedly ex-MP and considering the replacement headlight with no number boards I would guess originally C&EI. Don't even know where I got the road name from. I found the thing by accident.

On display at the Hoboken Railfest.

RPPY (Rouses Point-Potomac yard).

The Green One NS 6800, the only locomotive of its kind, sits in Rose Yard along with some other EMDs.

These were around for a while looking good and sounding almost as good as the ones with the real 20-cylinder 645s under the hood. I keep waiting for somebody to do an SD30. After all, parts is ju... (more)

Throwback to the late 90's. Bnsf 2911 sit's on the local at Hannibal, Meanwhile Bnsf 769 drag's Ns train 255 west through town.

With both the "Virginian" and "Conrail" heritage units leading, 12Z pauses for a quick moment on the bridge while a motorboat races by the scene. The conductor may or may not have used this as a... (more)

BNSF 1826 (SD40-2 in old school paint) sits in the engine servicing yard in Denver, Colorado.

This shot rather landed in my lap due to an errant merge onto the "A" route thru, as opposed to around, town. Thought I was done for, but the train maintained a delicate speed and I was... (more)

2816 pulls out of it's fourth maintenance stop of the day, on top of meeting six trains, on the marathon run of about 320 miles from Minot, ND to Glenwood, MN. Here the Hudson says goodbye to Nor... (more)