SP 7345 is in run 8 as it works eastbound uphill through San Timoteo Canyon. There are many reverse curve in the canyon, making for slow speeds for heavy eastbound trains.

During one of several "rainbow eras" on the NYS&W, a colorful consist leads HAN-2 across the Hackensack River bridge. The train will soon arrive at Ridgefield Park where the power was typically s... (more)

ELS 503 and 402 get underway for the day at Coleman easing the train south down through the small town. Once they reach Green Bay they will interchange with the CN on the Manistique Sub for a shor... (more)

A pair of youngsters watch SP 8314 lead a westbound manifest over Cajon Summit, while westbound UP 3091 waits patiently for the westbound Amtrak Desert Wind to run around it. Don't worry, the chi... (more)

4236 & 4240 pass Newman whilst hauling train 101 from Decatur to Chrisman

For Progress. When it was retired from active service, the CSX Huntington, West Virginia shops took former Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad EMD SD40 7534 (CSX 4617, CSX 8393, née-CO 7534, 3/1971... (more)

Ex-Penn Central wearing the small "Conrail".

Ex Western Maryland SD40 currently owned by PNLX sits on the Western Maryland Scenic/CSX interchange track waiting pickup by CSX to begin its journey to Michigan.

In the Colorado landscape's dramatic fashion, Royal Gorge Scenic train snakes along the Arkansas River and between the walls of the Royal Gorge. 1,053 feet above the train is the Royal Gorge Bridg... (more)

NS SD40 1580 still awaits its time in the paint shop for its restoration

An empty coal train rounds the loop as it returns to the Captain Mine near Cutler, Illinois to reload.

Most trains traveling east out of Alliance, NE are loaded with Powder River coal, but in the Nebraska sand hills along Nebraska Route 2, we traveled in our Chevrolet Impala station wagon alongsid... (more)

Canadian National EMD SD40 No. 5013 leads eastbound CN train 340 through Genoa, Wisconsin, on Burlington Northern’s main line along a frozen Mississippi River on February 27, 1993.

I was too young to be with my Dad on this one. Three GM&O SD40s lead an extra through Joliet, Illinois circa 1971/1972. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.

A ballast train grinds up the grade towards Austin on a hot summer afternoon following Greenhorn Creek amid the arid Montana rolling hills. The veteran EMD on the point is still admirably earning ... (more)