Despite massive traffic increases BN was able to retire Alcos, early GE's, EMD covered wagons, and even more modern units like SD45's,F45's and U33C's during the 80's. But as the 90's rolled aroun... (more)

L&N 2376 resting at Etowah, TN || October 1974

This old veteran has had quite a history. It started out life as an RS-1 built for the Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railroad and one of the first thirteen of the class built by Alco. It was requisi... (more)

Alaska RR rotary snow plow #3 basking in the summer sun at Anchorage yard awaiting its move up to a siding at Curry for long-term storage awaiting its disposition. This plow was built by the Cooke... (more)

The summer of 1979 I took my first big railfanning road trip to get some shots of BN's Alco fleet that called the Pacific Northwest home. Prior to that most of my photography had been done within ... (more)

Lima Locomotive Works introduced the new concept of "Super Power" in the 1920s, thanks to Lima's mechanical engineer William E. Woodward. Woodard defined "Super Power" as "horsepower at speed". Pr... (more)

Two relics from the past rust away in Hinton. The fireless locomotive worked at an Appalachian Power Company plant in WV. The former C&O passenger car finished service in Maintenance of Way wor... (more)

Those guys on the end of the unit are delegation from the shop. They were going to pull this unit out of the stub track and take it somewhere, I hope to be repaired.

A once proud member of the New York Central passenger fleet, this E8 has now been wasting away on a side track in Bellevue for 15 years.

An incredible find in 2010, almost 2011, as one of two remaining SOO GP40's sits with a matching, paint and rust wise, caboose, at the Amtrak Depot on a rare night off.

ASAB 912 awaiting its next work at Panama City, FL in the summer of '73.

One of the railroad's new E9 units pulls a one car mid-day train to Elgin, Ill.

This old work horse gets ready to call it a day after a spin on the human powered turntable. It must have been quite a sight to watch her switch at Shoreham back in the day.

"Rust Buckets".

Distinquishable from their ex-C&O stable mates by lack of dynamic brakes, these units were too heavy and hard on track. This one is obviously out of service, minus batteries in the cramped little... (more)