Conrail EMD SD50 6809 sits on a service track at Enola yard.

Originally C&O, on the front of a NB coal train back when almost any kind of unit could be found in that role. And back when you could actually find a train here. The Eastern Kentucky air condit... (more)

If this iron horse was a real horse it would have a very swayed back. I've always been fond of the SD35 line and especially the SDP. Apparently at some point following removal of the steam gener... (more)

Working in its fifth year since it was built by EMD, an SD70M leads a westbound manifest train on the Shasta Route.

Nee C & O rebuilt and derated to 2000 HP.

LIRR FL9ACs 301 and 300 on a test run with bi-levels approach Crugers station.

As the British Columbia display train nears its destination, Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, BC 4-6-4 2860 has not gotten onto Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub, on which Southern Pacific has ... (more)

Climbing upgrade toward to cross the Tehachapi Mountains, the grade is about to get a bit steeper in a mile or two. British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) is on... (more)

KCLX coal empties head downgrade round Breezy Point.

An ALCO A-B-A set leads eastbound with 87 cars near Cheyenne Wyoming in 1955. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Surrounded by automobiles from the long-gone American Motors Company (AMC), a Penn Central TrailVan behind five 4 axle EMD's heads into Weehawken yard. Up ahead, the TOFC will take a left turn ... (more)

Three venerable Amtrak F40s congregate at the west end of the Springfield, MA station. How many "Amtrak"s can you see?

The other Altoona.....CNW 6926 arrives at the yard in Altoona, WI. in March of 1990. We would spend the rest of the day chasing the outbound train that is ready to depart.

The did exist in CSX if only for the life of a fruit fly. L&N was the original buyer. Photo by Mike Dolenski.

When Rice Yard was built SCL, by then under the Family Lines umbrella, decided to crank out special yard units rebuilt from SD35s & SDP35s.. The downgrade even involved replacing the prime mover ... (more)