Northbound freight passing through Apex, NC in Feb. 1975

Westbound Santa Fe train #1 the San Francisco Chief at Amarillo station with four Alco PA's led by number 58. Three Flexi-Vans flat cars of US Mail, two head end cars, three hi-level chair cars ... (more)

In the late 1800s gold and silver were discovered in the Bradshaw Mountains of central Arizona. As was common at the time, the success of the mines were limited by the lack of transportation into ... (more)

TEE Erasmus

SP freight crossing the Rio Grande River at El Paso, second unit is a Southern engine

Three dual-service Santa Fe F7s and a blue/yellow F7B freight unit roars by, with a westbound Red Ball train in Joliet, Illinois March 10, 1970. Photo Fred Scott, R.L.collection.

Not only is that a windshield glare but it is temporary cover over a shattered windshield on Little Joe E-71 East at Soudan, Montana on Aug. 9, 1973. The train just left Alberton and it is 105 mi... (more)

A northbound freight passes along the Chippewa River and passes the Mt. Pleasant depot as they head for northern yards, primarily Clare and Cadillac, and likely, on to Elberta where the ferries we... (more)

Amtrak's southbound "Adirondack" arriving at Fort Edward; note (un-rebuilt) PA unit trailing, also dome car leased from CP rail.

SP freight climbing Tennessee Pass. This magnificent piece of Railroad is now sadly closed

A westbound Rio Grande coal train crosses over Blue Mountain Drive on the approach to Coal Creek Canyon in July 1984. Five EMD SD40T-2 Tunnel Motors (Nos. 5358, 5367, 5402, 5379 and 5413) lead lon... (more)

Closely following the Arkansas River, an eastbound Southern Pacific freight approaches the narrowest portion of the Royal Gorge near Hanging Bridge west of Gorge, Colorado, on July 26, 1996. The v... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad Alco FA1#1635, and 2 FB1's. Photo taken from my slide collection, photographer unknown.

27,000 green horses
In the very early years of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, a loaded coal train claws up Crawford Hill at Windy Point (also known as Breezy Point) west of Belmont, Nebr... (more)