When I was ten, in the "Roanoke Times" newspaper, I saw a shot of N&W steamers lined up in rows with sparks of acetylene cutters coming up somewhere. Here, in a contaminated field by a ... (more)

The 315 "yellowbonnet" was one of the 74 passenger F-units which had been leased to Amtrak for its trains operating on the Santa Fe. When the lease terminated, the units were converted... (more)

Two classics side by side. Looks like one has a little wrinkle and bump on its face. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

CLP9-CLP12-BRM001 with train 7CM4 from The Rock to Appleton Dock at Coolaroo.

After changing hands and making the cross-country trek east, this rare streamliner was put on display before restoration work continued to return this locomotive to operation.

B80-B76-S317 with an empty SSR grain train from Kensington to Tottenham Yard.

An Electro-Motive Corporation FT set is running eastward at the D&RGW Burnham Yard in Denver Colorado on May 16th 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Sitting off to the side, two E8s painted in New York Central have an uncertain future. I'd heard they have been inoperable for over a decade, and recent passenger excursions have run with GVT fre... (more)

This is a display of big power stationned at the railroad museum in Ogden.

Fairbanks Morse Erie-built 6000hp A-B-A passenger locomotive No. 90 was at the LA Union Passenger Terminal on August 9, 1954, Built in January 1947, "Notable Ninety" was notable onl... (more)

Led by F7s 4266 and 4268, a 470 Railroad Club special passes the old Glen Jackson train station in Bartlett, NH. The special is bound for North Conway after making the trip up the Mountain Subdivi... (more)

The Kansas City Southern F units lead the Office Car Special on the return trip from Laredo, Texas to Shreveport, Louisiana through Anacoco, Louisiana.

The 0645 Albany - New York Penn.

Even the in the pouring rain, the engineer of E9A 101 gives a friendly wave as the Santa Train whips through CP Andersonville on the CN (former GTW) Holly Subdivision.

Lehigh Valley Alco PA-1 604 leads the New York City to Coxton, PA the daily passenger train "The John Wilkes" at Bethlehem, PA on July 05, 1950. The John Wilkes lasted until Februar... (more)