At the yard area of Bostons South station, you could see often some puddles of oil and water and other materials, which could burn. So in this picture an employee tries to extinguish a little fire... (more)

SP's special camera car 8799

Backyard scene at late evening with Amtrak E9A (a former Milwaukee Road unit), another Amtrak E8 or 9 in the first paint scheme and two black MBTA E 8 units.

Office of the SP train order operator. The ends were painted white so approaching trains would not mistake them for an active caboose.

WP 's last hurrah F7s running down the Altamont pass en route to Oakland

Originally the DD35's were built as booster units, looking like two GP 35's on one frame without a cab. These units were built for UP and SP (3 units). The Cab version of the DD35A was built for U... (more)

Old ATSF Roundhouse at Bakersfield, as seen from the backside

Derailer at Forest Hill Crossing to prevent crossing trains from collisions with very bad consequences. What do You think, where whould a derailed train running into ?

Backview of the old ATSF roundhouse

A less nice scene of the the South Station area

The engineer of the Helper U33C 8631 takes a short rest at the caboose / office of the train order operator after the work is done. The freight train leaves the scene in direction to the tehachapi... (more)

D&RGW Zephyr westbound. Watering of the Dome Observation car Silver Sky at Grand Junction.

The Engineer and the biest, yes they handled this monster of the UP fleet

The Train Order Operator in front of his Office / Caboose is watching the engineer of SP GP 40 7604, who picks up his train orders. The smog is produced by a pretty bad working GE U Boat.

ATSF freight downhill on the 3.0 % grade near Silverwood