On a bleak winter-like day, an empty coal train off the MKT heads east on the former Frisco main line after skirting Frisco’s abandoned Rosedale Yard, and is now approaching the Katy’s Glen Pa... (more)

Train Time at Winter Park WPE is Early! And early, daylight savings and backing up an hour blessed us with first light over the Great Divide over Winter Park Resort for the arrival of th... (more)

Union Pacific train number 9, the City of St Louis, is seen near Buford Wyoming in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

In the 1980s, the development of high-power output diesel locomotives was yet to meet the rapid growth of freight train demand. China decided to import locomotives along with its technology from t... (more)

Santa Fe RSD-15 "Alligator" #847 leads four units on a westbound symbol train out of Summit in September 1969. Alco RSD-15 #847 with 2400 hp was built in 1960, Santa Fe rostered the... (more)

One of Pere Marquettes, E7 No. 107 resting at the C&O yard at Dearborn, Michigan on March 30, 1961. Photo by E. Goulash, form my collection. ... (more)

62V passes the remains of Bethlehem Steele at CP 87.

Santa came early this year...CSXT GP40-2 #6394 leads Cartersville based L810 through Taylorsville with a healthy train for the Cagle Feed Mill and CW Matthews at Rockmart.

People Will Never Learn. Although the train was quite visible for anyone paying attention, this Volvo SUV pulled forward onto the crossing in close proximity to the train. A moment later, ... (more)

High above the Shasta Valley, the northbound Coast Starlight crosses Dry Canyon in summer 1994. An Amtrak engineer once told me that if the signals were all green and the train was making track sp... (more)

Former Amtrak F40PHR #231 at Nevada State Railroad Museum's locomotive shop in Boulder City, NV undergoing preparations for stripping the old red and orange paint scheme. A model painted up by the... (more)

SP 4-8-2 4364 leads Second 23, the Beaver, at Gerber California in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

In the latter half of 2013 General Electric built a group of EF44AC 4500hp Tier 4 emissions test locomotives, painted blue and sent out to test on several railroads, including (as seen here) Union... (more)

Central of Georgia F3(A) 904 with two GP7's on this southbound freight at Hapeville near Atlanta, Georgia on May 10, 1953. Photo by Ronald Sharpless, from my collection. ... (more)

New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) Corona Yard was chock full of white rolling stock on September 4, 1982 when R. Anastasio snapped this shot! This eastern section of the yard no longer exist... (more)