Years of weathering and rust create interesting patterns and contrasts on these old locomotives under the canopy of large trees and nestled around vineyards in the Sonoma Valley. I saw the SP 434... (more)

Napa Valley Railroad NVRR 69 sits outside the diesel shop waiting for repairs.

Aside from the new units painted in Heritage paint schemes, there were also some actual heritage units in Spencer, North Carolina back in July 2012. All three locomotives were built in the 1950s. ... (more)

It was field trip day at Steamtown. Fortunate school kids ride the short excursion. 514 completed a successful certification run earlier in May.

Trying to keep my balance standing in the rushing waters of the Hog Creek, GLLX 4428, one of two remaining Grand Trunk & Western GP9’s still in active services switches cars around Lineage Logis... (more)

After an interchange with the CSX in Downtown Hartford, GLLX GP9 4428, the last Grand Trunk & Western GP9 still in active service alongside with it’s sister in Wayland, GLLX 4443… the 4428 mak... (more)

NWP 1922 sits with SP 4435, SP 4347, SP 4451, B&LE 716B and B&LE 718A (F-7 A and B units), plus other rolling stock that could be in museums, in Schellville, California.

Rio Grade EMD GP9 5942 leads SD9 5305 as they work East Yard In Grand Junction Co in February 1990

Cedar Valley Railroad unit "bug eye" is a ex-IC unit that looks like a GP10 but was never renumbered. Curious. Photo by unknown, from my collection.

At a unique intersection of five roads in Ontario County, GC2 heads East toward its headquarters. Additional work was next with a pickup of loaded grain hoppers at DeLong Company Inc.

On the date the F40PH must have failed and had to be dragged in. I always wondered what happens when HEP fails and there is no backup. Do the cars have some way of generating heat? Important to... (more)

UP GP9 332 leads an A-B-B set of GP9s across the Puyallup River Reservation Tower (BN) and Tacoma Jct. (MILW). The train has stopped while MILW has blocked Tacoma Jct. with traffic, and will proce... (more)

A former D&RGW unit is heading an outbound freight.

Close enough...The Southern Pacific (Northwestern Pacific) and its successors were doomed from the start in Humboldt County, California. The main reason none of these railroads could ever be profi... (more)

Bay Colony 1705 readies to head back to Dartmouth after some switching in New Bedford. The train is seen easing down the sharp grade on the wye in New Bedford. 1705 is an EMD GP9 built for the Gre... (more)