Santa Fe’s Super Chief-El Capitan Train 17 west has just left La Junta, Colo. and its two FP45’s (Nos. 104, 105) have the train up to speed as it whizzes by a windmill that pumps water for a l... (more)

N&W's mixed train, #202 with 4-8-0 No. 382, has returned from its run to West Jefferson, N.C. and is in the siding at Abingdon, VA to meet time freight #88 led by Y6b 2-8-8-2 #2180 on Aug. 8, 1956... (more)

Three Milwaukee SD40-2s lug 104 cars westward near Walkerville, Montana on Aug. 14, 1979 in former electrified territory. The rail low joints are easily seen.

Early Alcos on steam-bastion N&W meet at Pounding Mill, Va. on N&W's Clinch Valley line between Bluefield, W. Va. and Norton, Va. Eastbound RS-11 312 waits in the siding for 329 and its mates we... (more)

With three F units, SP hustles Mail Train 39 westward at Tully, Ariz. on Sept. 9, 1964 as a storm brews behind it. The train was received from the Rock Island at Tucumcari, N.M.

Milwaukee’s local was passing M.P. 48 near Purdue, Idaho on the 72-mile Bovill branch, returning back to the mainline at St. Maries with a load of logs and lumber on Aug. 16, 1977. Many of the... (more)

With one of Cotton Belt's large cabooses once upon a time to accommodate passengers, a branch line local with a Baldwin switcher and a full crew is returning to the mainline -- Malden.

Great Northern’s Train 31, westbound Empire Builder, was descending Marias Pass when it met eastbound Train 28, the Western Star near Blacktail, Mont. Anticipating the upcoming merger to create... (more)

The rear brakeman is waiting to swing aboard when Great Northern’s eastbound Train 28 “Western Star” whistles off from Whitefish, Montana on April 9, 1969. The GN Flexible bus in Big Sky Bl... (more)

Ten Alco Alligators slowly pull AT&SF's unit coal train around the loading loop at York Canyon, N.M. on May 9, 1967. After loading the train, five of the RSD-15s will be placed back in the train ... (more)

Ever seen a uniformed trainman hand cleaning dome car windows in freezing, cold weather? This is service above and beyond, desiring to give passengers the best possible view as No. 1 westbound C... (more)

Having already lost its nose herald, GN F 273-A headed south emerges from GN's tunnel under Seattle into the north end of Seattle's King Street Station. April 9, 1970, just four weeks after t... (more)

Santa Fe's northbound Train 46 rounds a horseshoe curve at M.P. 796 at Blanchard, N.M. en route on the Raton Pass line from Albuquerque to Colorado. Alco RSD-7 604 leads three other RSD-5s on Ap... (more)

Santa Fe’s Super Chief/El Capitan Train 17 descends the New Mexico side of Raton Pass at Keota with four motors — 7902, 5944, 5937, 5936. Note the angle which the signal is aimed (for early v... (more)

With plenty of horsepower, UP 79 proceeds east through California's Afton Canyon between Yermo and Kelso with two DD35As, one DD35B and a GE U50C.