A westbound A&C train is on the "outskirts" of remote Cadiz, CA, where the train will meet the Santa Fe's Cadiz Turn out of Barstow. The line was once part of the Santa Fe, but was spun-off as a r... (more)

Railroad photography has changed dramatically from the days of film technology. A good case in point is this pan shot, taken with a Nikon FE2 and Kodachrome 64 transparency film. If I had my curre... (more)

An eastbound through freight from Knoxville to Roanoke takes the siding at Kite, just west of Bulls Gap. Ahead is a meet with a westbound double stacker, already bearing down on the "Gap" from the... (more)

Southern 4501 and two EMD assistants roll westward through the Town of Gate City, VA on an all-day round trip excursion from Kingsport, TN to Appalachia, VA and back.

A typical monster SP drag has powered its way up and round Tehachapi Loop, and now the head end is moments away from diving into Tunnel 10 above Waylong. Southern Pacific's power was notoriously f... (more)

The eastbound "Cans" eases up Tehachapi at the west end of the siding at Marcel. At the time, SP crews were improving tunnel clearances to accommodate double stacks.

After a brief stop, ex-Texas & Pacific oil-burning 2-10-4 "Texas"-type number 610 continues eastbound toward Asheville, NC.

A former N&W SD40-2 is panned from atop the west side of the deep cut on the north side of the Cumberland River Bridge at Burnside, KY. The train is southbound on Track 2. The engine is passing th... (more)

If not my favorite image of N&W 611, this is one of my best memories of witnessing this grand machine in action. And, it was pure serendipity. A group of us had decided to railfan the “Pokey” arou... (more)

Exercising trackage rights, this southbound NS steam excursion is rolling down the KP Sub of CSX--the north end of the former Clinchfield. This is the return leg of a Kingsport, TN to Richlands, V... (more)

As the morning fog lingers, LMM number 55 performs a run-by for the 1997 L&NHS convention (held in Cincinnati). The veteran GP7 was actually ordered by the Pere Marquette, but delivered to the C&O... (more)

Westbound from Roanoke to Bristol with a ferry run, N&W 611 is just outside Glade Spring, Va. The engine will be turned on the wye with the old Saltville Branch, and towed into Bristol to be in pl... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe freight rolls along on the Crookton Line Change a few miles west of Williams Junction, AZ.

A former Santa Fe warbonnet is panned at Jasper, VA, on the NS Appalachia District, with a westbound empty hopper train.

An eastbound Santa Fe freight rolls through one of the huge cuts on the Crookton Line Change, between Seligman and Williams Junction, AZ.