Two MoPac E-7s pause at Pleasant Hill, Mo. with Train No. 6, the Missouri River Eagle, which will essentially follow its namesake river eastbound to St. Louis in July, 1954.

The catenary poles were still close to the track near Stetson, Idaho as eastbound MILW 21 climbs up to St. Paul Pass and will cross into Montana in the Bitterroot summit tunnel at 4,170-ft. elevat... (more)

No, not a novel car washer but rather an embarrassing remnant of a derailment higher up on the mountainside and empty covered hopper 98326 rolled down into Saint Joe River near Kyle, Idaho. Sinc... (more)

Boo-boo derailments were frequent in Milwaukee’s final years as evidenced here at the east end of Avery, Idaho yard when MILW 21 left town behind four SD-40-2s on July 19. 1978. A few years ear... (more)

MILW Little Joe E-72 relaxes under the sanding tower at the Avery, Idaho roundhouse, Aug. 6, 1973.

Not only is that a windshield glare but it is temporary cover over a shattered windshield on Little Joe E-71 East at Soudan, Montana on Aug. 9, 1973. The train just left Alberton and it is 105 mi... (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.

No more room at the inn — Santa Fe’s Argentine Diesel Shop at Kansas City when there was a 1-day, 24-hour strike on that now infamous date — 9-11, the year 1965.

If Car 16 of the Tacna-Arica RR doesn’t strike your fancy, how about this 0179 Car? In the Tacna, Peru carshops and shed. Aug. 5, 2008.

What has to be one of the most forlorn and desolate graveyards ever — the Cementerio de Locomotaras of the Ferrocarril Nacional Empresa Bolivia RR outside of Uyuni, Bolivia, Aug. 9, 2008, more p... (more)

Want to go for a spin? Inspection Car 16 of Tacna-Arica RR, at Tacna Shops, Peru, Aug. 6, 2008.

FCC 206 2-8-0, Central of Peru Ry., built by Beyer-Peacock in 1937 in England, was fired up and alive July 28, 2008 next to EMD JT 26-CW-2 2600-hp Spanish-built diesel at FVCA’s shops at La Oroy... (more)

FCAB, Ferrocarril Antofagosta & Bolivia RR 34, 2-8-2T, was alive and performing in the yard at Antofagosta, Chile on Aug. 13, 2008. No. 34 was built by North British Locomotive in Glasgow, Scotla... (more)

FCA 337, Ferrocarril Central Andina motor car on a charter excursion in the great Atacama Desert in Chile where there has been no rainfall for over a century. We’re at 12,000-ft. elevation and ... (more)

FCAB, Ferrocarril Antofagosta & Bolivia RR 1428, gets a very needed bath at Antofagosta, Chile, to wash off the desert dust and dirt on Aug. 13, 2008. The 1428 was converted from 42-in. gauge to ... (more)