A couple SD40s and a couple Dash 8s are on the point of this westbound manifest on the home stretch to Lincoln's Hobson Yard on former BN (CB&Q) territory. Although the Santa Fe's warbonnet colors... (more)

A trio of SD70MACS bring a southbound coal train past the searchlights leading onto single track at Palmer Lake, CO. The train is coming off of UP (nee Rio Grande) track, whereas the track on the ... (more)

For some time Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr, Nos. 5 and 6, made a stop in Cheyenne, WY on their route between Denver and Ogden. This necessitated a runaround move at Cheyenne, as the trains came i... (more)

CR 6076 leads a string of empty hoppers westward through Lewistown Narrows on an October afternoon.

Streaking across the Arizona Divide, the 4732's engineer puts the spurs to this post-merger power set - the leader so new it hasn't yet had its road name applied. At some 7000 feet in elevation he... (more)

Most of my pictures have signals in them, as the structures and signals themselves were defining elements of a particular railroad's environment such as we'll never see again. BN 6707 is getting a... (more)

A leader with some style, BNSF 1057 is at the head of a pair of merger predecessors handling a westbound manifest outside of Ashland, NE. The old Q signal bridge is, of course, a nice touch.

Out on the high plains it is a steady procession of traffic this April 1st. The pole with four stripes designates the point as a milepost, in this case 386 - between Chappell and Lodgepole, NE (CQ... (more)

CR 3363 with a couple CSX mates leads symbol OIPI out of the reverse curves near Anderson, PA on an October Sunday afternoon.

The long shadows and high contrast of sundown are evident as North Platte-Seattle symbol MNPSE-31 passes Ogallala, NE - 175 miles from this crews' destination of Cheyenne, WY.

After a run across the Mojave Desert and crew change in Needles, CA, the 1073 East behind a pair of Heritage I units and a Warbonnet cross the Colorado River and enter Arizona, beginning the long ... (more)

SD60M 5561 leads a 119 trailer Triple Crown Roadrailer through the sweeping, high speed curve in Mapleton, PA amidst the colors of autumn. Roadrailers had a single two-axle bogie attached between ... (more)

Charging into the late afternoon sun, ATSF 126 leads a westbound manifest, far from its original and intended haunts along the Transcon. By now the Super Fleet units have migrated to most parts of... (more)

The Altoona Mirror reports that bids have been let for the demolition of MG Tower, located on the mountainside between Altoona and Gallitzin. Although merely a remote control interlocking for some... (more)

ATSF 5848, an upgraded SD45-2, leads a post-merger power consist down the long grade from Mountainair to Belen near the control point of Abo, NM. Kodachrome.