Eastbound Santa Fe tonnage nears the crest of the grade at Cajon Summit, California. A half-dozed four-axle EMD’s provide the power.

A mixed bag of power, consisting of an SD45-2, an F45, a U36C, an SDPF45, and two CF7’s lead a 61-car eastbound TOFC train approaching Cajon Summit at a location now known as Silverwood. Two GP3... (more)

Early evening sun catches a westbound Santa Fe piggyback train easing down the grade on Cajon Pass.

Five GP35’s and a GP30 bring a westbound Santa Fe piggyback train down the grade on Cajon Pass. The train’s caboose can be seen directly above the cab of the GP30.

Four of a Kind

Four Santa Fe GP30’s bring a caboose hop up the storied grade at Cajon, California. I’m not sure of the assignment, but it was neat to see.

Majestic Mining #1 is at the interchange between the former Buffalo Creek & Gauley and the B&O in Dundon, West Virginia. This operation would last another three years before giving up the ghost. T... (more)

Bound for the Missouri Farmer’s Association in Mexico, Missouri, a former Long Island S2 passes the steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Bath & Hammondsport S2 #5 idles outside the engine house in Hammondsport, New York. They had completer their day before we arrived, and we had to settle for a few rosters.

A Baldwin D-S-4-4-1000 belonging to Consolidated Gas Supply stands in coal mining country in Teter, West Virginia. I believe that this unit was originally United States Department of War 7143.

The West Virginia Northern was a coal hauling short line that relied on dynamic brake-equipped EMD switchers to get product from the mines to the B&O interchange at Tunnelton, West Virginia. Altho... (more)

One Last Look

As Rocky Mountain Railroad Club’s 1985 Denver-Laramie round trip clears the wye at Speer Junction, Wyoming, Challenger 3985 heads for the barn. The classic 4-6-6-4 ... (more)

After Rocky Mountain Railroad Club’s 1985 Denver-Laramie round trip reached Speer Junction, Wyoming, one of the largest diesels ever built replaced the largest active steam locomotive on the pla... (more)

Rocky Mountain railroad Club’s 1985 Denver-Laramie round trip approaches the end of the steam powered portion of the itinerary as Union Pacific Challenger 3985 approaches Speer Junction, Wyoming... (more)

A Union Pacific excursion train rolls by as Challenger 3985 executes a run-by at Lone Tree Fill, Wyoming. Patrons line the area along the tracks at one of about a dozen run-bys scheduled for this ... (more)

Norfolk & Western 2-6-6-4 1218 makes a station stop at Manassas, Virginia on the return leg of an Alexandria – Front Royal round trip. Several of the spectators can be seen holding their ears as... (more)