Picking up orders on the fly, a north bound ICG train hits the diamond at Tolona. ICG 199456, Caboose, at Tolona,IL. 8/04/1982

Santa Fe’s premier train, eastbound Super Chief-El Capitan with two FP-45s, pauses at La Junta, Colo. for a crew change and accept passengers from the connector Train 201 from Denver, which arri... (more)

With the formation of Conrail the DT&I gained operating rights into the L&N yard at DeCousery KY. This motive power might have come off DC 7.

Burlington Northern EMD SD40-2 No. 7183 and SD40 No. 6304 wait a call to duty in helper service over Marias Pass on the night of October 6, 1997, at Essex, Montana.

CNW train 408 from Duluth to Chicago passes by the Merrillan, Wis. depot and is about to cross the Green Bay & Western diamond.At this time, CNW also had a junction with their line to Marshfield, ... (more)

ATSF’s Train No. 2, eastbound San Francisco Chief is nearing Dalies, N.M., and instead of turning north to Albuquerque and the Raton Pass line as most passenger trains traversed, it will continu... (more)

An MET job with a friendly crew was working the main line in Modesto

Are you sure you want to work for the railroad? Being a switchman in BN’s 31st Street Denver Yard with SD-9 6217 on January 15, 1987 probably wasn’t an enviable job. Is it quitting time yet?

Milwaukee Road train 201 headed up by former Bicentennial SD40-2 No. 156 heads into the curve at Sumner, WA as the fog lifts. GP9 no. 301 and its caboose are the Valley Owl local (patrol) that wor... (more)

Just in from the east, Extra 3949 eases through the Cheyenne yards past construction of a new yard tower. A high-railer paces the train on the adjoining track. Soon, a Big Boy will take over for t... (more)

Milwaukee Extra 24 West tip toes across the Hall Creek trestle on the west slope of Snoqualmie Pass with a quartet of SD40-2s. Hints of electrification remain over the ballast deck bridge, and def... (more)

A colorful power consist leads the RVKCM east through West Gilluly as viewed from East Gilluly on the opposite side of Spanish Fork Canyon, Oct. 5, 1996. Track profile charts indicate the photogra... (more)

Minutes after a crew change at Minturn, the OANSF meets brilliant fall foliage on the ascent to 10,424 ft. Tennessee Pass on Sept. 26, 1996.

Soo Line GP35 729 handles switching at Irvine Yard, Chippewa Falls, Wis. The sunny morning will soon change to fall rain. Irvine handled crew changes and switching for local traffic for the branch... (more)

It's almost dark as a manifest pulls into the yard at Elkhorn City. If your first exposure to the Clinchfield was at Elkhorn City, you might not believe it was a very modern, efficient railroad. ... (more)