In the early and mid 1980s, the MBTA relied on a lot of secondhand equipment to keep things moving. Former BN/NP GP9 1921 headed up a train of RDC equipment that includes an ex-CP car at the East ... (more)

GP38-2 7514 and GP38-2(W) 4765 leave the Camrose Sub and enter the Wainwright Sub as they head to the west end of Clover Bar yard.

Raritan Central crew switches the Northfield Industrial Track at Raritan Center. GP30 No. 5 is a former B&O locomotive.

As the evening shadows engulf the low reaches of Franklin Canyon, Santa Fe 2906 West drops down from the summit through Christie.

NS 5230 sits just south of downtown Huntersville tied down for the weekend with a crescent moon looming in the background.

Santa Fe GP35u No. 2946 steps lightly over a visible "bump" in the rail on the pass east of Stockton Tower. The man on the ground is helping the engineer to navigate this nasty vertical ... (more)

Southbound CT rail gets moving again after waiting for northbound Amtrak Vermonter.

Ex US Rail 409 takes a rest as the crew prepares to switch Anderson's on the other side of the train. This engine is very unique as it is a little GP15-1 with a K5LLA seen above the cab.

“Seaboard Samich”
A pair of RF&P locomotives bookends a trio of Seaboard System B36-7s on CSX 0171, the Orange Blossom Special-South, westbound at White Marsh at 09:20... (more)

A pair of clean Conrail GP38-2s reverse east for Paterson Yard after arriving at Ridgewood Junction from the Bergen County Line. This extra move was to pick up a cut of trash flats from Paterson.

Two GP-35's, a C424 and an FA-2 have a westbound freight accelerating through the just thawed fields toward St. Clet where they will have to stop to make their mandated standing inspection. As ro... (more)

There's a few visiting strangers in the UP's North Yard in Denver.

A Denver & Rio Grande Western passenger special hurries westbound through Arvada, Colorado, on the morning of July 11, 1987. Rio Grande EMD GP40-2 No. 3116 and GP40 No. 3136 power the short three-... (more)

The Hartwell's most recent acquisition, ex-SOU/NS GP38-2 No. 5130, looks right at home along the former Southern Railway branch as it trundles past the beautifully restored Lavonia depot.

An A&NR crew works their yard on the west side of downtown Lufkin. The gate in the foreground controls movements over the right-angle crossing with UP's former SP main, which is just behind the ph... (more)