The PRR 7002 comes back to life at Strasburg, breaking through a red ribbon-bedecked paper barrier. Built in August, 1902 as the PRR 8063, the engine was renumbered to stand in for legendary spee... (more)
The "Farewell to the Blueliners" trip pauses at the station at west Trenton, N.J. By the time the trip had run, all the ex-Reading Company Blueliners had lost their blue paint, replaced ... (more)
Four steam-powered trains are visible on the Mount Washington Cog Railway on a crystal-clear September day. The nearest one is passing Halfway House on its climb, while another has just cleared Wa... (more)
My cousin and I are preparing to board a Phillies Baseball Special in the South Philly yards for the trip back to E-town. I can't imagine an event like this taking place today- 12 MU cars of peop... (more)
This box car in BN's Cascade Green scheme still looks great on display at Bandana Square, a former NP shop complex now used for offices and a hotel. The Twin Cities Model Railroad museum used to ... (more)
Accompanied by the whine of dynamic breaks, Fort Worth & Denver F7A 752D with an F7B, a pair of SD9s and another F7 A-B combination, roll through Littleton on the final miles of their long trek fr... (more)
The Rock Island continued their own passenger service past Amtrak startup unable to afford cost of joining. The Rock Island train from the Quad Cities looks pretty nice as it rolls past.
Taking a short break after rail testing through Altuda siding I took the opportunity to prop my lens on the front window sill of Sperry Rail Service car 145 as an Eastbound stack train rapidly app... (more)
GM&O EMD E8m 100A on the Chicago to St.Louis "Abe Lincoln" in St. Louis, Missouri May 11, 1968. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.
Grand Trunk Western streamlined 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 6409 leading an eastbound passenger train out of Chicago's Dearborn Station on February 2, 1952. Photograph by Wallace W. Abbey, collecti... (more)
A Roger Puta Photograph
On a bright January morning in 1980, a matched set of Saint Louis-San Francisco GP40-2’s led by the 767 rumble across the Elm Fork of the Trinity River just north of Irving, Texas, with train 33... (more)
