Thanks to the heads up (see below), this shot at Mifflin across from the station was part of a three-day whirlwind railfan trip by car with his brother William and Jim Kelly. 24 year old John had ... (more)

The class unit BLW RF16A is #2000 seen here leading a train at Denholm, site of PRR's mainline track pans. They and the powerhouse are out of view to the right past the bridge. Soon, they will be ... (more)

By the time of this photo 5759 has served nearly a decade. In her passenger dress, she's serving in freight duty by summer '57/

A summer evening at East Altoona, as seen from the old walkway spanning the yard, yields this action as a passenger train slows for the station stop ahead at Altoona.

Monon's main shop facilities at Lafayette, Indiana. In this view five Monon F3's side by side on September 4, 1961. No photographer information listed on slide, from my collection.

Light power drifts downgrade past an observer after shoving a westbound up the mountain. The curve is 100% steam-free this day.

Monon FP7 #96 (Built by Electro-Motive in 1951 as Milwaukee Road #96-C), Milwaukee Road F7B #68B (Built by Electro-Motive in 1950), and Monon FP7 #96 (Built by Electro-Motive in 1951 as Milwaukee ... (more)

Five Rio Grande F7s lead by 5644, exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado and gets ready to drop down into Coal Creek Canyon in May 1965. Photo by J.B. Calvert, from my slide collection.

The short lived "Copper Spike" passenger service street running in downtown Globe.

I'm unsure as to whether this is Amtrak or a UP special train with the undiluted set of E9s and UP consist at this date - probably the latter. The train is eastbound at the Cheyenne depot. The tra... (more)

Rio Grande PA 6003 and F7 5531 leads Train No.1 the southbound ROYAL GORGE, as it begins its trip on the joint line at South Denver Junction in June 1965. Photo by Al Holtz, from my collectio... (more)

November 9-11, 2007 were the dates the Scranton PA-based Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad hosted Erie Railroad E8A #833 & Nickel Plate Road club #211 "City Of Lima" from the New York & Green... (more)

Southern E8 #6900 slumbers at the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The locomotive is fully operational but is not part of regular service at this time. Regardless, it is shown spending the ni... (more)

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania owns the last extant EMD E7, in the form of Pennsylvania Railroad E7A 5901. This engine, built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in September 1945, was... (more)

It'll be a cold day in...Chattanooga??? if these units ever run again! That's what many people (myself included) thought about the two F7As that East Chattanooga Belt Railway train EC01 has just ... (more)