DLW 663 and sister 644 getting ready to leave Steamtown on the "Scranton Limited" during Railfeast 2012

With F3A units 4129 and 4140, Southern's westbound Extra crosses Stoney Point Bridge near Stoney Point, Tenn. en route from Bulls Gap to Frisco on Oct. 5, 1963, sending the cattle scampering.

Great Northern Railway passenger power lays over at the roundhouse next to St. Paul Union Depot in the early 1960s. The F3As and E7As pictured here were used on the GN's premier trains, including ... (more)

The sun is barely up as this southbound out of Madawaska, Maine, finds itself motorcaded south of the road crossing at Masardis. But the chase proves brief, as the laws of physics (and possibly go... (more)

Hands are sticking out both cab windows offering a friendly wave as MoPac 702 North passes an extra in the siding at Sunshine, Ark. on a muggy July 27, 1964. The F3A was built by EMD in 1947 and ... (more)

On December 16, 1963, Santa Fe Train No. 2, the eastbound SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF struck a cattle truck just west of Clovis, New Mexico, derailing five F-units and 10 cars. Two days later, on a cloudy... (more)

Pictured in its last winter season as a Great Lakes (via NYC north of Cincinnati) to Miami (via Seaboard Air Line south of Jacksonville) coach-Pullman train, Southern's northbound "Florida Sunbeam... (more)

Old power. New paint.

"Chickenwire" F3 suns itself

With a quartet of F3's, Southern's Train 68 has crested the grade at Balsam Gap, N.C. on the Murphy Branch on its way back to Asheville. If the crew is cool, perhaps they are unaware the nose do... (more)

Northbound, headed for Madawaska, Me has just met its south bound counterpart. Both trains are running ahead of their usual time slots, to clear the line for a "snow day"! In BAR terms it means sl... (more)

Two very different GM&O F-3A's are sunning themselves outside the ICG locomotive shop.

The Scranton Limited, under the command of a pair of Lackwanna F3s, passes the CN 3254 waiting to depart for Moscow during Steamtown's 2012 railfest.

Steamtowns Railfest had the Lackawanna F units pulling the short "Scranton Limited" on the last trip for Saturday, not only are the F units in veiw, but, 2 RS-3s are seen peaking out in the back.