When Eras Collide - As the sun rises upon Downtown LA, the 1927 built ATSF 3751 begins its two mile shove movement along the Los Angeles River from Amtrak's north yard to Union Station for the 202... (more)

ATSF 139 leads an A-A-B-B consist of Superfleet scheme GP60Ms/GP60Bs on a 199 train, Santa Fe's hottest westbound trailer train between Chicago and Los Angeles. It's crossing the Vermillion River ... (more)

Some rare power gathered up at the US Sugar South Shops, including an ex-SP SD40T-2, ex-SP SD40R, and an MP15T. Since the latest acquisition of USSC 6324, depicted here are the three 6-axle units ... (more)

Poignant for me is the sad state of the former N&W passenger geep pictured here. Note the longitudinal air tanks, feature usually reserved for the later GP18. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my col... (more)

A westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight train passes the Fullerton station behind SD45 5508 (ex-ATSF 1808), mated with an F45, an SD26 and another SD45. (Fullerton, California – ... (more)

The Utah Railway GP38-2's were just coming on the scene. Pictured are Utah 2005, 2006, 2003. One of the previous lease fleet of GP10's OMLX 1030 is still on the scene. Of interest in this is pictu... (more)

C&S train number 7, the Gulf Coast Special, is crossing the Arkansas River south of Pueblo Colorado in 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

WC 6652 shows off its' Santa Fe heritage as it rolls thru Byron, WI. in June of 1995. This was WC's only FP45 and it sure brightened up an otherwise dismal day.

Warbonnets on freight became more common as more passenger trains disappeared. May have kept the silver units together due to gearing differences with blue units.

D&RGW 3008, SP 7856, and DRGW 3015, return from Kennecott with the Midvale Tramp.

View from the vestibule…Our westbound excursion train is passing Shaffers Crossing Roundhouse, in the left background, and a yard switching crew that includes N&W U30B 8476 and C7F caboose 55755... (more)

The skeleton of an old, fallen tree descends into an icy Clark Fork on February 9, 2024, and is passed by a westbound BNSF grain train crossing Bridge 62 over the inlet of Swamp Creek at Tuscor, M... (more)

A spectacular sunset provides the backdrop for an Amtrak long distance train, bound for New York and points north, captured here in Bensalem Township, just north of Philadelphia.

Nature's "Big... (more)

In a Sea of Blue EMD The storage line at Cumberland

An unfortunate yet spectacular scene along the Lehigh River this morning. NS 9891 is the other unit. At the moment the cause of the incident is still unknown. I had the morning to myself at the ho... (more)