Some small talk at Up's Las Vegas yard, showing the impressive DD40X. Pretty bad weather this day.

Santa Fe RSD-15 "Alligator" #847 leads four units on a westbound symbol train out of Summit in September 1969. Alco RSD-15 #847 with 2400 hp was built in 1960, Santa Fe rostered the... (more)

In the 1980s, the development of high-power output diesel locomotives was yet to meet the rapid growth of freight train demand. China decided to import locomotives along with its technology from t... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY (October) 1975 — Rock Island GP40 355 makes its way through Harter Yard while a switcher works a cut of cars. My photo.

Many of these locomotives will be sold, scrapped, or used for parts.

Stevens Pass The Great Northern Railroad surveyed Stevens Pass in 1890 and chose it as the the location for its Transcontinental Mainline. The original alignment was plagued by problems a... (more)

Another unspecified passenger train looking good with the Warbonnet leading the way. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

One of Pere Marquettes, E7 No. 107 resting at the C&O yard at Dearborn, Michigan on March 30, 1961. Photo by E. Goulash, form my collection. ... (more)

SP 7851 leads a northbound at Valley Jct. in Sauget, IL on Union Pacific's Chester Sub. This Southern Pacific train, which consisted of a little bit of everything (intermodal, auto-racks, manifes... (more)

Sitting quiet at the C&O railway museum in Clifton Forge, the Greenbrier Presidential Express locomotive 614 rust's away on display.

62V passes the remains of Bethlehem Steele at CP 87.

Santa came early this year...CSXT GP40-2 #6394 leads Cartersville based L810 through Taylorsville with a healthy train for the Cagle Feed Mill and CW Matthews at Rockmart.

Union Pacific train number 9, the City of St Louis, is seen near Buford Wyoming in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Wabash train number 79, the Chicago Express, is seen leaving Detroit Michigan in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

High above the Shasta Valley, the northbound Coast Starlight crosses Dry Canyon in summer 1994. An Amtrak engineer once told me that if the signals were all green and the train was making track sp... (more)