A spotless EMD SW-1200 is switching piggyback flats in the late afternoon at Galesburg.

Southern 2-8-0 722 leaves Atlanta with an excursion past two road-switchers. This is former ET&WNC 208.

CNR U-2-g 4-8-4 6204 and two other locomotives sit in the gloom of the Turcot roundhouse. This picture wouldn't be as good if the number board and classification lights hadn't been illuminated.

Former C&O J-3 4-8-4 sits at Ybor City just before returning to Orlando with the Family Lines Safety Express. The big Lima ran trips out of Florida cities that month.

Boston and Maine E7 3801 sits at Springfield on a Saturday. My father had driven us there so that my sister could visit Mt. Holyoke College and dropped me off by the railroad, of course.

This regional railroad's pride is evident in looking at its GP38-2 no. 2023. It was obviously parked on display for Port Clinton passengers to see while waiting for the Iron Horse Ramble from Read... (more)

Savannah and Atlanta 4-6-2 750 passes beneath the signal bridge at Norcross where the Southern goes from double to single track. The excursion was bound for Gainesville, GA

Union Pacific Challenger 3985 runs fast into morning sunlight with a short ferry train at Rock Springs.

GRLW GP9 3752 has backed out of the large ethanol offloading facility at Cheddar and will run light to Belton to pick up a train. The 1957 EMD Geep was originally Baltimore and Ohio 6554.

Edaville 2-4-4RT no. 7 sits at the short-lived Cranberry Junction station on a glorious 1956 summer day. I thought this former Bridgeton and Saco River 2 foot gauge engine to be the best looking a... (more)

One of the Union Pacific custom-built EMD DD40X units leads two other UP and an SP unit on a westbound freight up Sherman Hill. Grey skies foretell a snowstorm that will occur after dark.

Clean Union Pacific GP30 835 pulls a cut of cars in Denver.

This is a former Chesapeake and Ohio switcher bought by the N&W. S1 number 274 was shot by my father as the two of us visited Shaffers Crossing as guests of the benevolent Norfolk and Western.

A brand new EMD SD75M is stopped as the second unit of an eastbound freight. The vivid colors illuminate a dreary day but I was never able to capture one of these new EMD units leading.

QJ 2-10-2 6631 is the power today on tr. 6051 eastbound just east of Gulumanhan