BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)
AT&SF 4-6-4 3456 leads train 2, The Scout, at Wichita Kansas in May of 1940. Note the clanging bell, and rods down, at 25 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
The terminal at Long Beach from a JFK approach.
On January 6th, 2024 an MBTA/Keolis work extra moved B&M RDC-2 #6213 and B&M milk car 1930 from Boston Engine terminal to the former shop complex at Iron Horse Park in North Billerica. The Budd RD... (more)
My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)
Eastbound on the west end bridge. Trailing units are SD45B-2 5516, SD40E EMDX 6431 and Dash 9-44CW 744.
Some old SW9's painted up for the conrail still exist, All through they are now just rusting away.
The engineer on Santa Fe 5350 proceeds very slowly on the north track past the derailment site located just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Heavy rain storms caused track damage and ATSF 3338,... (more)
After getting more water in Wishram, WA the BNSF fire train heads west to continue to help fight the Tunnel 5 fire west of Bingen, WA.
Former NS/Southern GP38-2 #5206 eases downgrade across Big Gulch Bridge along what is left of the Tennessee Central mainline, with Lhoist North America's train from Crab Orchard, bound for interch... (more)
Looking more like a model railroad scene, a class 2600 electric loco is seen between Porto Sao-Bento and Porto Campanha.
US Steel SW8 #1247 is seen moving a cut of bottle cars around the USS Granite City Works.
The trailing SD38 throws up a massive cloud of smoke with sanders applied to pull a big cut of cars out.
AT&SF train number 10, The Navajo, is seen arriving at Belen New Mexico on December 5th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
SP train 26, The Owl, is at Glendale California in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.