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)

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)

Situated at the east end of the yard in Waterville, Maine is the roundhouse of Pan Am Railways used to support work on the locomotive fleet. Pulled out on the turntable is SW1 007, utilized as a s... (more)

The ADBF 1751 just clears Beaver Street as it shoves an empty Gondola south on the Old Town Spur for Friedland Industries. An extremely rare move as this spur sees only this action Once a Year. Th... (more)

Power stored at BNSF Galveston Yard awaiting an uncertain future.

SP train 26, The Owl, is at Glendale California in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Pennsy leads train NS 351 around the curve at Fetner as it passes the historic Page-Walker Hotel in Cary, NC. I wasn't expect this heritage unit to lead, let alone run long hood forward. The F... (more)

Just behind the business on Turner Road the ADBF 1751 pulls a load of scrap metal from Friedland Industries. Fitting that this engine makes this rare move on the Old Town Spur as the 1751 has been... (more)

NS 911 on the turn table as NS COO Paul Duncan speaks.

CSXT came through Decatur, and I knew I was going to have to follow it for a while to get photos and video. I made my way as far down as Cullman, where a Christmas event was taking place next to ... (more)

On April 17 of 1977, I was at Princeton Junction, NJ when this coal train (I presume empty, and I presume a coal train) came by making quite a racket. The second unit was an ex Jersey Central SD35... (more)

The Chief is seen at Raton New Mexico in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

One of only a handful of GP38-2s on CSX EMDs left in YN2 paint. This unit was originally built as Penn Central 8148 idles in Brunswick Maryland.

A westbound BNSF Office Car Special meets an eastbound BNSF grain train at Muir, Montana, on Montana Rail Link’s main line over Bozeman Pass on October 7, 2023. This is a deadhead move west as c... (more)

Turbo Check On The Restoration of New Haven Locomotive 529. New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad 529 (ex-AMTK 138, exx-AMTK 1338, exxx-PC 5536, née-NH 529, RS-3, Alco, 1950) is the l... (more)