January 1977 at the SP hump yard, Eugene
An end of summer trip with my parents in their '50 Olds Rocket 88 to Boston from N.J. enabled me time for this diversion with my Argus C3 to North Station in time for the arrival of the Flying Yan... (more)
One of the "Lost Engines of Roanoke," sold for scrap long ago but never cut up.
Flexible With a pair of UP 6 axle units pulling slowly, another Continues Welded Rail (CWR) train full of 136lb Rocky Mountain Steel departs the city of Pueblo and shows off the spaghe... (more)
Somebody knows something about this railcar ?
The westbound KVR train to Trail crosses the 'other' Stoney Creek Bridge with 3 SD40-2s leading it.
Hot in Caliente. BNSF Railway 5634 (AC44CW) leads a manifest train through Caliente, California on the scorching morning of Thursday, July 23, 2020. After traveling through a series of loops and... (more)
It was a very steamy morning along the New River as a westbound manifest pulled through the yard at Quinnimont, WV on Aug. 19, 1975. The sun had just popped over the ridge and the local "yard dog... (more)
Redondo Over - Under. As Union Pacific 7625 leads the westbound rock train through Redondo Junction and toward the Alameda Corridor, Amtrak 785 cruises above on its decent toward CP Olympia... (more)
4008 "Spirit of Wasilla" sitting not running at the cruise ship terminal siding on July 15, 2005 with the NCL "Norwegian Dream" dwarfing it in the background
Not a great place to suffer a derailment. A light power set running around its ore train on the approach to Dock 6 had the lead truck of 6252 derail at a crossover, fortunately at slow speed. This... (more)
A flurry of activity in Pig's Eye is always a good sight.
Inside the cab of an old school EMD with the next generation visible in the distance.
Always an impressive sight, the outbound Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train doesn't even warrant a glance from the guy in the yellow and blue in the lower left. But others strolling ... (more)
Minus 20 in Chama. 487 had been on the point of a flanger train over Cumbres.
A Busy Afternoon at HilandThere's a lot of activity at Hiland, the summit of the Southern Pacific's crossing of Cajon Pass, on July 2, 1978. A westbound sits in the siding as an ea... (more)
To negotiate the numerous curves found on today’s rails, innovative holding mechanisms were created and attached to these 89 foot flatcars which allow the large blades to pivot their way around ... (more)
MP "Babyface" DR-4-4-15s on a freight train at Myrick, Missouri during the Summer of 1952. Bob Drake photo, collection of Tom Sink.
A Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Railway’s passenger train crosses the old La Selva Bridge for the last time on its journey along the Pacific Coast from Santa Cruz to Watsonville at sunset. After thi... (more)
Nothing beats a Hartwell Railway consist. From all my years of railfaning, Hartwell has always presented amazing locomotive lash-ups. On a quiet January night, a power set is seen tied down just o... (more)
At 00:39 on 01/17/69, southbound Illinois Central passenger train #25 led by a trio of E-units collided with a northbound freight that went past a red signal at Indian Oaks. Three people, includi... (more)
A bumpstop in the overgrown remnants of the CNJ train shed in Jersey City. This type of train shed was known as bush-type sheds, named after its designer A. Lincoln Bush. It was built in 1914 and ... (more)
Since nobody seemed to be bothered by me shooting pictues, I went in a little closer and got this. Maybe you will be able to recognize a long lost relative who worked for the LV at the time.
BN 9917 is a rebuilt from the CBQ 9987A (E9A). It started life in December 1955 replacing the romantic era of steam. These streamliners were just as beautiful. It continued life as a E9AM. Once ag... (more)
Santa Fe’s premier train, eastbound Super Chief-El Capitan with two FP-45s, pauses at La Junta, Colo. for a crew change and accept passengers from the connector Train 201 from Denver, which arri... (more)
The cab of PREX FP9 1752 is decorated for the Santa Special with garland across the windows and Christmas lights powered by battery. The crew was offering cab tours during each stop.
Southern California conmmuter style. From LAUS Union Station and by San Bernardino Line, EMD F59PHI and Metrolink service passing over the BNSF Intermodal Facility by elevated track, and arriving ... (more)
J1a #6403 poses for a picture at Columbus. It was likely part of the PRR motive power force defending the turf on the Sandusky coal trains v. the 11 Santa Fe 2-10-4's brought in to augment the fl... (more)
231 popped inside the Roundhouse so we could utilize an overhead crane to take apart its turbocharger. It was such a tease to have the 231 in between a Daylight-painted car and a Daylight locomoti... (more)
On a rainy and stormy May 3, 2007, the fourth main track was still being built over Logan Hill between Bill and Converse Junction, Wyoming, as two Union Pacific coal trains roll past construction ... (more)
I would have never believed it if I didn't see it!! This Mini was actually used as a track inspection vehicle and came equipped with a hydraulic turntable for turning it.
There are few freight cars that are more distinctive than the B&O’s “wagontop” box cars. Conceived out of the necessity to replace older double-sheathed boxcars with steel ones, the class M1... (more)
Calgary Logistics Park, AB - Prince Rupert Fairview, BC baretable train X193 speeds west along the shores of Jasper Lake behind a classic motive power consist of CN SD60Fs 5545 and 5530. Nicely ad... (more)
Former Great Eastern Railway 'Claud Hamilton' class 4-4-0 No 8787 passes through Welwyn North station with an up Cambridge Buffet Express heading for Kings Cross, London at line speed as a humble ... (more)
CN 5749 leads a westbound train at Cisco, BC
Heading for Columbus from Pittsburgh.
Wisconsin and Southern Plow Extra works easttbound clearing line from Janesville, Wisconsin to Fox lake, Illinois.
PRR and CNJ served the Monmouth Park Race Track with trains out of the NYC/NJ metro. Both railroads ran two trains. An Ansco Color original.
The new and rebuilt VIA 6400 going on her first transcon journey west in her new paint scheme ! A little more info on the 6400, she was brought into CAD in Montreal in 2005 and was released fully ... (more)
Santa Fe EMD F7A No. 347C and F3B No. 347B soak up some California sunshine in Old Sacramento at the California State Railroad Museum on March 11, 2001. AT&SF No. 347C is the only Santa Fe F7A not... (more)
Westbound leaves Dewitt Yard as an eastbound with EMDs enters
Pennsy hammers the CNJ diamonds at CY on the Greenville Branch while the competition enters the picture overhead. CNJ traffic waits in the distance. PRR Class AS10. Note that the Lehigh Valley ma... (more)
Waiting on the Christmas Train. A small group of hardy Mainers brave a December snowstorm as they await the arrival of a northbound WW&F Christmas Train at the tiny flag stop in Alna Center... (more)
Deadhead status in the CN 2508. This day I had to Pilot the Flat Rock crew from west of Battle Creek as the previous train expired. After Battle Creek it was an Amtrack Ride to the "Level Peb... (more)
Visions of the ferroequine zombie apocalypse. Pre -Corman “streaks of rust” through some stuff they were scrapping after years of neglect.
Peak summer travel season has begun, and Union Pacific’s combined City of Los Angeles-San Francisco is running in two sections, one to accommodate first-class travelers and a second for the coac... (more)
A sad site as this is the graveyard for many locomotives that have traveled millions of miles across this country.
NS 072, reroute of Q741 juice train, crosses the Potomac River on the NS H-line (because of the CSX derailment in WDC). This was the only juice reroute.
Frisco E8(A) 2018 and 2013 leads The Oklahoman passenger train which ran between St. Louis and Oklahoma City, seen here at Kirkwood, Missouri September 19, 1966. Photo taken from my slide colle... (more)
Union Pacific's 110 car OGCY (Ogden, UT - Cheyenne, WY) drag manifest climbs the Evanston Sub grade at Peterson, Utah.
A track worker cuts the rolled rail in front of a leaning Dash 9 that derailed after the rail gave way from the weight of the engines on rain saturated ground. This was the last unit of three eng... (more)
UP GP60 1038 leads the Troy Grover south through Earlville, busting through plow lines.
A loaded windmill blade train descends down Kingman Canyon as the sounds of dynamic motors whine down the 1.6% grade of main track one. On main two, a Q LACLPC6 charges up the grade as it continue... (more)
I wrote this caption, "This lash up is a ABBBB set of F7s shown at the Grand Canyon Station with the seasonal train called the Grand Canyon in July 1962. This train made a nocturnal round trip (... (more)
The westbound Sunset Limited is seen at Alhambra station.
It looks like this engine and her sisters managed to catch fire somewhere.
Western Pacific Railroad Museum, where you can climb on the equipment (metal gets very hot in the sun)!
The ultimate modeler's "kitbash" unit, former CNW 8575 awaits its turn in the paint booth. Markings for CNW, UP, and CN are all evident. Within a few months it will be another one of the CN'... (more)
After a hard push up Mullan Pass, A helper set with four SD70ACe's and a tag-along SD45 roll light down the grade at Austin Montana. Before the rehabilitation of Mullan Tunnel, the helper locomoti... (more)
The Storms over Denver & Big Ten Storms continue to leave heavy rain and hail over the suburbs of Denver and the High Plains. The evening sun brings out a rainbow and is ab... (more)
Union Pacific SD70M No. 4812 leads the Potash Local, symboled "LDG51B" westbound through the tight cut approaching the Corona Arch Trailhead near Moab, Utah, on March 15, 2019.
Knoxville/Asheville train 136 works it's way eastbound along the former Southern Railway "River line" in western North Carolina, seen here crossing the French Broad River near Hot Spring... (more)
GRW 324, a former EJ&E SW1200, passes a handful of older CN equipment as it shoves a train into Kirk Yard in Gary, Indiana.
Looking almost like an HO scale model, NS 7215 crosses the main drag in Windber, PA and right through the center of town.
From a different perspective of the Gallitzin tunnel see the NS 6323 & 6319 which provide assistance to NS 21t just exited the tunnel and now provide assistance to for braking down the west slope,... (more)
A colorful consist is idled at CSXT's Selkirk, NY yard on March 11. The SCRF GP40-2 6415 (ex-GT/DT&I) is heading west for delivery to the Chicago Fort Wayne & Eastern; the CEFX SD90MAC/43s 130 and... (more)
Waking up the Chama Valley. With the alpine sunrise now just minutes away, our early morning Cumbres Turn charges up the 4% toward Coxo Crossing, with her stack beats echoing across the en... (more)
With storms passing to the east, Amtrak No. 5, the California Zephyr, traverses rugged Little Gore Canyon between Azure and Radium, Colorado, on August 4, 2014.
Amtrak GG-1 #926 on display at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY. For more pics & videos from my collection see my website at http://northamericabyrail.info/
A real hot box. I had never seen one before and I don't recall whether the coach was used again back to Chicago that day.
On August 7, Pan Am Railways operated an office car special from Ayer, Massachusetts, to Mechanicville, New York, with Norfolk Southern officials inspecting the jointly-owned portion of Pan Am Sou... (more)
Taken in the East Altoona pit during the steam-diesel transition era with a PRR Police escort. The Alco diesels were classified RSD-7 on the Pennsy.
In the early morning hours of October 30th, CN L501 departed Flint South Yard and headed west. While passing through the town of Durand, MI., 14 cars, non-consecutively, derailed, all of which wer... (more)
Spirit of '76' 1976. The second BN "Bicentennial" 1976, nee-GN 323/BN 9853/6397. Renumbered back to BN 6397 in January 1979. Only 20 SDP40s built - six for GN and fourteen for NdeM.
As if being spotted specially for the youthful photographers John Dziobko and Bill Rosenberg, B&O Mountain-type T-3b 5581 gets turned on the table at Robey St. Yard. Unlike Pennsy, B&O steam was ... (more)
A westbound Canadian National freight crosses the Fraser River over Cisco Bridge at Cisco, British Columbia, on September 27, 2001. Powering the train is the interesting consist of EMD SD50F No. 5... (more)
Amtrak's newest locomotive, ACS-64 642, has received the Veteran's scheme much akin to Amtrak 42.
Another icon that lasted into the 60s, The gatekeeper. He sure hopes this freight will get past so he can go back into the shack and warm up before the next train forces him out in the cold.
Ain't she sweet? With literally one minute to go until the alpine sunset in Silverton, Eureka & Palisade #4, aka "Eureka" runs the last few hundred yards to the depot and a well-deserved re... (more)
This locomotive was repainted by NJT into the PRR Tuscan red scheme prior to its retirement.
Central Pacific #60 (Jupiter) was used for the "2007 Winter Steam" at the Golden Spike National Historic Site
1947 or 2007? In this test shot, the crew discuss their orders as PRR M1 6755 and K4 3750 await their departure. In actuality, these locomotives have never felt the heat of steam in over 50 years.... (more)
The first snow storm of year has hit Crozier Canyon during the afternoon of Christmas eve. Within an hour, nearly an inch and half of snow fell; turning Crozier into a winter wonderland. Here, a h... (more)
Blue Santa Fe units (4 Fs and 2 Geeps) among the Texas state flower Bluebonnets. ATSF 276C is southbound (RR East) at Landes, Texas, headed for Houston on April 4, 1971.
A close up view of all the wires and hoses hooked up to the prime mover of UP 8394. The locomotive is currently being modified and tested for Tier 4 emissions standards. Railroad: Union PacificLocomotive: EMD SD70ACeLocation: LaGrange, Illinois, USALocomotive #: UP 8394Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: April 23, 2012
A PP&L coal train must have had some problems...
DPU Reflections on a rail, with a cloud capped Mt Rainier watching over this NB BNSF earthworm at Ruston.
