Switching A Yard in San Bernardino is Santa Fe 1962, one of the railroad's many Consolidations. Photographed by an unknown photographer in what appears to be the 1940s, 2-8-0 1962 was built by Ba... (more)

UP's "West Local" throttles up as it approaches the east end of Barbara's Gulch. Ten years ago, the local served three customers west of Leyden and there were days where four geeps were needed due... (more)

Wabash train #111 The Banner Blue (Chicago to St. Louis)with Alco PA-1 #1020 and #1020A stopped at Delmar station 5.6 miles from Union Station. Photo taken from my slide collection, photographer A... (more)

This was formerly a Chrome Crankshaft lease unit and had worked for the short-lived Chicago & Indiana RR in 1979 with sister unit 6001. The 6001 served the Tippecanoe RR until the early 90's. ICR... (more)

Sierra Railway's new home built genset #52 at there Oakdale facility.

This great old railroad had a shop that looked like nine miles of bad and that sort of matched the rest of the operation. I always hoped there would be a bridge over the Mississippi at Greenville... (more)

GoRail and Norfolk Southern announced the unveiling of its one-of-a-kind GoRail locomotive today to commemorate the 10th anniversary of GoRail, a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to ed... (more)

Shocker fever is in full swing as the Wichita State University men's basketball team has gone undefeated with a record of 34-0 and capturing the Missouri Valley Conference regular season and tourn... (more)

This Former Cotton Belt GP60 Is seen awaiting a new crew to take the train north. Yes This Locomotive was leading a Mainline Freight Train. The rest of the lash up might have been the coolest one ... (more)

More conqueror’s of C&O steam — Alco RSD-15’s 6802 and 6808 at Peach Creek, W. Va., brand new on Oct. 6, 1956.

C&O had 15 Class C-12 0-10-0’s, most of which worked the heavy coal cuts at Peach Creek, W.Va. By Oct. 6, 1956, 142’s services were no longer needed. It’s tiny headlight was mounted on t... (more)

Another never-to-be-called back on stage to perform, C&O 1344 in the dead line at Peach Creek, W. Va.

Have you ever arrived at a play late, just after the final curtain dropped? That was my luck at Peach Creek, W.Va. when C&O had just shut down stream operations. This was C&O 2-6-6-2 1421 after... (more)

RS-3M EMD. The MKT 142 still in use today for the Midland Railway in Baldwin City, KS. www.midlandrailway.org

Bloomer Shippers Line engineer Paul Jones heads North with 25 empty cars to be loaded at the end of the in service portion of the railroad at Cullom, Illinois as an early morning sun begins to bur... (more)