Just after crossing over the SP, WP 914A is heading East on Altamont Pass with a manifest freight in February of 1970. About a half hour after this train, WP's California Zephyr would pass this sa... (more)

After a pig train passes him at Sando, 231 streaks out of the siding and contniues his westward trip toward Richmond.

One of my personal favorites of all the slides I have shot. SP's San Joaquin Daylight as it passed over the Loop in April of 1971. But who was that girl? Her face and wave have stuck in my mind fo... (more)

An SP freight rolls west over the former Rio Grande at Thompson, Utah.

Railroad fireworks. 71-86 get carbon build-up cleaned out. The units were the power for the Arkansas Western branch local. The line had a 10 mph speed restriction.

Weren't Alcos barred from Chicago for doing this? 4700-280 are notched out after a long idle spell.

The best way to capture a misty moring mood is to spend all night at track side. So my friend ken and I rolled out our sleeping bags on top of a pile of ties. If we did this in our present time it... (more)

ONR 113 (North Bay to Englehart freight) is running late allowing for this photo as it passes the old Right-of-Way silver mine during mid morning in Cobalt, ON. ONR GP38-2's #1805 & #1808 trail a... (more)

High water on the Iowa side of the Mississippi has this Milwaukee Road Savanna-KC train on the Illinois side of the river to the Quad Cities with bi-centennial #156 doing the honors. The Nitrin b... (more)

CN GMD1 1900 and 1901 rest at the engine facility at CN's Stuart Street Yard in Hamilton, ON. These units were briefly assigned to the yard, however crews did not like them and they were soon rea... (more)

I guess blondes do have more fun! Casa Grande local crew discussing how they're going to switch a cut of cars.

On a good day for the block operator - in this case Jim Largent - everything comes together and the conductor or engineer grab their Form D movement authority on the fly. Just past the moment of ... (more)

Putting the power onto an eastbound passenger at Moncton station. Note the fusee that had been used to melt the ice jambing the knuckle. A picture like this makes me appreciate that I did my rai... (more)

SP's Cascade getting ready to depart Oakland's 16th station and head to Portland. This station was abandoned after the 1989 earthquake. The buildings still stand but all the track is gone and a fr... (more)