1 little, 2 little, 3 little engines. 4 little, 5 little, 6 little engines. 7 little, 8 little, 9 little engines. 10 little engine boys!
The crew of this train was so bored after 5 hours of sitting in the siding, that they invited me up into the cab for a few minutes until their crew van showed up (and yes we had permission).
1983 posses on the balloon track , due to it's length, it had to be walked through the curve at 3MPH
A Santa Fe stack train dashes across spectacular Canyon Diablo Bridge at Canyon Diablo, Arizona, on April 19, 1990. A “Kodachrome” GE C30-7 leads a pair of EMD SD40-2s and a pair of EMD SD40s ... (more)
Just after sunrise this Decatur, IL to Jacob's Ranch Mine, WY empty coal train is rolling west. 4 SD70MAC's and 2 ES44AC's power this empty. This train came off the Peoria Branch at Galesburg, IL.... (more)
This EL slug began life as Erie #1150 in April of 1951 where it was a class MFSB-15A. Interestingly it was delivered after 1151-1161, which came the year before. In July of 1965, it was rebuilt i... (more)
Detouring off the Coast Route due to Tunnel work being done in the Chatsworth area, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, crosses over Tweedy Creek after passing through Keene on the weste... (more)
Not what they were expecting! Drivers on Highway 295 wait patiently while NS 1630 and crew traverse the spur leading into Univar USA. A big six-axle EMD in the middle of a four-lane highway was li... (more)
An artistic representation of an SD70I adorns the side of CN 2115, along with sister 2113 one of two ex-UP C40-8s to wear this scheme which celebrates CN's 15 years of privatization. The text in e... (more)
"May I Never Wake Up from The American Dream" The shot I never saw coming, has found its way to the top of my personal favorites. Wandering between photo scenes, I joined a small grou... (more)
Original slide from my collection. Unfortunately I don't have information where and when the photo has been taken.
After a long walk up to the trestle, it took a couple of minutes for the train to reach the bridge. You could hear the train grinding up the hill quite well, but it took it a bit to show its face.... (more)
Crossing the expansive Great Salt Lake basin, an eastbound Union Pacific freight approaches Lakeside, Utah, on March 5, 2012. In the distance is Hogup Ridge, and to the left are the evaporative ba... (more)
BHP 5637 and unidentified unit head a loaded Yandi iron ore round the big curve near the 250km peg on the Mt Newman line. The DPU units (5644/5663) in the middle of the train can be seen on the c... (more)
Only a month into the BN merger, GN still looks like GN at the passenger engine facility at the east end of Union Station. A mix of F units and former F heater cars idle while maintenance workers ... (more)
A Big Boy heads up Sherman Hill at Dale on Track three. This cut off was added as a longer grade, but not as steep and requiring less or no helpers.
With the sun setting on the first day of the new year, this Phoenix, AZ to Chicago, IL stack train charges out of Darling down the Arizona Divide for Winslow where a new crew will take over to con... (more)
Union Pacific had only two Alco Century 855-A 5500hp, numbered 60 and 61, Date Built 6/64, sold to Houston Armature Works and scrapped, 11/71. No photographer listed on slide.
The NS 4001 and NS 4000 "DC to AC" units add color to a drab scene of decommissioned power as they lead the NS 757 into the West Yard in Roanoke returning from the first revenue run of t... (more)
A woman who lives along this street spent 5 minutes complaining about these coal trains, she said they've run as fast as 30mph down the street! This one appeared to be doing about 10mph. Train i... (more)
One of only 3 E8's built for a Canadian Railroad, 1802 is being turned on the balloon track at the 'Glen'. The 1800 & 1802 were power for CP's 'Atlantic' to St John New Brunswick.
This train is westbound, crossing the AC&Y at GN tower. Kodachrome II, Konica Auto S-2 rangefinder
Nothing but the CRH train should be the "official" background of Rubber Duck's Beijing show. The sculpture was displayed in Beijing Garden Expo Park Sep. 6 - 23, where the Beijing - Guangzhou high... (more)
N&W 2-6-6-2 class Z1b #1470 at Roanoke, VA awaiting its next work in this July 1954 scene. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
Scrap operations for the....Loco of the locos at the central enginehouse of Thessaloniki city
For the first time since well before World War II, you can stand at 42nd St and Madison Ave in New York City and see the full west side and south side of Grand Central Terminal at the same time. I... (more)
Ready to Meet the PublicMetrolink's first (and, so far, only) F125 will be on display at Los Angeles Union Station on Monday, July 18, 2016. The engine arrived a day early to get s... (more)
Bad day at Broomfield, freight and passenger train collision in September 1958 involving CB&Q EMD E7 number 9936B and CB&Q EMD F3 number 700D. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
Conway Scenic Railroad's Mountaineer passes over the Frankenstein Trestle at Hart's Location, NH among peak fall color as they climb the grade to Crawford Notch.
Reading Camelback #1187, one of only a few Camelbacks in existence and. more noteworthy, one of only 9 remaining Reading engines (10 if you count a Railroad: Reading CompanyLocomotive: Steam 0-4-0Location: Strasburg, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: RDG 1187Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: September 18, 2011
With a z-train hot on its heels (visible in the distance), a BNSF manifest begins its climb out of the San Joaquin Valley towards the summit at Tehachapi.
Delivered to the Chesapeake & Ohio by ALCO in early 1944, K4 Kanawha 2-8-4 sits on display at Broad Street Station (now home to the Science Musuem of Virginia). #2732 was one of a fleet of 2-8-4s ... (more)
The Builders plate reads " OF Jordan CO. Spreader, Flanger, Scraper, Bank Builder, and Snow Plow." It was bought new by the NN in 1917, I think originally the cab was wooden and the railroad built... (more)
A Southern Pacific freight is seen near Cougar California, with snowcapped Mount Shasta visible in the background, on July 26th 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
UP Heritage units with UP 8444 in the setup for the photo shoot. This shot was near the end of the event when the sun swung around to make for some great shots.
Train Conductor desk of CN 2441
The Other OneA selection of NS power rests lined into the shop bays at the Juniata Locomotive Shop, including the Erie Heritage Unit. This is the reverse angle of Railroad: Norfolk SouthernLocomotive: EMD SD70ACeLocation: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: NS 1068Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: November 27, 2017
Canadian National train No. 102 glides along the shore of Jasper Lake west of Devona, Alberta, in scenic Jasper National Park on July 16, 2013. A location known as Windy Point is just to the left ... (more)
As a result of a SPAD infringement these two 10M5 commuter sets rubbed noses at New Durban Yard. PRASA / Metrorail are the National and only suburban commuter operator in South Africa.
Late in the steam era on Southern Railway, Ls-2 simple 2-8-8-2 4050 works the Bristol local upgrade just west of the crossing at Sunbright, VA. The grade is nearly two percent at this point. Both ... (more)
Unusual view of an SDP40, one of several SD40's and SDP40's being stripped of internal components for rebuild. Have yet to see if they will be fully scrapped.
C&O 614 charging through Chesapeake, WV.
On April 28th, 2014 Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 departed Union Pacific's West Colton yard and began its journey home to Cheyenne for restoration. Little over 5 years later the City of Cheyenne was ... (more)
The crew on the set of power give the railfan a curious look. The SW in the background waits for a path forward to grab onto a consist.
C&O "Yellow Belly" #490
One of my all time favorite locomotives - this time, a rarely seen view of the fireman's side, thanks to a vacant track to the right left by the Museum's Railroad: Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)Locomotive: Steam 4-6-4Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USALocomotive #: CO 490Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October 02, 2016
Southern Pacific Camera Car (aka Simulator Car) 8799 is a former Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 SP 9113 (nee-9010). The engine had it's prime mover removed and the front end was rebuilt to house movie cam... (more)
The Horseshoe Curve is a stunning sight to behold, especially during the sunset hours. In this photograph, a westbound intermodal train is seen making its way around the curve and up the Allegheny... (more)
I believe this is the first Charger (Siemens SC44) to operate on a train on the West Coast. Here the 4611 destined for service with IDOT, pulls a test train with AMTK 467 on the tail end. It wi... (more)
This thoroughbred is visiting the Amtrak yard in Philly, helping in work train service. Taken with permission.
After the electrification scrap, the beautiful V8 locomotive (as know by brazilian railfans) was simply forgotten in Araraquara yard...
The Other Mopac Based in Souderton, Pennsylvania, the Moyer Packing Company, at one point the ninth-largest beef processor in the United States, called itself Mopac. The other Mopa... (more)
A westbound Southern Pacific intermodal train (probably the DVRVF) led by Rio Grande Tunnel Motor No. 5347, cruises by the towering sandstone cliffs east of Utaline, Colorado, on the afternoon of ... (more)
At least it wasn't scrapped... Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 4877 sits at NJ Transit's Lebanon Station along with ERIE Railroad E8s 834 and 835, all currently undergoing restoration. To see a photo ... (more)
A D&H class J 4-6-6-4 pushes a westbound freight as a NYC class J 4-6-4 pauses at the station
The Beast is always watching.
P&W train NR 2 hading north to Plainfield along the Thames River.
After a long walk in, and a long work window, trains flooded the tracks through Wendover Canyon between Wendover and Cassa, Wyoming, on the afternoon of July 8, 1994. Finding track time between th... (more)
Snow covered tree branches in the Animas Canyon frame the Durango & Silverton's Cascade Canyon Express as it crosses the high bridge on its way back to Durango.
One day before the new year will dawn, the brave crew of the Hudson grain train rumbles up in a late December mini blizzard to 7th street to serve the ADM Greenport Mill. Former Conrail beasts 8... (more)
Santa Fe 3751 heads home from Railfair '99 in Sacramento as it makes a run towards Tehachapi Loop just before sunset. Unfortunately for the hundreds of people gathered at the Loop, the locomotive ... (more)
Ladder - SOO 4414 tip toes down the west end of the Muskego- West Yard ladder in the Beer City. So many tracks, so little time.. Where's a Milwaukee FM when you need one?
Arcelor-Mittal Mines Canada had four of the 6 port ore trains running with SD70ACe leaders, including this set of AMMC SD70ACe 9003 and QCM AC4400CW 24, seen near Lac-Walker, Quebec. Full details... (more)
Warning:Make sure you have a friend watch your back
Ballet de loaders! I waited and watched for almost 45 minutes to catch the three loaders with their buckets in this position. It's amazing how they load a train without even coming close to each o... (more)
Starry, starry night? Actually, quite the opposite. That's rain that's falling on Clinchfield 800 as it heads south from Kingsport, Tenn., after pulling the 75th running of the CSX (Clinchf... (more)
The elusive Wedge shot: It's hard to get a decent side lit shot of the 425 as it moves though pretty close quarters in the Lehigh Gorge State park. However, some early morning switching moves al... (more)
The cab of Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 allows the crew to operate the motive power back in the train as well as the operations of the plow itself. The unique “marine windows” are ... (more)
Union Pacific SD70AH No. 8948 leads EMDX SD70ACe-T4 Nos. 1502 and 1503 along with three other UP units on a test train from Denver to Tabernash, Colorado (SDVTN 07) up the 2-percent grade in Coal ... (more)
BNSF 3934 ET44C4 back view.
Wow, a sunny April day in Oregon?? Grab the camera. Forty-four miles south of Portland, the 2nd section of scheduled Train 665 is considered "westbound" on SP at Brooks, Oregon headed for Eugen... (more)
Classic Alco's in the Pilbara, Robe River Iron Associates' 9413, 9416 & 9415, all C636 units, are stored awaiting their fate at the Cape Lambert loco depot.
New new ES44DC leads a gaggle of engines east to Barstow.
On this date, it is not too common to see 3 ex-Rio Grande locomotives still working together. The other 2 numbers are UP 1350 & 1445.
New Pennsy SD40s 6044/6084 head up a general merchandise.
The second part of the transformer load sails across Willey Brook Bridge on 20-axle Schnabel Car, BBCX 1000, as seen from the shoulder of Route 302. Railroad: UntitledLocomotive: 20-Axle Schnabel CarLocation: Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, USALocomotive #: BBCX 1000Train ID: CSRX High-WidePhoto Date: June 20, 2009
A Family Lines caboose brings up the rear of a "funeral train" full of former L&N and SCL first-generation diesels. These locomotives are headed west on the IHB and are most likely boun... (more)
In 1968, before the days of Tier-II compliant locomotives, the 8444 was showing off for a photo runby.
Electrified Caboose?!.... Nope, just a modified BC Rail Caboose still in its Two-Tone Green heritage once used for testing and repairing overhead power lines on the Tumbler Ridge Sub.
IAIS QJ #6988 double heads an Amtrak heritage locomotive across the bridge over the Moscow River. This was one of the few spots along the route that chasers were able to catch up to the train. A... (more)
Alco PA, EMD F3B and an Alco RS3 await servicing.
What beats four of a kind on Burlington Northern in 1982? Well, actually quite a bit in this era of the BN as there was a huge variety of motive power on the roster at the time. However, getting... (more)
In a departure from some of the previous rural scenes of the quaint short line, known to locals as the "June Bug Line," ARC 6 pulls a cut of boxcars out of a warehouse district in west Statesville... (more)
AC&Y 505 shoves a SOO box car with a brakeman riding the rooftop catwalk on a cold and cloudy March afternoon. This H-20-44 would survive as Southwest Portland Cement 410 before being preserved at... (more)
As the sun sets over the pastures and fields, the railroad keeps moving as one of the last SD70’s lead 158 north along 29.
WP's pair of BiCentennial painted units part of display near Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco on Fourth of July weekend.
A truly unique machine, the Haysi 1. A former Clinchfield B-unit that was modified for radio control and was fitted with a control stand inside the unit, and taking it a step further on the unique... (more)
The Amtrak F40PH and P42DC in a variety of paint schemes.
An eastbound freight on the Grimsby Sub. switches the east end of Parkdale Yard. By late 1967, the green and gold paint scheme was a rare find on an RS-3.
