Once the companion of Alligators, this ex-SOU unit has a more mundane, ex-BN partner by this time. They have brought the daily train down to unload at the usual ambling gait. These old "Boats" m... (more)

It's a crisp fall day and 611 is waiting for a signal, sitting on 300 PSI with not so much as a feather of steam, no hiss, quiet as electric, ready to give the school children aboard a free short ... (more)

This former Clinchfield unit is resplendent in its new colors and sports a number it would no have long before being renumbered in the the 2100s. Holding still for a portrait.

A pair of factory fresh GE ES44AHs, working UP's North Platte to West Colton manifest, make a switch move off main 2 at North Yard in Salt Lake City.

Washington's new 6 million dollar train takes its first run on the mainline as it crosses the Serpentine River. Each coach, in Montana Rail Link numbers, had a budget of $1 million dollars each.

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Four 6,000 horsepower Electro-Motive Division SD90MAC-H locomotives, along with EMD’s test car, head up to East Portal, Colorado, for some high-altitude testing on January 30, 1... (more)

The OE Express charges up the 1% "Tonquin Hill" across the rebuilt trestle at Hedge's.

NJ Transit PL42AC #4031 on the Long branch-Bay Head Shuttle

Wisconsin Central train no. 50 passes through Rugby Junction, Wisconsin, on April 14, 1997. Two EMD cowl locomotives, Nos. 6656 and 6652 lead the eastbound freight; an F45/FP45 combo of Santa Fe h... (more)

Heber Creeper engineer Craig Drury puts on a great show as the UP 618 climbs the grade through Charleston toward the top of the hill at Casperville Road.

When Salt Lake City hosted three long distance trains per day, a switch engine was on hand to add or subtract cars from the California Zephyr. Amtrak SW1 #736, nicknamed 'Lil' Toot', gleams in the... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD70ACe proudly carries the stars and stripes on the long hood, at Joliet, Illinois, on November 10, 2010. Happy Independence Day!

Happy Birthday, USA! 237 years ago, the United States of America declared its independence. Norfolk Southern is honored to recognize the service of our country's military members, past and prese... (more)

Santa Fe's all-sleeper, extra-fare Chief climbs westbound past the little coal-mining town of Morley in Raton Pass. Morley was a typical company town with company houses, a school, a post offic... (more)

Zacky Farms CF7 No. 2631 sits at the elevators at Traver, California, on March 10, 1995. In the 1970’s, the Cleburne Shops of the Santa Fe converted old F3’s and F7s to this unique (ugly?) roa... (more)