ACWR 200 slowly cuts through Aberdeen with a train for the CSX interchange below town. The conductor protects the crossing as some other fans watch their passage.

Just as the sun sets, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Limited, is about to depart Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal behind a trio of SDP40Fs – 524, 519 and 512 – as soon as t... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Oct 2 1978 — Retired Burlington Northern RS3 4082 (Northern Pacific paint for lawsuit) sits in the sun at the engine facility. Alco built the unit (b/n 81155) in March 1955 as NP 85... (more)

UP 1696 hauls freight past the Minnesota Transportation Museum's migration train.

Two ALCOs getting mechanical attention. Taken with permission of the property owner.

This locomotive was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Union Pacific SD24B 438B in September 1959. Retired by the UP in October 1977, this cabless locomotive was purchased by Prec... (more)

Electro Motive A vintage quartet of EMD power run towards Searles to pick up a coal train off the Union Pacific interchange. The power is moving along the edge of an ancient lakebed that ... (more)

A colorful passenger engine lashup, consisting of ex Illinois Central 101, ex Alaska RR 30, and ex Iowa Pacific 540, sit outside the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western shop in Candor, North Carolina. Wh... (more)

A three unit FT set leads a 52 car southbound freight near Littleton Colorado in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Macon bound manifest #119 departs Atlanta ducking under McDaniel Street and the Griffin District

Lift And Separate. After bring moved to the Wells Road crossing on Sunday, November 12, 2023, on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, the locomotive was lifted off of the tracks and placed on 3 sepa... (more)

Scrapping 2023. Former CDOT FL-9 2023 (née-New Haven 2057) is the 3rd to last F unit built by EMD. The FL-9 order was a custom design for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad and... (more)

The Portland Section of the Empire Builder crosses the causeway at Horsethief Lake.

A GP38-2 is on the point and there are helpers in the middle with these guys kicked back and rattling along in Run 8 all the way to Big Cut and the top of the grade. Back in the coal days.

For many, many years, Montana Rail Link 50-foot boxcar No. 100982, faded but still adorning MRL’s original logos, has sat on a stub spur at Toston, Montana. It’s still there on July 9, 2023!