In 1947 and thereafter Texas law required all freight locomotive tenders to have a doghouse in which the head brakeman was to ride. However, as seen in this view of Mikado No. 1113 rolling backw... (more)

The classic Juniata Valley SW9 eases down the streets of Lewistown with some interchange for NS.

You may not believe it, but you are looking at a genuine World War II war machine. Three foot narrow gauge Combine No. 36 (built circa 1900 by the railroad, weighing 11.5 tons, and 42' 10" long) c... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe pig train passes the old yard. In the distance, the old shops appear to be still active judging from the diesel exhaust rising from that location.

Loading the ferry Viking using modified idler flat cars with handrails and footboards.

Amtrak's Black Hawk departs Rockford,IL. headed for Dubuque,IA.. The station was that little glass wind break behind the yellow car at left. I wonder if the young lad in the center car window next... (more)

The cab of the NS Veteran's unit is impressively clean.

A westbound Z train heads downgrade at the Trinidad Loop. BNSF 1101 was involved in a wreck in Arizona in October, 2000, and was nearly totaled. When BNSF repainted it in 2002, it was repainted in... (more)

The daily Bessemer ore empties meet the 50B crew at ET in a snow shower.

Two oil trains pass each other at Savanna. The east bound train had two CSX units on the front. BNSF SD70MAC 9969 brings up the rear.

Six Western Pacific GP7s and GP20s await disposition in Union Pacific's South Yard in Salt Lake City. The WP 703 found new life working for Mountain Diesel Transportation. The stored Union Pacific... (more)

JS 8368 and 8067

Two EMD's meet as the Lake Freighter St. Clair enters the St. Clair river in Port Huron, Mi just as the GTW 4927 pulls cars from the Dunn Paper company at the mouth of the river. The GTW 4927, po... (more)

A WP workman sands BN Century No. 4254 at the engine facility.