I was too young to be with my Dad on this one. Three GM&O SD40s lead an extra through Joliet, Illinois circa 1971/1972. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.

A ballast train grinds up the grade towards Austin on a hot summer afternoon following Greenhorn Creek amid the arid Montana rolling hills. The veteran EMD on the point is still admirably earning ... (more)

A Wisconsin Central freight, powered by a pair of CSX EMD locomotives and a Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW, passes milepost 105 between Duplainville and Sussex, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of July 1... (more)

ACWR's Aberdeen job hauling east of Eagle Springs, headed to you guessed it, Aberdeen. Today's train was humongous, with a whopping 95 cars.

Step back to 2009 and the CP Russell is working east on the Mason City Sub towards Marquette. The plow is stop at West Ossian to head into the siding to meet a MDSMCX. The crew has to get the swit... (more)

PNLX (Dressed as WM #7471) rests next to the Frostburg depot and #1309 on the second day of the Trains Magazine photo charter.

Utah Railway 9006 descends Gilluly with a loaded coal train. Seeing the F45 in the head end consist was a bit rare. It spent most of it's day sandwiched in the helper set. (Tom Ellis photo).

Two Conrail SD40-2’s bring a train of empty hoppers down the Monongahela Railway’s Wana Industrial Track in Wana, West Virginia.

A Monongahela Railway train of empties with Conrail power approaches Consolidated Coal’s Blacksville #2 mine in Wana, West Virginia.

Although BN emphasized its Inside Gateway between Seattle and California, they also operated a Seattle based runthrough train to Southern Pacific's Brooklyn Yard in Portland and on to Eugene & Ca... (more)

A maintenance crew goes to work with UP SD40 no. 3066 assigned to handle a work train based at Meacham, OR on top of the Blue Mountains. UP invested heavily in their track maintenance compared to... (more)

Original WM 7471 sits at the depot with the passenger consist of the TRAINS Magazine photo charter. The fire department is on hand to supply water for #1309.

Western Maryland SD40 7471 leads the Trains Magazine "Welcome Back 1309" photo charter upgrade around Helmstetter's curve near Corriganville, Maryland. WM SD35 7436 brought up the rear of the pass... (more)

GCK 7496, Ex CSX 4621, to my knowledge is the only locomotive still wearing a YN1 paint scheme. Here it is in all it's glory, sitting in Cumberland's deadline.

Power is lined up and ready to roll next to the Argo Yard tower and offices in Seattle. UP SD40 3092 leads a trio followed by a pair of SD40-2s. The 3092 was built in August 1971, a fairly late ve... (more)