This crusty old Motive Power F45 relic is used as an engine test bed at the company's Boise facility.
PROGRESS: C&O #2789 Built by Alco in 1947 for the Chessapeake & Ohio, she's one of several Kanawha survivors. She was donated by the railroad in 1961 to the city of Peru, Indiana ... (more)
The Ugly Duckling seems to stick out of this crowd. The IC 2457 is among a crowd of locomotives stashed out the back door of Woodcrest. In the background is Markham A yard.
On their way from their birthplace to their new home on the Santa Fe, five brand new C30-7’s travel west out of Conrail’s Collinwood yard.
Rotting Away in the Desert Sun - Purchased by the Pacific Imperial Railway (aka PIR) the successor in interest to the Carrizo Gorge Railway, these three former Union Pacific GP40-2's sit ro... (more)
The last of the Y6a locomotives class runs light downgarde at Bonsack.
Great Northern transfer run drills past depot approach tracks. Note early TOFC's.
A little match race. Cass is famous for its annual Shay races on the triple tracks down at the depot. Those are pretty much heads-up races because none of the Shays has much of a performan... (more)
New, about to be delivered by the CB&Q.
Reflected in the window you can see the wonder in a boy's eyes, face up against the window as another train passes our train while we hold the main.
Two high cab GP39-2s (792 & 799) built in 1978 for use in Kennecott's Bingham Canyon open pit mine still serve on the rails of their original owner. Now lettered for Tangent Rail Services which pr... (more)
to the Decay VI. This 'Kriegslokomotive' (Deutsche Reichsbahn's Class 52, 2-10-0) was built in Hitler's Germany, worked in Stalin's Soviet Union and 50 years ago arrived in Hungary. more)
Rock Island train from Peoria nears Chicago La Salle Street station.
MP&ES Open House/Santa Fe F-7 Unveiling! Today was the big day as a reserved group of no more than 200 people attended the first open house MP&ES has hosted. The main attraction was the unv... (more)
Once in a while, one of the big Alcos would get loose from the Midwest and grace us with its presence on the Selkirk to Boston runs. Penn Central 6330 was the flagship of the Century 636 fleet. T... (more)
BNSF Corwith Yard from the air.
Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad locomotive #5 is a 2-8-2 built in 1924 by the H.K. Porter Company. Originally Carlton & Coast Railroad #55, it was later sold to the Port of Grays Harbor as their #5... (more)
The joys of trying to properly expose Kodachrome on a slick, black profile such as CN 6218 waiting under US 1 at New London on the CV are realized. Remember, "make sure you open an extra half-sto... (more)
Three Wisconsin & Calumet F7s sit at the Escanaba & Lake Superior’s roundhouse in Wells, Michigan. In the background are some other stored units, including a handful of Baldwins and SD9s.
The northbound Guadalupe Local with Union Pacific SD70AH no. 8830 leading, leans into the curve at Faria County Park. The last engine in the group is an SD60 being ferried to Guadalupe.
Three SD70ACS export locomotives bound for Saudi Arabia make their way through central Ohio.
Bridge between Momchilgrad and Podkova. Steam locomotive 01.23 is build 1935 SLM Winterthur.
These two GE's made it into service on the CNW from October 1978 until November 1981. The CNW had leased them to try out in a number of different applications and GE applied CNW paint before sendi... (more)
A CSX gevo sits in the westward siding as mother nature puts on one nice light show.
Birds Eye Or in this case a planes eye view of the massive Inman and Tilford Yard. NS's Inman Yard can be seen to the right, while part of CSX's Tilford Yard can be seen to the left. Downt... (more)
A sad sight, the remains of 456-4517-649. One of the last 1st generation Alcos on the ROCK, one of the first (recently) rebuilt Geeps, and an E8A. Deadlines after the shut-down grouped engine ty... (more)
Ontario Northland Railway's heritage SD40-2, #1730, is seen at the service area at the company's Englehart, Ontario, yard with plenty of snow pack at -18 F for its nighttime portrait. Photo with ... (more)
The cab unit of the Loram RG306 is upside down following last night's collision. Hulcher crews pushed it off the right of way for removal later today.
Diesels young and old were gathered at EMD for the 50th anniversary celebration of FT 103, including GP-60 demo #5.
Recently rebuilt SP&S 700 rolls through Lyle on its first long-distance test run to Wishram. Those freight cars and leased EMD GP38 756 served the Goldendale Branch, abandoned shortly after this p... (more)
Traffic at Essex On the day after Christmas 2007, a traffic jam is occurring at Essex, Montana, while more light snow continues to fall. Amtrak No. 8 is in town making its Essex station... (more)
National Limited just before it lost the mail contract and started terminating at Parkersburg, WV.
Just a few minutes before the taking of this photo, I was looking out upon the yards and beautiful mountains of Roanoke from a nice Vantage point for viewing both, and I couldn't help but notice t... (more)
'Mixto' heads through the street on Market Day.
GE is building the C38AChe units to operate on new line over the Himalayas in Tibet.
The Ontario Northland operated the Northlander train using equipment obtained from Trans-Europ Express (TEE) service, which used diesel equipment at that time because of the difficulty of running ... (more)
A nice E8. E7B, E7A set heads up the westbound GOLDEN STATE about to stop at Joliet. Someone was busy with the red paint in Chicago.
special MAERSK painted for publicity purposes
As a result of the partial collapse of the Hoosac Tunnel, Pan Am manifest trains have been running a circuitous route from Hoosick Jct, NY to Bellows Falls over the Vermont Rail System. Here we se... (more)
An original Lehigh Valley round house from the 19th century stood derelict in Auburn for decades, but just yesterday (3/12/16) it burned to the ground. The cause is under investigation but is sus... (more)
Decauville dmu unit crossing a small valley before Mega Spileo station.
CNs latest Distributed Braking Container on the rear of Q 199. The container also doubles as a FRED, note the three light bars on the back of the container.
A clerk for the N&W Railraod holds up trainorders for the fireman of No. 611 as the crew prepares for departure.
The anti fossil fuel crowd held a protest in Albany on Saturday May 14th. The railroad fenced off the yard and secured sensitive areas and under a heavy police presence, the protesters were allowe... (more)
IRM's 1630 put on a nice show for the NRHS guest held that year in Chicago.
On May 1st, 1971, Amtrak’s first westbound Empire Builder flies through Duplainville, Wisconsin with a quartet of BN F units. This is the same train featured in Pentrex’s Empire Builders to Mi... (more)
As viewed from my cruise ship, an Alaska Railroad passenger train boards passengers to take them to Denali and points north.
This picture is one of my father's earliest pictures in the Twin Cities. He is standing on the Kellogg Boulevard overpass looking North towards Westminster Junction (the Lafayette Road bridge can... (more)
ATSF 144 was a trailing unit on a stack train that ran away and rear ended a UP coal train on 12-14-94.
The rails this local rides on are 102 years, and they definitely show their age. They almost look as though they should be abandoned, but once a week, the Fredericksburg area local runs in here, a... (more)
Proof the Rio Grande had class!
CSX 4617 sits in primer at the Huntington Shops. ** TAKEN FROM A PUBLIC ROAD ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, NO TRESSPASSING WAS DONE TO OBTAIN THIS SHOT ****
It could have been taken in the 1950's or 60's, but its 2006 and PRR E8's are hanging around the Bay Head Yard once again! The SUV is the only indication of the true date.
Norfolk Southern 3462 waits patiently for a long CSX intermodal train with DPU 926 to clear the diamond so that it can continue to switch cars in the NS yard in Augusta, Georgia. Note: the photo w... (more)
2010 and 2011 were disappointing winters for me in terms of my typical Donner trips. In 2012 I was stationed at Langley AFB and I was blessed with the birth of my two sons in that time. All of the... (more)
On Monday February 26, Pan Am Southern's East Deerfield Yard hosted an eclectic mix of motive power, including PAS train EDPL-26 with P&W GP38 2009, MEC GP40 350, MEC GP40 352 and MEC B40-8 5930; ... (more)
Salemi-Gibellina
Crews work to clear a major derailment in Two Harbors yard a day after a loaded ore train ran away down the steep grade into the yard. Two crew members jumped and sustained injuries but are thankf... (more)
Collision between a train and bus, as this causes the train derails and crashes into another train. Leaving 11 dead and 100 injured
This old GN line to NP's Old Town Yard is long abandoned, but the rail is newer and heavier than some of the rails still in use in the old NP yard.
The Grand Canyon in the siding at Glorietta. A Roger Puta photograph.
The Alaska Railroad is served by two barges in Whittier, the CN Barge see photo #486721, and the ARMS Barge from Seattle. While the CN barge makes an appearance about every 10 days the ARMS Barge ... (more)
Spring in the Carrizo Gorge - Looking into the gorge from near the tracks, two wrecked box cars cling to the steep canyon wall. The cars derailed in an accident in the 80’s where the... (more)
NS 8101, the Central of Georgia heritage unit, is seen here leading its first train towards the southwest Virginia coal fields. The old barn advertises "Rock City" atop Lookout Mountain in Chatta... (more)
The water level is up to the bridge deck as CN 323 crosses the flood-swollen Richelieu River at the northend tip of Lake Champlain.
Rio Grande EMD GP60 Nos. 3155 and 3154 power a summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train downgrade out of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 5, 2000. For a short while anyway, these ... (more)
After leading CP 252 into Saratoga Yard solo, CP military tribute 7023 takes a trip around the wye at the north end of the yard. The 7023 is being turned to lead the NB 253 to Montreal on the nigh... (more)
The subway of Athens in front of the ancient market-agora-
BNSF's westbound Denver, Colorado to Provo, Utah manifest led by two GEVO's and a Canadian Pacific AC4400CW patiently wait at Tolland, Colorado for three trains to pass by before heading west on S... (more)
Freight Extra 315 North. Having just completed the 30 minute climb up the 2.5% grade from Hermosa, the crew of D&RGW 315 can relax just a bit as they tip-toe their short freight along the l... (more)
Results of the first evening of night shooting at Nevada Nevada Northern Wrecking Crane 'A' was brought in to rescue an ore car that derailed on Friday evening in the East Ely yards of the Nevada ... (more)
Milwaukee Road 507, a caboose, and a wave from the engineer. Check out the hi-rail following behind.
The Ditch Cleaner discards a trail of nasty wet ballast on the opposite side of the tracks as it heads west past Larry's Truck and Electric in McDonald, Ohio.
BN 9900 was the only E unit owned by the SP&S and was numbered 750 with that railroad. It teams up with an FP7 to lead tr. 22, the Portland connection for the EMPIRE BUILDER. I rode the sleeping c... (more)
Crossing the only one bridge at Xino Nero passage 2.300ft above the sea level.
EJ salutes the flag before waving to the crew on westbound intermodal train 23M as it exits the tunnel at Gallitzen on Track 3. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)
Photographer- Clark Frazier- from my personal collection. Early June 1959 finds Y6a 2158 awaiting her fate at the hands of the ivory hunters. Sister 2156, the sole remaining Y6a resides at the... (more)
Camelback #754 is steamed up for the commuter shuffle, under the new Garden State Parkway, not too far from where Sonny met his fate at the tollbooth.
Southbound coal loads headed for the dock at Seward pass Gorilla Rock on a glorious end of winter day.
An Engineman surveys the situation during a station stop. According to the PRRTHS, the last Class E6s 4-4-2 #5218 was retired in November of '53. However, John D. saw É6s' running on the PRSL ... (more)
This publicity photo of The 400 was taken for the C&NW Public Relations Dept. most likely around September 1939 when the streamlined train was first inaugurated. I was able to make a copy photo of... (more)
Sitting on the whisker tracks around the turntable in Southern Pacific's Taylor Yard in Los Angeles, California, is SD45 7425, displaying the results of a recent altercation. This locomotive, bui... (more)
Rock Island Aerotrain 3 sits near the future new entrance to the Museum of Transportation.
Amtrak CEO Joseph Boardman, on the right, waves from the rear platform of business car 10001, "Beech Grove," as train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, departs Fullerton, California - the t... (more)
A.9104 takes fuel in front of the turntable.The sight from the water tower, gives you a good view of the port.
Wearing CP's new "Script" heritage scheme, CP SD70ACU 7010 leads Vancouver IMS-Toronto Yard train 100-23 past Mile 16 on the Thompson Sub knocking down the approach signal to Cherry Creek. Kamloop... (more)
A clean PRR E7 sits next to the engine house in the late afternoon at S. Amboy. Notice the metal bands on the grille behind the cab door that carried part of the as-delivered five stripe color sch... (more)
Honeywell Pentax
Mfr. 1942.
