A Burlington Northern freight passes through Dallas, Texas, on June 6th, 1983. SD40-2 6926 is on the point.

A trio of Burlington Northern and Missouri Pacific SD40-2s lead an empty coal train through North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 28, 1983.

Amtrak train #55, the Mountaineer, makes its station stop in Suffolk, Virginia, on a bright April 1975 day. The lone SDP40F, #604, can easily handle this five car train.

Seaboard System was a US Class I railroad that was created after the consolidation of the Family Lines System railroads (Louisville & Nashville, Seaboard Coast Line, Gerogia Railroad, Clinchfield ... (more)

A colorful assortment of power sits at the Ivy City Engine Terminal in Washington DC on a September day in 1975. Front and center is Southern Railway E8A 6905 (ex-SOU 2928, built 9/51), still in ... (more)

One of Santa Fe's unique U30CGs sits in the engine facility at Cleburne, Texas, on March 3, 1973. Originally purchased for use on the Santa Fe's passenger trains, the General Electric U30CG featu... (more)

A pair of Amtrak SDP40F diesels are in charge of train #53, The Floridian, stops at Union Station in Montgomery, Alabama, in October 1974. Montgomery Union Station was built by the Louisvi... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #768 (Goleta to San Diego) descends Rose Canyon in the northern part of San Diego on December 9th, 2012. The train has F59PHI 454 on the point, followed by six ... (more)

A hot Santa Fe eastbound is led by GP50 3833, SD45-2 5858, SD40-2 5099 and C30-7 8157. Alray, Cajon Pass, California - April 18, 1992.

Consecutive Numbers on Adjacent Trains Amtrak Pacific Surfliners meet in Rose Canyon, in northern San Diego, California. F59PHI 456 is leading train #774 (San Luis Obispo to San Di... (more)

A six-car BNSF Railway business train skirts Interstate 5 as it approaches downtown San Diego, California, on May 15th, 2012. Brand new ES44C4 6967 brought this train to Los Angeles the previous ... (more)

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 blasts through the "moonscape" just north of Victorville on May 14th, 2012. The train is heading to the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 ascends Cajon Pass at Blue Cut on May 14th, 2012. The colorful train is headed to Arizona's Grand Canyon.

To celebrate the American Bicentennial, a rolling museum of American artifacts was assembled to tour the country by rail in 1975 and 1976. The American Freedom Train was pulled by three different... (more)

Union Pacific train IGSDIX 23 (Intermodal; Global Gateway South CA - Dallas TX; Extra) threads its way through the hundreds of windmill electrical generators as it passes the Amtrak station at Wes... (more)