A herd of zebras was spotted out on the prairies of Manitoba in June 1986 as CN inadvertently lined up a nice sampling of GMD power at Symington Yard on Winnipeg's east side. The prize was F7A 916... (more)

After their "careers" in the Rio Grande Zephyr ended, the Rio Grande F-Units could be found in freight service. A F9 A/B set is shunting at Leadville on the branch from Malta.

Union Pacific special trains have run with many different diesel engines leading over the years but nothing ever looked better than the A-B-A set of E's on the head end. An example is this Union P... (more)

As the morning rush hour winds down at Boston's South Station, a long Penn Central commuter train that has turned on the loop backs into a platform while a GP9 stands by. Ex-PRR E8s and ex-NH GP9... (more)

The overcast weather on this dreary Spring afternoon could not dampen the stunning appearance of the Reading and Northern's classic EMD Fs on their first test run along the R&N Pottsville Branch. ... (more)

Southern Pacific FP7 6453 lead the Coast Daylight south near San Francisco, passing a commuter train heading into the city. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

On a typically gloomy spring day in Wisconsin on March 30, 1985, Glen Monhart’s Charleston & Western Carolina F7 No. 901 does some freight duties during car clean up at the end of operations for s... (more)

If my memory serves and it does not serve as well as it once did....I was Firing on the C&M Division a trip and we were called for C&M 261 with the 176 while D&I 61 with the EMD 462 was called to ... (more)

GM F9A 462 with test train is at Milwaukee Road Savanna Engine terminal.

Thanks to everyone for there help identifying the location of the meet between 4-8-4 #5623 and the CB&Q freight. I do believe the location is Savanna, and also found this picture that I believe w... (more)

Deadhead run from GCT to Croton Harmon. Last run of the FL9’s in revenue service. Train set was stationed as a backup. Called into service to run Wassaic to GCT. Had to fill in for a maxi bomb. Fo... (more)

The objects in this scene doesn't particularly give a clue that it's April of 2020, but we're in the cab of 1948 built Clinchfield F3A 800 and social distancing in Blair, Tennessee at the Norfolk ... (more)

Former UP E9(A) 659 leads an ABBBA lash-up on an intermodal train through Joliet. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

My father rode a fan trip out of Chicago pulled by CB&Q 4-8-4 #5632 in the early 1960s. Here the train meets an eastbound freight led by the incredible combination of CB&Q F3(A) - GN FT(A) - GN F... (more)