CNW 6813 is about to enter the yard at Butler, WI with a eastbound train from Green Bay in October of 1974. 6813 is almost new, being built in December of 1973. The train used either the Airline o... (more)

This 0-6-0 steam locomotive, number 1, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Electro Metallurgical Co. It had a total engine and tender weight of 167,000 lbs., and a tractive force of ... (more)

This 4-6-2 steam locomotive, number 3404, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. It had a total engine and tender weight of 534,670 lbs., and a trac... (more)

It seemed like they'd never to away in those days and now they are just another odd happening and the photos are bringing back memories. This empty coal bucket is headed back west at a tiny gem o... (more)

This 2-8-2, number 27, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Cia. Ferroviaria Sao Paulo-Parana (Brazil). The total engine and tender weight was 207,950 lbs., and the tractive effort wa... (more)

This 4-4-0, number 11, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Truxillo Railroad Company (Honduras). The total engine and tender weight was 133,400 lbs., and the tractive effort was 12,1... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

Classic consist of final ATSF Super Chief departs Dearborn Station Chicago.

Final ATSF Super Chief ready to depart Dearborn Station Chicago. See albums below for more 70's and final private RR passenger runs in Chicago.

This 4-8-8-2 articulated locomotive, number 4211, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The total engine and tender weight was a whopping 1,051,200 lbs., a... (more)

This 2-8-4, number 1954, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. The total engine and tender weight was 750,200 lbs., and the tractive effort was 65,290... (more)

CNW 4110 gets ready to pick up some cars from the small yard near the Continental Grain facility on the south side of Milwaukee, WI in December of 1995.

Katy GP7's working Houston yard. Bill Folsom photo from my collection.

The Santa Fe–Southern Pacific merger was an attempted corporate consolidation of two of the major railroads in the Western United States at the time: the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway an... (more)