CPKC unveils KCS 1776 and its commemorative locomotive livery honoring the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence & celebrating the founding of the United States of America.

Acela 2, Day 1. On Thursday, August 28, 2025, Amtrak introduced the Alstom Acela 2 to the revenue riding public. The culmination of many years of work debuted on Train 2153 (TS 20/AMTK 2130... (more)

NS Tag Heritage Unit on display at the Museum.

Cp 9375 sit's with a 3 car set of CPKC Containers.

Union Pacific train number 111, the City of Denver, is seen leaving Denver on its first westbound run, with ten cars at 35 MPH, on June 19th 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

It was twenty years ago... BNSF was a brand new railroad. I worked at Kalmbach Publishing Co. as their corporate art director. On a whim, I sent Robert Krebs, then BNSF's CEO a drawing suggesting ... (more)

EMD's latest and greatest demo the SD70ace-T4 at the RSI show in BNSF's northtown yard. Taken before the crowds came storming in.

Along with a pair of Warbonnet F45s, Santa Fe's first pair of GP60Ms lead their first revenue move, the QNYLA, west out of an overcast Chicago with a test car in tow. Tom Golden photo.

The first time I saw one of UP's test GEVO's.

Super Fleet
On the very first run of Super Fleet GP60Ms, the Santa Fe QNYLA train speeds through Ransom, Illinois, on May 20, 1990. Only two GP60Ms were delivered by EMD at this point (N... (more)

Two of BNSF's new ES44C4 locos along with GECX test car #90 head up a 6000 plus ton stack train about to ascend Stevens Pass. The locos onl have 4 traction motors as the center axle on each truck ... (more)

On its first trip to the west end of the former Rio Grande, that road's UP Heritage tribute unit paused to set out it's trailing motor in the Helper Yard. There the crew graciously arranged to pu... (more)

NS 2652 & NS 2662 lead NS 134 on their first revenue run

First SD70M-2 for NS gets a run on the Test Track

SD70M-2 DEMO units #75 & #76 lead NS train 194 into Roanoke, VA on their first run over a mainline railroad.