Texas Chief arriving Chicago

Inbound passing yard office

National of Mexico departs Monterrey Statiom

2025 saw the return of the famed F-unit face on the Royal Gorge Route. While it remains the logo across advertising, it's rarely seen on the train anymore. After some runs early in the year, the... (more)

Super Chief arriving at Joliet. Chicago to Houston.

Santa Fe five-unit F7s 305 (A-A-B-B-B) was on No. 1 the streamlined SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF on July 3, 1970 during the Belen, N.M. servicing stop. One hundred and two years of Santa Fe passenger... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway F7A 347C (ex-ATSF 306C, née-ATSF 39C) and along with F3B 347B (ex-ATSF 307B, née-ATSF 35A) were borrowed from the California State Railroad Museum by the Santa... (more)

There is a lot to see at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. But, if you're lucky enough to get into the old Central Pacific/Southern Pacific shops nearby, there is even more to s... (more)

A neat looking A-B-A set leads 114 cars eastward near Dexter Missouri in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

Taken sometime in the 1950s. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

Westbound at Maywood

Mother and Buster watch arrival of Super Chief at Joliet

GN 274 leads the Wednesday morning Oregon Coast Scenic trip. It was my first time getting to see a locomotive in Great Northern paint operate. I feel kind of funny actually saying this, but I was ... (more)

Texas Chief ready to depart

Milwaukee Road power at Bensenville shops