For many decades, one of the places to watch trains in southern California was Colton Tower, alongside Colton Crossing, where the Southern Pacific Railroad's "Sunset Route" crosse... (more)

This was GE's first production locomotive. Originally painted in black with yellow chevrons, it eventually got repainted in the mandarin orange and white.

Just learned earlier today that Conrail's SECR (Selkirk to Croxton) was nicknamed The Seeker. Here was see The Seeker on February 17, 1979 passing through Bogota, New Jersey behind to U25Bs and a ... (more)

TV16, a DeWitt (Syracuse) NY to North Bergen trailer van train, passes by the former Haworth NJ station location (the station was long ago razed by this point). This was the second trailer van tra... (more)

On the morning of January 20 TV9a, Tuesday through Saturday North Bergen to Chicago trailer van train, was led by the unusual consist of a U25B with a very damaged front porch, a U25C and a U28C. ... (more)

Family Lines System, L&N U25B 1600 -SD35 4509, at Louisville, Kentucky. October 2, 1980. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

The did exist in CSX if only for the life of a fruit fly. L&N was the original buyer. Photo by Mike Dolenski.

CRI&P 218 and mates lead a freight through Colorado, near Castle Rock, sometime during the 1960s. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Back in 1983, Mr. John M. Gould purchased a couple of my limited edition lithograph prints of my railroad paintings. This started up a friendship in which we traded slides and photographs for yea... (more)

Four P&LE GE U25Bs are seen on the EJ&E Porter Line in 1980.

Rock Island 205 halts its eastbound freight at Joliet, short of the diamonds with ATSF & ICG at Union Station, while a westbound rolls by led by U28B 253. Joliet was the west end of Rock Island co... (more)

Westbound, NYC U25B 2569, leading NYC U30B 2838, CB&Q GP30 942 and NYC U25B 2562, leaving the Central's Detroit yards on September 24, 1967. Between 1964-1965, the Central accumulated the large... (more)

*Doesn't say on the slide but if I were a betting man I'd say Cicero. Photo by Tony Vanier, from my collection.

Two westbound U25Bs on the old Reading Lines west of Palmyra in 1977, headed downgrade toward Hershey. Lead unit No. 2645 was built for the PRR in March 1965 as their No. 2545.

Southbound on the River Division, U25B 2520, U25B, GP35, GP9, GP7 & RS3.