Two Fore River locomotives sit in the ship yard with the US Naval Ship Building Museum in the background.

GT 6202 (ex-DT&I 202) brightens a gloomy day as it brings a transfer thru Blue Island, IL in November of 1990. Hard to believe this was 31 years ago.....

Elma is the headquarters of the Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad. On this day, a GP38 lettered for the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad sits near the maintenance facility. Both railroads are owned ... (more)

Having rolled off the end of Pit 20, C&O 3888 is lifted back onto the track as neighbors look on and shop foreman Fred Lawyer (white hat at left) supervises. Fred was a great guy and allowed me on... (more)

TVRM operates freight trains as a common carrier-- the East Chattanooga Belt Terminal Railway (ECBT). The trains operate using diesel power from the museum's roster, typically a GP38, although oth... (more)

One of Clinchfield's GP38s awaits the call in the tiny yard at Elkhorn City. Can't get much farther up in the hills than here.

One of ten GP38s (acquired 1967) on the Clinchfield roster, 2006 is seen putting together a train for those SDs in the distance to haul over the mountains to Kentucky. Funny to think about SP an... (more)

The local is really rolling as it comes across the fill at Gold Ridge.

Black and white geeps and dead winter vegetation provide little color to the scene as a healthy long-distance local pulls in to work Opelika.

A Mobile-bound L&N freight slides past the Floridian (powered by a B&O E8A) making its station stop at Montgomery. The freight won't delay the passengers, as just a few hundred yards out of the s... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

On a dull Tuesday afternoon, the Winchester & Western Railroad's "Sandman" takes a tight curve through Gainesboro, Virginia pulling empty sand cars to a plant in Gore, Virginia.

On a dull Tuesday afternoon, the Winchester & Western Railroad's "Sandman" rolls through the countryside of Frederick County, Virginia. The Sandman is tasked with pulling empty/loaded sa... (more)

On a dull Tuesday afternoon, the Winchester & Western Railroad's "Sandman" rolls through the countryside of Frederick County, Virginia. The Sandman is tasked with pulling empty/loaded sa... (more)

A somewhat unusual Sunday extra is about to leave PC and head for Dothan behind 509, SD40 506, SD9s 503 and 504, and GP39 507. Pretty big-time power for an 82-mile railroad.