NS 054 seen at Chattanooga , Tn heading to Knoxville , Tn with four Ferronor locomotives bound for Chile .

Norfolk & Western 2-8-8-2 number 2175 leads a westbound 76 car freight near Elliston Virginia in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

One of 23 Santa Fe EMD GP60B 3800 hp (325-347) built in July 1991. The Santa Fe was the sole railroad to use this cabless GP60B model. ... (more)

A rather unique SD40-2 of Colorado Southern vintage, 7840 along with 7149 were rebuilt as dual-fuel locomotives able to run with LNG or diesel and classed as DF40-2s, however, the 7890 is back to ... (more)

SP cab-forward 4119 leads The Owl, SP 2nd 26, at Los Angeles California on May 4th 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SoPac is AOK. Although it has had a few owners since Southern Pacific, on August 12, 2021, LTEX 9362 (née-SP 9362, SD45T-2, EMD, 2/1975) looks a lot like it did when it was not wearing the... (more)

“Five Day Work Week�
Four of the five F9PHs rostered by the Maryland Rail Commuter Service (MARC) are laying over for the weekend in the yard at Brunswick, late in the afterno... (more)

Under the northern lights… Running south on the heels of Amtrak, Michael Hunt and Travis Elliot interrupt the silence of the night on 27A, as the aurora borealis fills the night sky with shad... (more)

The Super Chief, AT&SF train 17, is seen west of Ayer Colorado in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Operation Lifesaver CSX 4568 waits for a crew to take its train south out of the yard in Augusta towards Savannah, and then on to Waycross, Georgia. Photo taken with permission.

A 7 hour+ late City of New Orleans makes its shove move to Union Station as it passes the Amtrak facilities at 18th Street. I've seen some pretty cool units lead Amtrak trains in the past, but an ... (more)

The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern F9A/B set leads the Sunday Fall Leaf excursion to Jim Thorpe. The train originated out of the RBMN Outer Station and in this shot passes by RT 61 and Old 22 ... (more)

It must be an officer's special eastbound crossing the ATSF and GM&O.

Rolling into the viewfinder!

Train 37, The Southern Railways Crescent Limited passenger train, lead by A&WP 290 kicks up dust as it accelerates passed Atlanta's McPherson neighborhood behind 290 in 1946 illustrates on todays ... (more)