CN 5085 and mate wait out a winter storm at Boston Bar, BC. The two non-dynamic brake SD40s will handle an empty grain train east in the morning.

DWP SD40's #5905 and #5911 soak up the last rays of sunshine at Pokegama Yard near the Twin Ports in Sept. of 1987.

During its last month of work, NS 3170 is moving a cut of cars around Andrews Yard. Shortly after departing from Columbia, news broke that the 3170 would be headed to Tennessee where it will live... (more)

A salute to our troops! A loaded military train heads east thru the junction at St. Francis, WI in December of 1985. I believe this train from Camp McCoy was heading for training exercises.

Summit Snow in '76

Cresting Cajon Pass on a snowy March 5, 1976, is a Santa Fe eastbound piggyback train. Santa Fe SD40 5002 in on the point, followed by F45 5913 and a pair of SD45... (more)

Turning the Tables

Southern Pacific SD40E 7342 is turned on the turntable in San Luis Obispo, California, in preparation for the next day's service as a helper on the steam-powered <... (more)

How I Spent My Third Wedding Anniversary (Thanks, Honey!)

After assisting the World's Fair Daylight (N... (more)

The daily Escalante Western train returns to the Plains-Escalante Generating Station with coal from the Lee Ranch Mine, located near Grants, New Mexico, The generating station, mine, and train are... (more)

Santa Fe 5019 heads West over the flyover at Frost past a couple of Joshua Tree's

A DWP detour train was running on DMIR trackage near Alborn

This was a foul day, overcast, cold but what the hey, there were Alcos kicking cars and of course L&N's version of "stealth".

A burned out SD40 sits at the shop waiting for work.

Train 909 tackles the hill near MP447 west of Trout Lake in winter 1985. SD40 744 leads GP30 703 and a GP38-2 west towards Gladstone. With the F's and U-boats long gone off the SOO roster this qua... (more)

Home sweet home for me in the late 1990s. Mableton, GA where I met some of my best friends in this hobby. Not via Facebook or some other heads up group; the internet was barely a player in our r... (more)

NS exSouthern SD40 3170 and Southern GP30 2601 pose together at the old fuel rack area at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC following celebrations over the weekend for Nationa... (more)