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)

Who knew "heritage cabooses" would become a thing? Conrail management has seen fit to repaint a second caboose. This one is perhaps more significant than 22137 which was painted earlie... (more)

Visible on a guided escort within the shop yard are six unrepainted SD40-2 which have seen little to no use since GrupoMexico took over. With five of the GE sent to Mexico and others being taken ... (more)

Right on the heels of Train 204, Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) train 202 rolls over the San Sebastian River in St. Augustine featuring units 816 and 820 in the FEC’s new Grupo México paint s... (more)

Union Pacific train number 22, the Pacific Coast Limited, is seen near Cheyenne Wyoming in 1934. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The FGLK 2306 sits at Himrod in rough shape after a derailment that happened in July of 2022.

An afternoon Brunswick Line commuter (MARC 211) slows for its scheduled 5:23 p.m. arrival at Point of Rocks.

B&O F7A 4566 (née B&O F7A 369, built 01/1951, EMD) was sold to MK and shipped t... (more)

AMTK 447 waits to depart Union Station while an Amtrak Turbo Train arrives from St. Louis, passing under the Union Station tower that controls the trackage south of the terminal.

How the mighty have fallen. By the time of this shot this former SOU 6913 had been sold, evidently to a fan as the old logo has been applied. It got worse, but I think this classic still is in e... (more)

5692 hauls Q102 Eastbound At Ruby Creek Under The Pink Mountains.

A Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW reporting marks, a Watco Company) freight led by WAMX No. 3920 rolls across Union Pacific’s huge Snake River Bridge at Joso, Washington, on September 21, 2015. T... (more)

6000 Horsepower SD90MAC-H II 8525. They had a short life. I'm glad I made the effort to catch them. Second unit is a GE 6000 horsepower unit AC6000CW 7551. At least on these, the locomotives survi... (more)

NYC FM CFA16-4 6601 leads a freight near South Bend Indiana in 1954. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight, dominated by heavy lumber loads and powered by a trio of new Union Pacific GE ET44AC (ET44AH) locomotives, snakes through multiple curves up the steep ... (more)