A long CSX M492, with the new CSXT 1869 leading, holds in pouring rain at the Marshville siding for CSX M583 at last light.

Ex-CMQ nee-CP SD40-2F #9024. It actually glows in the dark....well, no, but after making headlines for being in tow with #2816 eastward, it was dropped off here for crew familiarization well into... (more)

Mating Worms Meets New York State Colors. MTA Metro-North Railroad 217 (Penn Central Heritage) was transported from North White Plains to Croton Harmon on Thursday, February 29, 2024. This ... (more)

ALCOS in South Jersey

Nearly three years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, a solid set of SP power works the Seattle to Los Angeles Z train.

A lone AC4400 is on the rear of a loaded GALX coal train as it rolls over the massive Arnold Fork Viaduct in Knott County, Kentucky. It's been a while since I can recall a GALX train in these part... (more)

John Deeres NS 8099 and 1069, the Southern and Virginian heritage units, are staged outside the Juniata misc. shop where the Office Car Train is stored. Tomorrow morning, they'll deadhead ... (more)

Almost two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, the Swift RoadRailer heads for Southern California.

Cab photo of this former Canadian unit.

Rock Island train number 509, The Rocket, is seen at Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Conrail EMD SD40 Nos. 6280 and 6277 helper locomotives are on the rear of an eastbound freight, assisting with braking on the Allegheny Mountain crossing west of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on October ... (more)

"El Chepe Regional" leaded by a trio of EMD units arriving to Creel on their way to Los Mochis, Sinaloa.

Appalachia "Coal and Railroad Days" 2023!!

Bath time at the Milwaukee Road shops in Milwaukee, WI, August 1977. Kodachrome slide from the John E. Troxler collection, photographer unknown.

Utah Railway 9003 and 9004 are really getting the lead out. It's actual a pretty substantial grade on the Garfield, and Bingham Branches. The Utah Railway RUT310 goes across the two branches on t... (more)