Under a cloudy Summer day, part of CSX's Office Car Train sits and awaits its next trip to see part of the system. The building to the right, known at the Kenneth C. Dufford Transportation Center ... (more)

Oh, California, America's parsidse lost, you affect us all, especially when we have lived there. We long for what you once were. Here a westbound ore train whines down Beaumont Hill for Fontana, ... (more)

Foreign Pumpkins on April Fools. First shot in the database of this re-lettered, recently acquired ex-BNSF Dash in the yard. These parts mostly sees GP38s and SD40/50s.

CP 5798 Rolls Past A Couple Of Old Fire Trucks At Drynoch East.

Late on a summer evening, an eastbound heads for Oregon over the west flank of Mt. Shasta.

The lounge at the rear of California Zephyr dome-observation car “Silver Solarium” is a popular place to ride, relax and enjoy the passing scenery—second to the dome—of course. The car is ... (more)

With Engineer Tyler at the throttle, three ex-Guilford locomotives notch up to lug a string of loaded rock hoppers onward to Scruggs asphalt in Meigs, Georgia. This OmniTRAX property is former CS... (more)

Originally a late-model C&O GP40 this unit has been converted for commuter service and will soon be painted. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

With the Dash 9 powering Norfolk Southern geometry train running as 90G pulled away, we get a look at NS 34 in the lead, a research car built out of what was originally an SD35 that is affectionat... (more)

SP Daylight, 2nd 99, is seen at the Third & Townsend Street station in San Francisco California on July 26th 1939. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Wearing a fresh paint job is Union Pacific SD70ACe 8335, although the UP shield has yet to be applied to the nose. Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in April 2005, this diesel has r... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Oct 2 1978 — Retired Burlington Northern RS3 4082 (Northern Pacific paint for lawsuit) sits in the sun at the engine facility. Alco built the unit (b/n 81155) in March 1955 as NP 85... (more)

UP’s Employee Assistance Program ACe sits in the fueling track in Norfolk Southern’s south yard in Roanoke, VA.

The Minnesota Transporation Museum's "Great Northern 325" on a photo passenger special. GN 325 is a 1966 EMD, for the car aficionado, that's a '57 Desoto Adventurer. The GN 325 was r... (more)

Former Conrail SW8 #8687 is seen working for Maryland Pig Iron in the South Deering neighborhood of Chicago.