On a hazy humid July afternoon WC train 4 with AC 1756, 1754, 1752 rolls past the boarded up Frater station. The 1756 looks about a dirty as any of the F's I ever seen in Canyon service.

AC 1756,1751,1754,1755,1753 head upgrade with 25 cars near the north end of Bellevue Trestle. The long train was giving the F's a good workout on this sunny fall afternoon.

Longer than usual consist for the Piedmont

Cresting the grade with mail and express train

Soo 501A heads west with the once a week trip to/from St. Ignace. At the time the job worked down on Wednesday evening/night and loaded the Chief. After that the crew took rest and the Chief would... (more)

Running downgrade after cresting ruling grade of the Washington Division at Arrowhead

RJCC 1940 and consist are about to make history.. The consist has pulled west out of the yard under the NS flyover, and are now backing into the yard to connect to the LL sub. This will be the fir... (more)

This is about as rare a sight as a railfan can get. A "for revenue" passenger consist on the LL sub, apparently the first since 1938. FP's, on the point, it's thought the 70's saw the last F's her... (more)

The canyon tour, WC train 4 heads south with 1756, 1751, 1752 a couple miles south of Bellevue. The end of the F's wasn't far off at this point as WC was already toying with the idea that it was c... (more)

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RF&P FP7 No. 1202 was leading an E8A and two GP units as manifest No. 109 passed through Doswell, VA on Nov. 13, 1971. RF&P was extremely short of power in 1971 and part of 1972 and some E8As wer... (more)

The longest run in North America, The Canadian is about to leave Montreal. This picture comes from the second roll of film I ran through my first camera, A Brownie Holiday Flash.. We were spendin... (more)

Northbound Piedmont departing Greensboro, February 1970

The highest and longest trestle on the Verde Canyon Railroad spans the over the S.O.B. Canyon at milepost 33.5.