A ten car California-Nevada R.R. Historical Society Excursion is seen at Roseville California on November 30th 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The SD-9 828 was the first C&S unit to get the Q system red scheme, having been rebuilt at La Grange the previous month and repainted in the new colors. In October 1962 828 was assigned on the ... (more)

Brooklyn Army Alco Terminal. Early on the morning of Tuesday, October 17, 2023, NYNJ Rail headed out of their yard and up 1st Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. For this move, Knoxville Locomoti... (more)

LRS's power lays over for the weekend at their interchange yard with CSX, while an interesting prop was left on the crossing.

Well battered caboose sits on a single track section outside East Deerfield RR Yard.

Southern Railway train number 46, The Tennessean, is led by ALCO DL-109 6401 as it leans into the curve at Johnson City Tennessee in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Back in the days when Santa dispensed goodies anywhere along the line, hopefuls are waiting in anticipation of some treats. Those guys on the front are strapped down and keeping an eye on the tra... (more)

Following a successful return to the high iron, #4014's team poses with #844 before putting them back in the barn.

Eastbound Norfolk Southern train U40 is coming into the yard at Frisco, Tennessee. The train is actually in Virginia as the Tennessee-Virginia state line is between the train and the photographer... (more)

One of the seven Amtrak Platinum Mist GG-1s is southbound rounding the big superelevated curve north of Aberdeen's Amtrak station in March 1978- not long before the installation of concrete ties o... (more)

A warm summer evening sunset burns in the sky over the Mississippi Gulf Coast and CSX’s New Orleans & Montgomery Subdivision. Here CSX long distance local L800 is framed crossing the Pascagoula ... (more)

CSX M304 at Richmond Main Street Station

One of the newish Chargers handles the Portland section of the Empire Builder. This shot was taken from the Fremont Bridge during the annual bridge pedal event.

Conrail's First Rock BM1 has an ex Penn Central RS11 this morning (in Jersey Central territory). It is being passed by Conrail passenger 5407 to Raritan, which is behind a renumbered GP40P.

An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal climbs the grade towards Tehachapi.