Amtrak’s newest train, the Borealis, ducks under the searchlights at CP Morgan just after departing Union Station.

With trackage rights between Seals, GA (north of Kingsland) and Fernandina, FL along the former Seaboard. First Coast Railroad Operates 32 miles of this track in Southeast, GA and Northeast, FL wi... (more)

Two of Metra’s SD70MACHs meet just outside of Union Station on a sunny afternoon.

A fast manifest hustles east on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne mainline, while the daily local freight waits in the yard alongside a Speno train, on a very hot, hazy, and humid Au... (more)

One of Metra’s SD70MACHs hauls an outbound towards the suburbs.

The head end brakeman is unlocking the switch, while his westbound freight led by three E units waits on the main just east of the Broad Street interlocking tower, in 1975. The C&O is visible in t... (more)

I actually was trying to catch another train. When this track inspection train with EC-5 and 5407 came onto the scene. Front Runner number 6 also decided to get in on the picture. 6 is painted in ... (more)

I thought that I should pay homage to Otto by submitting this one hundred year old photographic capture that he took in Kansas City Missouri on June 6th 1924, 100 years ago today. Otto Conrad Perr... (more)

"Classic EMD Workhorses at Italy Yard"

On April 23rd, 2024, New England Central Railroad (NECR) EMD SW1500 #1525 (former SOU, NS, PIR, CSOR & NECR 2340) sits dormant in the ... (more)

Striking Gold | A set of three locomotives running light crosses a dirt road near Lyons Switch, OK beneath a brilliant golden sky at dusk on a pleasant Sunday, June 2, 2024.

River Valley Rural Views | Just a few miles away from the Arkansas River in Gans, OK, a northbound train of empty grain hoppers cruises past a dirt road under the ominous skies of Sunday, J... (more)

D&RGW 2-8-8-2 3554 is in charge of a fifty four car westbound freight near Plainview Colorado in 1943. Note the raised smoke deflector. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

D&RGW 5201 is leaving Denver Colorado with a westbound freight in 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Decatur Diesels | A northbound train of empty coal hoppers passes a decrepit F7 which is on permanent display in Decatur, AR on a mostly cloudy Saturday, June 1, 2024 morning.

Rails Through The Woods | A single Canadian Pacific engine leads a southbound train carrying freshly-forged ribbon rail south through Gravette, AR on a cloudy Saturday, June 1, 2024 morning... (more)