Getting closer.

Former Delaware & Hudson 18 is on display at Steamtown.

In the 1960s, my father sought out Santa Fe and Southern Pacific PAs whenever he was in California. Here, Southern Pacific #102, the eastbound City of San Francisco, is led by four PAs soon after... (more)

The big NKP PA takes its spin on the turntable at the Streamliners event at NCTM.

The nose of Doyle McCormack's pride and joy glistens in the morning sun on a Saturday at the engine house.

It's about to get loud up there!

Looking like a diesel with a jawbone or tooth ache, in its final years UP Alco PA 605 wore a cast pilot from a 4-8-4. There is probably a story what happened to its original pilot, but it didn’... (more)

Santa Fe's all-sleeper, extra-fare Chief climbs westbound past the little coal-mining town of Morley in Raton Pass. Morley was a typical company town with company houses, a school, a post offic... (more)

Four Alco PA's rev up to yank S.P. Mail 21 west out of the fueling stop at Carlin, Nevada on April 23, 1964.

Santa Fe #76, the eastbound CALIFORNIA SPECIAL makes a station stop at Lubbock, Texas, on a cold February 20, 1964. The train ran between a connection with the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF at Clovis, New M... (more)

A work extra has just gotten in the clear to allow MoPac's "Southerner" Train 8 to continue its rush toward St. Louis.

The "Nickel plate brothers" sit side by side outside the new ORHF facility near OMSI. Since the Brooklyn Roundhouse has been evacuated of ALL equiptment everything is being stored outside inside t... (more)

Train #75, the westbound CALIFORNIA SPECIAL behind an A-B-A set of Alco PAs, speeds toward a connection with the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF at Clovis, New Mexico. The train is crossing Avenue P and is ab... (more)

Santa Fe train #75 (the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL) speeds west near Muleshoe in the Texas South Plains. The train originated at Houston the previous evening and is en route to Clovis, New Mexico, and a c... (more)

EL 860 and 859 race an eastbound trailer train into Kent, Ohio. This was the only time I saw back-to-back ALCO PA's pulling a train, and what a surprise it was. Notice how the sweep of the tracks ... (more)