Not many EMC/EMD FT diesels, which pretty much were the locomotive that killed steam, were preserved – just two FTA units and three FTBs, although these Bs had been converted to Steam Heater Car... (more)

Northern Pacific Railway FTA 5401A, built by Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC) in March 1944 as NP 6001A, was photographed in Sumas WA along with an FTB, a GP7 and another A-B set of FTs. Sumas is... (more)

Late at night was a good time to visit Colorado & Southern’s Rice yard in Denver the late 1950s. You could set up your tripod out of the way of working railroaders. There was usually one of the ... (more)