Only a few days into my first semester in college, I bustled over to Decatur after class to meet up with a friend of mine. Norfolk Southern's OCS train was enroute to Decatur, heading back east to... (more)

After their "careers" in the Rio Grande Zephyr ended, the Rio Grande F-Units could be found in freight service. A F9 A/B set is shunting at Leadville on the branch from Malta.

A Different Era: Sadly, these beautifully restored engines that proudly once pulled the NS Office Car Special for over a decade are no longer on the roster. In March of 2019, NS 4270 was re... (more)

LIRR Power Car 619 was built as MILW 85C and shows a few changes from it's as built appearance including a sealed beam headlight, a square cab window, and blanked side grills. The EMD prime mover ... (more)

The overcast weather on this dreary Spring afternoon could not dampen the stunning appearance of the Reading and Northern's classic EMD Fs on their first test run along the R&N Pottsville Branch. ... (more)

Breaking the silence along the Schuylkill River, the 270 - 275 lead Reading & Northern OCS-24 north under the old PRR Schuylkill Branch at Auburn, Pennsylvania. This was their first shake down ru... (more)

If my memory serves and it does not serve as well as it once did....I was Firing on the C&M Division a trip and we were called for C&M 261 with the 176 while D&I 61 with the EMD 462 was called to ... (more)

GM F9A 462 with test train is at Milwaukee Road Savanna Engine terminal.

The grandest of the D&H. On the afternoon of Monday, October 29, 2018 Canadian Pacific Office Car Special 41B with 1401 (ex-CN 6541, FP9A), 4106 (ex-CN 6515, FP9A), and 4107 (ex-CN 6526, FP9A) lea... (more)

An F9 ABBA helper set will assist a freight on its climb to Marias Pass.

KCS business train leans into curve on Rich Mountain.

I'm standing on what was once a high level platform between tracks in the Milwaukee Road's West Milwaukee Shops coach yard. This platform was in the past used to allow fork lifts and other carts w... (more)

It's a cold late winter morning in downtown Salt Lake City. The sun has not even risen above the peaks of the Wasatch Range to the east. The D&RGW train #18 is ready to leave the depot on it's day... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr spends the night at Grand Junction, Colorado before making its last ever run to Denver. The Thistle mudslide, which severed the Rio Grande main line over the Wasatch M... (more)

Waiting for its swan song, the Rio Grande Zephyr cools its heels at Grand Junction, Colorado before making its last ever run to Denver. Normally the train would be in the Wasatch at this ti... (more)