CNW 4144 passes Richardson Lumber as it departs Sheboygan Falls in July of 1985. Riding on rail dating to the late 1800's, the train has 2 cars for the Kraft Cheese plant in Plymouth, WI. Service ... (more)

A sure sign of Spring as CRC 5704 and the Cincinnati Dinner Train pass the International Friendship Park just east of downtown Cincinnati. 5704 was beautifully restored in 2018 to her as-delivered... (more)

Pulling a stone train, four rebuilt Santa Fe GP7’s work across the prairie ranchland of Buckholts, Texas.

A Pumpkin and a Meatball

Sunday evening finds an Amtrak GP7 and its work train parked for the weekend on a track at Penn Station in Baltimore. Two tracks over, a two-month-old MARC... (more)

A Richard Louderback original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

Nashville, Chattanooga, and Saint Louis GP7 710 soars high above South Chickamauga Creek as the train enters yard limits for Grand Junction station. The train was 4 cars today instead of the usual... (more)

An elderly GP7 powers a short work train just south of downtown Dothan. The crew is picking up salvageable materials along the right-of-way.

CNW 4195 switches the Water Street Terminal in Milwaukee, WI in October of 1984. Coupling cars could be a challenge on the tight curve here.

An interior cab view of the 1953 built GP7 at IRM.

While doing switching after coming from Fort Worth, GVRR sits in the TEXRail station while waiting for a signal from the dispatcher to move through the switches and return to their track on the fa... (more)

After interchanging with CSX, 57 & 55 pass Eagle Lake whilst working Florida Midlands' Winter Haven turn, 1 March 2019

TVRM's flagship Missionary Ridge Local excursion crosses over South Chickamauga Creek on a soggy March afternoon. In the foreground lies a display marking the original ETV&G mainline completed in ... (more)

Four elderly geeps are powering the long-distance local on the line between Montgomery and Birmingham. In the photo, the crew is working the sidings at Elmore, where the branch to Wetumpka split ... (more)

57 & 55 depart Winter Haven for Bartow