Auto Train Alco S-1 625 switcher at Lorton, Virginia on March 19, 1978.

Hot Steel Coming Through!

Cuyahoga Valley SW8 802 pulls a couple of cars of molten steel through the Jones & Laughlin steel mill in Cleveland. The long-gone Clark Avenue bridge, c... (more)

A pair of CSX radio control SD40-2's work the north end of Frontier Yard in Buffalo, flat switching cars.

Locomotives:
CSX 8258 SD40-2
CSX 8476 SD40-2

The engineer of Pere Marquette #1225 guides his iron horse through rural Owosso. Pere Marquette #1225 was built in 1941 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima, Ohio. This locomotive was the very sam... (more)

A young woman looks forward from a private car on Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr at the chaos of detraining passengers and loading luggage at the short station stop of Fraser, Colorado, on... (more)

Private car Gulf, Mobile & Ohio No. 50 brings up the rear of Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr at Fraser, Colorado, on January 11, 2019. “The Patrón Tequila Express” was built by Pullman... (more)

SD75Ms 8268 and 249 head east.

The last northbound run of "The Laurentian" takes on fuel and water before crossing the border into Canada and continuing to Montreal for the last time. D&H passenger service would retu... (more)

Northbound Amtrak train with three E8's 327,322 and 302 rolls along the Penn Central (ex-PRR) through Underwood, Indiana on June 28, 1973. Photo from my collection, no photographer listed on slid... (more)

MOW train NS 915 heads north through Landis, NC with new rebuilt and specially painted SD70ACC #1801 leading the way with an ex-CR GP38-2 in trail.

Raritan Central RC2 is returning to the yard as it crosses Sweetwater Drive.

A recent visit to the Starrucca House in Susquehanna, PA. Erie Stilwell coach 2387 (ex-Erie 2125) sits in front of the station. In a normal week, it is passed by 3 trips each of the NYS&W SU-99 an... (more)

Metra 2121 arrives at Grayslake as the Milwaukee Road heritage unit holds the siding.

A long empty coal train lead by UP 8354 (SD70ACe) has just crossed Blue Mountain Drive and has made the turn in Coal Creek Canyon to head up the steep grade to Tunnel No 1.