Emerging out of the lower spiral tunnel, CP 5592 East crosses Kicking Horse Creek and grinds up Kicking Horse Pass near Yoho, B.C. The SW switcher in the consist was likely en route to the shops ... (more)

N&W Train 5, operating between Bluefield, W. Va. and Norton, Va., crosses trestle #1398 three miles from Coeburn, Va. in fall colors on Oct. 28, 1956. Class E2a 578 is one of two Pacific 4-6-2's... (more)

Three GP9s from joint lessors Union Pacific and Burlington Northern drag the daily local from Lewiston, Ida. up the Grangeville line, and near Nucrag crosses one of several wooden trestles on the ... (more)

Another view of UP Turbine 3, at Cheyenne, Wy on May 11, 1968. Do not ask me why the coupler is freshly painted white --- I do not know. But I could suspect the locomotive or the tightlock ... (more)

Former Santa Fe passenger F7 339 now wears a yellow warbonnet as it leads 4 other F units on a westbound freight around the roller-coaster hills at Rogers, Texas on April 1, 1973. New signals a... (more)

Seemingly with all nozzles “on,” a HABCO weed sprayer train works northward on the Rock Island at Holton, Kansas, headed for St. Joseph, Mo.

C&O had 15 Class C-12 0-10-0’s, most of which worked the heavy coal cuts at Peach Creek, W.Va. By Oct. 6, 1956, 142’s services were no longer needed. It’s tiny headlight was mounted on t... (more)

The train doesn’t go there anymore — Deadwood, South Dakota. Three BN SD9s were tied up at the end of the branch on Aug. 31, 1979, and the line was later abandoned.

Rock Island's passenger Train 39, formerly called the "Imperial," derailed at Valencia, Ks., 11 miles west of Topeka, and two steam-powered derricks were slowly clearing the double-track mainline ... (more)

Much can be seen in this view of Canadian Pacific’s yard at Nelson, B.C. on June 10, 1975: the large depot and division offices under the red roof in the background, adjacent to the car shops; ... (more)

Santa Fe's northbound Train 16 "Texas Chief" with a mixture of hi-level and regular cars arrives capitol Oklahoma City, Okla. on a dingy Feb. 19, 1968, behind two GE U30CGs. Only six such units w... (more)

Out of a roster of 40, two UP GE U50C;s bring westbound tonnage into Green River for a crew change.

CP 5912 West is descending Kicking Horse Pass at Yoho, B.C. on Oct. 1, 1989.

In August, 1973, stock cars were still in use on the BN at Livingston, Montana where these two were spotted. The NP car has had its roof walk removed, and the GN car is not lined-out, that is, co... (more)

While it looks like a Pennsy E-8, on Oct. 7, 1968 the 4274, looking the worse for wear, was actually Penn Central leading 4-car Train 14 from always-busy Chicago Union Station en route to Detroit... (more)