One of the "off the shelf" paint schemes, offered by EMC to new customers back when #112 was delivered to the LV in 1939, still in its original as delivered paint in October 1950. Ansco color/col... (more)
Santa Skyline. The Conrail Shared Assets North Jersey Santa Train was brought to a new level on Saturday, December 16, 2023. For the occasion, Norfolk Southern 8098 (Conrail Heritage, ES44A... (more)
You can just see the loco (BB-1012) which has been derailed, which is not surprising looking at the track ! This is the main line from the north of Cambodia to Phnom Penh, and alot of the track ... (more)
Winter Sunrise on Denver Westbound just after first light Amtrak 1105 the WPE is leaning into it at Leyden just after 0730.
Back before Clifton Forge was seriously downsized...
In what looks to be a model railroad-inspired consist, Norfolk Southern's Enola, PA to Montreal, QC haulage train, operating on Canadian Pacific Railway's Canadian Mainline Subdivision, hosts CNW ... (more)
"Hey, it matches!" Amtrak 184 is solo leading Amtrak train #7, the Empire Builder, over Gaynor Trestle on a cloudy early summer morning just east of the Cascade Tunnel and Berne Siding.... (more)
Keeping up with snow on the Sierra has been apart of railroading on the mountain since the rails of the Central Pacific arrived in the 1860s. Methods have come and gone, and those that have worked... (more)
USAX 4635 in the DGRC shop getting worked on. The traction motors are for another GP that is in the shop.
Remarks: CN 781 derailed on the siding of Val-Alain while CN 148 was waiting main line. 2 locomotives (5788, 5649) and 5 cars off the track. Lucky !
How an industry was drawn up like this is kind of amazing! The LaCrosse Local B72 shoves around in almost a circle to spot this tie car customer. The mainline switch they used off the Tomah Sub is... (more)
CN special with 58 year old 102 in the lead accelerating away from St Lambert station. The train was promoting a special olympics marathon.
Maggio lends a helping hand in changing out trucks on the wsor 4004.
The Black Diamond passes into history. A number of my father's photos of the last days of LV passenger service appeared in Lehigh Valley 3 In Color, but here is one that they didn't use. PA-1s 6... (more)
A matched A-B-B-A set of four Alco FA units urge Missouri Pacific tonnage westward on Cotton Belt trackage rights at Campbell, Mo. on June 23, 1961.
Four gleaming EMD motors have their string of 66 coal empties easily in check as the train glides northward over the Twenty Mile River and the hooligan fishermen (and "fisherwomen") below. The exp... (more)
A Mountain-type M1a is tied onto a manifest out on the main at Lewistown. Thanks to Mr. Hess for the research on the locomotive number. To see the same train getting underway, click Railroad: Pennsylvania RailroadLocomotive: Steam 4-8-2Location: Lewistown, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: PRR 6967Train ID: manifestPhoto Date: December 31, 1956
A true difference of decades - the trailing GE is nearly four decades younger than FL9 #486.
Almost done...
MRL's "Night Gas" accelerates out of a work window near Alberton, MT crossing Fish Creek trestle on the 4th subdivision.
Fresh back from Motive Power Industries in Boise, Idaho, the first of several rebuilds stretches her legs around Boston Engine Terminal. Recently, the MBTA's Fiscal Management Control Board (FMCB)... (more)
Springtime in the Rockies Amtrak train No. 5, the California Zephyr, climbs up the 2 percent grade between Tunnels 8 and 10 west of Plainview, Colorado, on the morning of June 8, 2013. ... (more)
One of many autoracks lays on it's side at Coldwell following a rear end collision withs trains #116 & #104 on September 26, 2007.
Helpers assist freight down the hill as the sun rises higher and higher
A "President" class P7c leads a passenger train past John's camera on the south side, the hogger about to acknowledge him. #5309 was "President Polk", and by this date must have been relegated to... (more)
Union Pacific's Cane Creek Subdivision is a modern day engineering marvel. The lower 10 miles of the 35 mile route are by far the most dramatic. This is where Morrison Knudsen Corp. brought the D&... (more)
While waiting in the siding of Valentine, an eastbound Barstow, CA - Teague, TX manifest over takes a Barstow, CA - Belen, NM manifest on a clear night in the northern Arizona region.
Since 4663 and 1123 were in Northtown together, I assumed they were involved in the same mishap. We know assumptions are often inaccurate. Anyone have acccurate information on how the cab of 1123... (more)
Pacific Great Eastern went through some wonderful scenery on its route from North Vancouver to Prince George, BC. Here we see a southbound PGE freight crossing the Fraser River into Lillooet for ... (more)
Now this is what I call a passenger train! - One of the longest passenger trains in recent ARR history is being readied for departure. This train consists of 22 cars with two MACs on the s... (more)
A CNW transfer job head east (south) along Dayton Bluff in St. Paul, Minnesota on a cool January day. The former CGW RS-2 had not been re-lettered or re-painted at this point, two and a half years... (more)
In addition to the sparkling-clean N&W locos 611 and 1218, there was a third steam loco which was part of Norfolk Southern's 125th anniversary of the Roanoke Shops. Virginia Museum of Transportati... (more)
A UP SD70M is in charge of this special move, SGNCO 08, including a brand new SD70ACe (UP 8423) under the tarp, and a Wisconsin & Southern business car. I believe this is the unit painted for Geor... (more)
Freshly painted SD60I PSUA 2020 sits outside in Hollidaysburg awaiting pickup by Norfolk Southern Local HI10, the Altoona-based local that serves the Cove Secondary. This locomotive, owned by Penn... (more)
In a scene which depicts where older GE fans stand in today's modern railroading scene, LSI 3002 is reduced to a burning pile of rubbish at the Lake Superior & Ishpeming's shop in Eagle Mills, MI.... (more)
Sandersville's Deepstep heads down Tybee St. slug first. This residential stretch of streetrunning is perhaps the least remarked but one of the most unique in the state.
AC&Y FM #206 at the N&W shop complex in Roanoke, July 1969
Old rusty wheels describe the fate of the Port of Tillamook Bay very well. With a good part of the mainline destroyed in a rainstorm a couple years ago, these old BN GP9's are stranded in Tillamo... (more)
Pennsy cabins in the foreground, 8801 pulling a cut of cars out of the yard near at the depot in Trenton. The followup shot is seen Railroad: Pennsylvania RailroadLocomotive: EMD GP7Location: Trenton, New Jersey, USALocomotive #: PRR 8801Train ID: switchPhoto Date: December 12, 1952
The Newport News section of the GEORGE WASHINGTON hustles through the Morrison section of Newport News near the final destination.
From another negative in the collection of the late O.S. Nock is this view of an Algerian Beyer-Garratt Pacific loco on arrival at Calais Maritime with an express from Paris when it set a speed re... (more)
When PRR returned these engines to the Reading in '57 they were much worse for the wear thanks to poor coal and virtually no maintenence during their stint on the Standard Railroad of the World. ... (more)
The rear end of the BNSF ZPTLBCA, the southbound Portland-LA Swift Roadrailer train. The train was stopped here for more than 3 hours, waiting for a stalled train to get going further south near ... (more)
Lexington-Chattanooga excursion heads south over the bridge at Burnside, KY.
UPY 139 sitting at the North End of Settegast Yard waiting to be scrapped
Another old Anscochrome saved by Photoshop. The headbrakeman takes water prior to the Farmington turn leaving Farmington for Durango. The Farmington tank was notorious for bad water, but apparent... (more)
Not what I expected to see as I rolled through Kansas on the original routing of Route 66. Seems like an unusual spot to find an Erie Lackawanna locomotive.
Photo was taken through an open window from inside the interlocking tower in 1979. The westbound train is passing through Willow Creek Junction on the Garrett Subdivision. I thought the old B&O ca... (more)
Six-axle power for the Black River! The BR&W's newest locomotive, their first six-axle unit, BDRV 9581 (ex-NS 58) sits in the Winchester & Western yard at Bridgeton awaiting its turn... (more)
The control panel of the ACELA EXPRESS!Finally made it to Boston!
recently repaintd but non operational 347C and a B unit sitting at Santa Fe Hobart yard prior to use on a special publicity train and eventually headed to Sacramento Railroad museum
A roster view of U28CG 357 on one of its early trips on September 9, 1966 soon after the ten new units were delivered by GE. In 1966 Santa Fe purchased ten General Electric U28C locomotives modi... (more)
It’s a hot summer afternoon as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle waits for a BNSF unit sulphur train to pass by at Emery Street in Longmont, Colorado, on July 7, 2005.
CP 1152 (ex. SOO Fuel Tender 4003) and CP SD40-2s 6620 and 6619 (ex. SOO 6620 and 6619) pull a cut of cars to be shoved over Toronto Yard's hump. CP 1152 is un-powered but remotely controls the ot... (more)
Engine #93 pulls out of the roundhouse - note the fancy ironwork on the lamp post above the diesel fueling station to the left.
A graffiti tagger definitely had a lot of time on their hands to be able to paint this TTX boxcar. It is amazing to see what people can do with spray paint.
The new KLWX 3200 is seen pulling freight at Coster Yard in Knoxville, TN. The KLWX 3200 is a KLW SE32C-DE, which is a repowered SD40 equipped with a 3,200 bhp MTU 16V Series 4000 engine. Certifie... (more)
Pavonia yard at sundown.
These units were involved in a malicious derailment in early June 2008, and now awaiting repairs.
There may be more spectacular places in the world to see a steam locomotive in action, but I'd venture there are none more beautiful than Berwyn. The River Dee cascades over falls overlooked by th... (more)
This aerial photograph presents a clear view of the Conemaugh Generating Station in New Florence, PA, against the backdrop of a sunset. The plant, featuring prominent cooling towers and smokestack... (more)
Hundreds of railfans young and old crowd around UP Big Boy #4014 and entourage after the special train makes it's scheduled stop at the Victorville, CA Amtrak station on BNSF's Cajon Sub. This one... (more)
Once the companion of Alligators, this ex-SOU unit has a more mundane, ex-BN partner by this time. They have brought the daily train down to unload at the usual ambling gait. These old "Boats" m... (more)
All I can say about this shot is the Railfan Gods must like me! I live in Alaska and only make it "home" to New England once a year. I had two nights and one full day to spend in Boston wi... (more)
Greek railfans excursion with the last one working French loco in Greece and Orient Express coaches.
For this year's holiday season, GE Transportation painted Dash 9 unit #905 in a red, white, and blue Christmas scheme, as well as restored and repainted a caboose for a lighted display at the Erie... (more)
Streamlined They don't make 'em like they used to.
A view of the Corridor from an AEM-7 in Wilmington, DE.
Two years after my first visit at SLC, this faded A units still wait for their destiny.
All freight trains in Greece led by MLWs class 450 and 500, but i was suprised when i took this shot...
I & M Rail Link train 98, Kansas City to Twin Cities hit a truck as the train entered street running in Bellevue, Iowa. Luck was with the crew, truck driver and local residents as there were no s... (more)
CNW unit sitting in runaround Kansas City "Bottoms"
SD45 number 5345 leads an all-merger consist east at Gateley. The Santa Fe's ambitious repainting program resulted in very colorful lashups, until the ICC vetoed the SP merger.
Dropping down the 3% grade through the Mitchell S-curve, the dynamic brakes from Rio Grande 3122, 3075 and 3142 aren't quite enough to hold the train so the Engineer has set a heavy amount of Auto... (more)
A westbound CN intermodal train hugs the shoreline of the roaring Thompson River near Spences Bridge, British Columbia, Canada, ducking in and out of tunnels along the way. This aerial "un... (more)
The Romainian-built "Faur Quarterhorse" spent her last few years sitting dead deep within the former LVRR Sayre, PA yard. She was scrapped there in the late 80's.
The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.
NS 098 passes by the Altoona Station and underneath the covered pedestrian bridge on 13th Street. Two brand new General Electric PH37ACmi "Powerhaul" locomotives ride on heavy duty TTX Flat Cars b... (more)
At around 7 a.m. this morning NS 310 derailed 25 cars in North Yard. Here is L24 shown attaching to the rear of the 310 pulling the cars away that didn't derail.
Canadian Zephyr, eh? Due to mechanical issues in Nevada, the UP added an extra locomotive to the train in Sparks. Usually, it'd be a dirty GEVO, but, tonight, we had a visitor. CP 9631 is a... (more)
Rock Island Lines Silvis Shop is busy place in this picture. In the foreground four GP7 frames for the Conrail rebuild program. GP38-2 4309 is on one of the frame straighteners for an engine chang... (more)
A Santa Fe eastbound train, with caboose 999573, proceeds slowly on the north track past the derailment site located just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Heavy rain storms caused track damage... (more)
This is not a photo from a tourist line or a railfan event. This is the Chestnut Ridge Railway track gang’s everyday motorcar. Mack Trucks, Inc., built this model AB railbus in 1922, and it was ... (more)
