Keep it Moving with Conrail

That’s the slogan added to the long hood of Conrail B23-7 1980, seen here putting its money where its mouth is. The GE with one-of-a-kind paint is lea... (more)

A dismal day for a dismal looking engine. CR 7814 and a repainted mate are switching Pittsburgh & Lake Erie hoppers at the Lake Erie waterfront in Ashtabula on a dreary March day. This facility ha... (more)

FRVR 1701, one of a handful of units to be painted in FRVR colors, brings a freight train thru Kaukauna, WI in December of 1992. The depot and wig-wag add to the scene.

WSOR 516 awaits its fate at the MILW Shops in January of 1985. This somber scene is a sign of things to come as almost all traces of the once expansive shop facility are gone today.

The Brillion and Forest Junction Railroad was a shortline that operated between its namesake towns in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Its power was a chop nose former Milwaukee Road RSC2 which st... (more)

Leasers…add Life!

Paraphrasing the familiar mid-‘70’s Coca-Cola advertising slogan from the billboard in the photo, one of the ways that the drab monotony of the ex-PC power... (more)

GBW 313 crosses Hwy 121 near Independence, WI in May of 1992.

CNW 4279 slowly approaches Broadway Street in Sheboygan Falls in July of 1986. Wig Wags guard the crossing but the crew will get out and direct traffic anyways, making sure the 2 door Chevy Citati... (more)

CNW 8027 leads a coal train thru Crescent, IA in May of 1987. Omaha, NE looms in the distant background.

Fallen Flags everywhere. While waiting inside Gibson City Tower for the American Freedom Train passenger special to arrive, Tom Golden was able to capture a freight pass through on the Illinois C... (more)

A 1981 trip to the Midwest included a few absolutely miserable weather days in the Ohio River Valley. One of the biggest prizes on those days was a chance to photograph one of seven Alco S5’s ev... (more)

With two cars for Mount Carmel, a Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern turn from Port Clinton approaches the Route 54 crossing in Locustdale, Pennsylvania.

The Cle Elum local from Yakima makes a back up move between Cle Elum and Ronald, and is about to do a bit of street running in Roslyn, WA en route. Plenty of help on the caboose will help make thi... (more)

Two Brandywine Valley NW2’s lay down a trail of blue smoke taking gondolas laden with steel to the Conrail interchange. The BVRY operated on a portion of the former Reading Wilmington & Northern... (more)

Even After 45 Years, I Still Have a Lot of Great Memories of This Day

Almost immediately after it took over passenger train operations from the private railroads In 1971, Amtrak sent... (more)