Southern Railway’s train 6, the northbound Piedmont, prepares to depart Charlotte, North Carolina, on a gloomy July 3, 1976. A pair of FP7s, SOU 6146 and 6143, were easily able to handle... (more)

With the Big Boy inside for cosmetic work, Reading cab units share prime spot at Steamtown with T1 2124.

A pair of VIA FP7s and an FP9 idle next to VIA's Toronto Maintenance Facility in the summer of 1989.

ELS 600 (ex Milwaukee Road 96A) was reactivated after spending 8 years in storage on the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad. 9 hours of driving sure paid off to see this beautiful cab unit on a bea... (more)

Looking down from State Highway 70, the westbound CZ is making its way up the Canyon to West Pulga on February 13, 1970. Photo from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

The westbound California Zephyr arriving at the Oroville depot on September 19, 1969. No photohrapher listed on slide.

Southern Railway EMD FP7 #6133 arriving in Bryson City with the special train from Dilisboro. Taken on railfest 2007.

Southern Railway EMD FP7 #6133 sitting in the North Carolina Transportation Museum yard. The locomotive had just been dropped off by Norfolk Southern after being overhauled at the Ohio Centeral Ra... (more)

An evening rush hour commuter train on Canadian Pacific's Lakeshore route out of Montreal pulls into the classic station at Dorval, Quebec, behind an FP7/RS18 duo. Forty years later, the classic t... (more)

Rain clouds are rolling out at sunset as the crew sends their power to the roundhouse. NCTM's FP7, Southern 6133, goes for a spin on the turntable in the day's last light, aiming for the glow from... (more)

Reading FP7 No. 902, a 1980s/90s restoration project of the Lancaster Chapter NRHS, now greeting visitors at Steamtown

BN 9794, a former NP FP7A, makes a move with an Amtrak F7B and another FP7 at Harrison St. roundhouse in Minneapolis, MN. The power was in use in the summer of 1973 by Amtrak to protect Empire Bui... (more)

A rainy day in Vancouver greets the arrival of The Canadian along the waterfront of the city. At this time CP was pretty frugal about train size. Winter consists were only 7 cars, and this June tr... (more)

BN 9792, one of two former NP FP7s, mates up with a former GN passenger F3B and the other former NP FP7 at Harrison St. engine facilities (former GN) at Minneapolis, MN in March 1973. These were p... (more)

Eagle Power: On a gloomy desert day, Arizona Central's creatively painted F units brighten up the day. Business is good for this Arizona shortline, and their freight power rests in the yard... (more)