Box Pulling. Returning from City Fiber Inc. in Vernon, California with a box car, UP 1373 (née-Southern Pacific 3198, EMD, GP40P-2, 11/1974) crosses East 23rd Street in Los Angeles, Califo... (more)
The cab of one of 23 Canadian Cab CN GEs.
Four-cylinder compound 4-8-2 No 241P10 has just taken over the 'Thermal Express' from electric loco No BB 9286 that had brought this first class only rapide from Paris Austerlitz. The steam loco w... (more)
An ALCo C630 riding FM TrainMaster trucks, and two slugs made from cut down TMs, were working the Bellevue hump in August, 1976. The C630 is extant at VTM in Roanoke, in its original blue with ha... (more)
At some point decades ago, an old E&LS coach (presumed - exact lineage not known) was left in Turner to be used, reportedly, as a local schoolhouse. But today, the town of Turner consists of one h... (more)
Union Pacific locomotives due for work and servicing gather inside the main building at the North Platte Diesel Shop on May 5, 2011. UP No. 9829 is a former Chicago and North Western GE C44-9W.
The two T-1 steam locomotives have been serviced at Tamaqua and are running up to be coupled on to the Ramble once more. This September Saturday was just perfect in terms of both the train and the... (more)
SNCF passenger 4-8-2 241 P 31 at the Chaumont shops
This is the view’s driver on the second Alco.
Hump days are over
Likely the Western Star, a rainbow mix of BN cars, former schemes and current, departs Fargo.
Starrucca Viaduct - D&H under it and EL over. In 1973 a railfan could just go there and wait for the next train. One was always coming. Today the D&H is torn up and there may be a "couple" NYS&... (more)
The fresh pair of UP9908 and UP9901, two new SD59MX units, pull their transfer up to the Western limits of the Belt's Clearing Yard at Harlem Avenue. 10 units will occupy number series 9900-990... (more)
The preserved DB V200 diesel - hydraulic B-B 221 116 stands in prestine condition on Oberhausen depot .
Crews clean up after a derailment from the day before. Several cars of a coal train turned over and caused a light rail train to come off the adjacent track as well.
A preserved GG! in full PRR paint sits in the trainshed at Harriburg along with a PRR caboose
The remains of the Feb 28th wreck where one car derailed, and was dragged for a while, tearing up a few miles of track, before the train came to a stop, with about 7 cars derailed on and around th... (more)
GO 662 and 666 enjoy a quiet Christmas morning outside the shop. Santa and the elves forgot to install the headlights and number boards before wrapping them up.
Passenger locomotives of the past and the present congregate at Lumber Street.
Former South Buffalo #'s 88, 98, 90, 82, 94, and 97 await an uncertain future. These locomotives can be seen in action in Stephan Koenig's excellent book, "Trackside Around Buffalo, 1953-1976."
Union Pacific 2914 pulls into a yard track behind the Green River depot with high-wide loads all on Santa Fe flat cars.
The 902 is chopped into three chunks to be loaded onto trucks for further dismantling off site. Units 950, 951, and 953 wait to meet their demise in the background. Now a year later, the farewel... (more)
Fresh from the paint shop, Santa Fe FP45s 101 and 102 models their newly applied "Superfleet" paint jobs just outside the San Bernardino station on July 4th, 1989. This resurrection of the fabled... (more)
The North Jersey Chapter NRHS sponsored a steam special to Bay Head Junction with the last operating Camelback, #774, on Sunday, July 11, 1954. John took photos of the trip and they have all bee... (more)
Conrail 23B drops down the lead from Rockville Bridge over Conrail ENPI6b. 23B is on its way to Enola Yard, while ENPI6b is moments from leaving the Harrisburg Terminal to enter the Pittsburgh Li... (more)
The northbound "City of New Orleans", led by engine 150, streaks by the Pyramid in downtown Memphis on a cloudy and humid night. (Canon 20D; ISO 100; 10 seconds; f/5.6; 18mm; AWB)
Union Pacific 6925 is living on borrowed time with metaphorical eviction notice to vacate the former Dakota Southern property now in operation by Watco's Ringneck & Western who leases the railroad... (more)
Noticing a few roster shots on the site today, I thought I would take a chance in posting this shot. The beautifully restored 200,000th car out of the Pullman Standard Bessemer, Ala. plant. The NS... (more)
This pair of strange little rail buses runs along the CN mainline between Lillooet and Seton Portage in BC. Known as the Kaoham Shuttle, this tiny train provides vital access to the Seton Lake Ind... (more)
Westbound Northern Pacific passenger train the "North Coast Limited" with in the lead F9(A) 6701A, F9(B) 6702B, and F9(A) 6706A moving at track speed through Deer Lodge, Montana September 30, 19... (more)
Controlled Cooling With a defect clearly seen at the head of the rail due to the noticeable rust there, this weld had no chance in keeping the rail together as the low temperatures of ... (more)
Three engines mingle at the LaGrange plant, former GM 90 and 92, now EMD 90 and 92, and an old EMD switcher. The SD90's were being load tested.
Frisco #39 (F7A-F7B-GP7-GP7-F7A) Photo taken from my slide collection. No photographer listed on slide.
The last day of February 2010 finds PL42AC 4001 leading the Sunday Morning ACES through Levittown, PA. Due to continued maintenance on the fleet of P40s after a fire 2 weeks ago, the PL42ACs and a... (more)
Just another busy day on PRR's Bel Del branch.
AKA UP 3985, Rocky Mountain RR Club 50th Anniversary Special
2.5hrs of logging roads and a 1 hour hike deep into the Northern Main woods will lead you to the remains of the Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad. The equipment of the isolated line was walked a... (more)
The last WP California Zephyr is making its stop at Portola where an F3B and 3 coaches (which had come up on the last Eastbound the day before) are added to the consist for the last trip into Oakl... (more)
A lonely job. Pushing snow to clear the rails a CN M.O.W. rides in somewhat comfort in the Knox Kershaw 940 Snow Fighter. It's quite the piece of equipment sporting a 50K lb. working weight, sp... (more)
Derailment of a Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn train near Mörel, on the journey towards Brig and Visp, due to a grade crossing accident. A delivery truck had traveled on the private road, which was sig... (more)
The best example(in my book anyway)of how to do a "patch job".All 3 of the recently returned(from the Erie Lackawanna)SD-45's,801,803,and 802,rest between runs.
Fresh from battling snow on Donner Pass, SP SD9E No. 4348 idles at the engine facility in Roseville Yard. The big metal framework that juts upward from its cab is an icicle breaker; the unit would... (more)
The only 4-6-4 tender locomotive to run in Great Britain is seen in its days as a high-pressure 4-cyl compound loco with a 450lb/sq in Yarrow water tube boiler. Built in 1929 it is seen waiting at... (more)
A Milwaukee Road westbound dead freight departs East Portal as its brakeman waits to board.
Can you find the Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38AC #867? The Conneaut, Ohio, rail yard and dock area is still active as seen here, with the BLE #867 idling by the yard office (in front of the silos to t... (more)
Pennsy suburban from Valpo. IN. hits the diamonds at 21st. St. The 8501 would serve into the Conrail era becoming the CR 5954, present status unknown. Note the distinctive PRR signal bridge in t... (more)
As the Long Island neared the end of their steam era, fans were invited to the Morris Park enginehouse. LIRR Class G5s.
From left to right, PRR + NYC = Conrail!
Lehigh Valley RS-2 #213 is idling below the footbridge in Sayre, PA. Everything seen in this picture is now a "Fallen Flag"
With a sunrise that should awaken some sleepy eyes on the early morning commute to Hoboken, train #46 crosses the valley as fog starts to form below.
Before she was famous she was just another face in the crowd.
IORY 401 derailed one truck on one Autorack when pulling north out of the siding after meeting train 400
Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 heads east at mp 57 in Cajon Pass on its first fan trip: Los Angeles to Bakersfield, CA and back, on December 27, 1991.
An Alco switcher (repowered w/567) and slug work S&NA Yard. Construction on a multi-lane overpass just getting underway in the distance will complicate yards ops for the next few months.
Metrolink to San Bernardino runs through the middle of the I-10 Freeway, as seen from the Marguerita Footbridge. The lane closest to the tracks is the El Monte Busway. The train is hauling LA Cou... (more)
CSX SW1001 sits with a new coat of paint in Jacksonville, FL
Burlington Northern’s Helena local rumbles along the Missouri River at Hardy, Montana, on August 25, 1993. Caboose No. 12604 follows up the 26-car train as it heads west towards Helena Junction,... (more)
northbound train departing Portland, OR at Willbridge Jct.
Challenger X3966 is serviced and is backing up to it's train, impressive even on the dark side. For more color views from that day, click here... (more)
A BNSF color chart was lined up as I passed through Glendive, MT. BNSF 720, a C44-9W, features the last factory delivered warbonnet scheme; BNSF 8925, an SD70MAC, features its faded factory delive... (more)
Museum volunteers put a lot of work into restoring this high hood Burlington SD24, and their efforts have certainly paid off, as the unit shows off it's brand new "Chinese Red" paint at the Illino... (more)
BNSF’s Office Car Special ties up the yard lead at Essex while the BNSF officials enjoy lunch at the Izaak Walton.
Wisconsin Northern sand train derailment just a few miles north of Bloomer, Wis along County Road SS. At this time sand is being removed from the derailed hopper cars before they are set back up. ... (more)
Well 579 was to cutoff its train at Ossian and run their power over to Ft Atkinson to help 606 up Calmar Hill since they had bad power. Due to 579 having bad power too and authority restricting th... (more)
All three of BN’s executive units (BN-3 was an E unit) were on BN’s company ski train on the D&RGW headed for Winter Park, Colo. at Crescent on Jan. 14, 1993. Gross Dam in the background con... (more)
A rare morning thunderstorm, currently over the City of Boulder, creates some amazing contrast in the sky as partly cloudy skies dominate to the east over the plains. Under the unusual skies, we f... (more)
Four of LTV's former Erie Mining Company S-12 switchers rest in the deadline, never to run again. Some of these ended up on SMS.
"Look Good on the Marker" Manifest train 15T has taken the siding at Shenandoah Junction, WV and it's end of train device flashes marking the rear of the train. Hot intermoda... (more)
SRI crews working on Rerailing SP 4449.
The location is the BOCT roundhouse, as President Class #5312 gets turned in the steam-diesel transition era. The photographer may have been influenced to come to this location based on the allur... (more)
A brand new tier 4 ACe works a customer near Lakeland.
With the Sierra Nevada firmly gripped by a winter snow storm mainline operations must continue on Union Pacific's Sierra crossing. Employing snow fighting methods perfected over time every signifi... (more)
Five Alco DL-630s, just a few months old and all with cab doors open, indicate Union Pacific mechanics and electricians were hurriedly pacing through the consecutive numbered units at Council Bluf... (more)
Freshly painted locomotive on turntable.
A Santa Fe westbound intermodal waits on part of the balloon track while a set of light power leaves the diesel service area and heads east to pick up its train.
Sierra #3 is putting away equipment after a day of filming an episode of "The Big Valley". The Jamestown depot would later burn but the red freight house still stands. The #3 is currently schedule... (more)
Just a shell of how this yard use to be. Looking west at the Smith Creek Yard in Clifton Forge, not much remains except the C&O Heritage Center. The equipment pictured, in various states of repa... (more)
Two Trains and an Airplane - A CSX stack train crawls to a stop as the OI-16 train to Browns Yard, led by NS 1703, passes on the right. At the same time, a United Airlines jet makes a la... (more)
The units were: BN 429(SW1000), BN 2276(GP38-2), BN 177(SW1200), BN 428(SW1000), BN 2154(GP38-2), and BN 2158(GP38).
The Wide Cab Leader Re-Debuts On SU-99. On Friday, April 21, 2023, a relatively early departure of New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway SU-99 from Ridgefield Park, New Jersey to Bingh... (more)
UP 3985 crossing a curved bridge near Cutler Dam.
WP's Keddie to Westwood, CA "Westwood Turn" local was climbing northbound out of Keddie.
A quartet of CN SD60Fs lead train M347 across the Pembina River between Entwistle and Evansburg, Alberta. It's been a long time since a consist like this graced the Edson Sub with its presence, es... (more)
Northbound, headed for Madawaska, Me has just met its south bound counterpart. Both trains are running ahead of their usual time slots, to clear the line for a "snow day"! In BAR terms it means sl... (more)
Upgrades to the Modern Mainline of Mid-America. Amtrak #59 (the southbound City of New Orleans) led by AMTK #4 charges through CN's new super defect detector. This structure is a consolidation of ... (more)
Anywhere in the world (and especially in Turkey) it is always quite dangerous to take pictures of military people. However, here the presence of the steam locomotive has made this picture possible... (more)
Eastbound between Pleasanton and Livermore, WP F7 914A with two "B" units is leading a pig train into the early morning sun in July 0f 1966
Mostly SD40-2s with a sprinkling of SD60s and Dash 8s make up a dead or LUGO line at the south end of the yard.
