SQUAMISH BC August 14 1981 -- British Columbia Railway M-630 714 is awaiting an assignment.

CUSHING OK (September) 1977 — Katy GP40 217, a loaded car and a caboose are ready to return to Oklahoma City. The station was abandoned but still accessible. Papers were strewn everywhere. EMD b... (more)

KANSAS CITY KS Sept 29 1979 -- Rock Island SW! 538 has seen better days much like its parent road. Complete shutdown of the Rock was only months away as this little switcher awaits its fate at Arm... (more)

COUNCIL BLUFFS IA Sept 28 1979 — UP U30C 2955 awaits an assignment. GE built the unit (b/n 40960) in October 1976. Utahrails.net records that the 2955 “was the last U30C on UP, retired on 19 S... (more)

CASTLE GATE UT Aug 9 1981 -- I'm on my way back to Norman OK from vacation in Vancouver WA when I caught the east bound Rio Grande Zephyr. Note the green and white suburban in the background off t... (more)

FORT WORTH TX May 26 1985 — Missouri Pacific SD40-2s 3090 and 3264 await an assignment. My photo

VANCOUVER WA March 24 2012 — BNSF GP60 168 idles on the tail track at the Amtrak station. My photo.

FORT WORTH TX May 26 1985 — Amtrak P30CH 719 leads train 21, The Eagle, into the station area. My photo.

OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 3 1980 — Rock Island caboose 17801 sits beside the engine shed at Harter Yard. Complete shutdown of the Rock is only days away. One of my train-chasing friends was a yard clerk... (more)

NORMAN OK June 4 1978 — Santa Fe CF7 2633 leads train 514 as it departs to the north. EMD built this unit as F7A 312L:2 in March 1953. It was delivered in silver with a red warbonnet without an ... (more)

NORMAN OK Oct 8 1979 -- With a contrail of the competition overhead the last southbound Lone Star comes to a stop. The train was discontinued by Amtrak a week earlier but a lawsuit forced Amtrak t... (more)

DENISON TX (July) 1974 — With a wave from a friendly crewman Southern Pacific U33C 8683 leads a mixed freight. My photo.

BELVA OK May 15 1978 -- A pinstripe SD45 leads another SD45 and an SD45-2 around the curve as the mixed freight approaches the east end of Belva. We slept in a tent on the dirt road that night. Ni... (more)

OKLAHOMA City Feb 3 1980 — Rock Island SW8 835 is tied down at Harter Yard and awaiting its fate. This switcher was delivered in November 1952. In 1987 it went to the Terre Haute, Brazil & Easte... (more)

OKARCHE OK Jan 17 1983 — Katy GP40 3109 and GP40 171 are switching cars at a bulk loading facility. This was the Rock Island's north-south line which Katy took over and operated as the Oklahoma... (more)