Early Conrail action finds an empty perishable train climbing toward Horseshoe Curve on the four track Broad Way. The weeds in the track of one of the busiest railroads in the world illustrates th... (more)

A conveniently-placed foot bridge provides a vantage point for a westbound Chesapeake & Ohio train passing the east end of the passing siding at Ivy, Virginia.

A ”pure” (no B&O, no WM) Chesapeake & Ohio power set leads a westbound C&O train consisting mostly of stone loads near Ivy, Virginia. The SD40, U30B, and B30-7 in Chessie paint are trailed by ... (more)

The angled nose of Canadian National EMD SD40 No. 5220, a trailing unit on CN train 348 at Savanna, Illinois, on Burlington Northern’s C&I line on the afternoon of August 21, 1994.

Conrail's GRK-1 is headed east through Dolton on the IHB. Tom Golden photo.

Steam & Diesel power rest at the shop.

Guilford's Maine Central SD40 604; nee Detroit Edison SD40 017.

Northbound TRANSAP cellulose train from the CMPC pulp mill facility located in Mininco, crosses the Huaqui bridge over the river of the same name, in route to the ports of Concepción province.

Getting a bath
Late in the day of September 17, 1989, CP Rail EMD SD40 No. 5404 and a Soo Line SD40-2 are run through the wash building at Soo Line’s former Milwaukee Road Bensenville... (more)

Snow is falling as a southbound Norfolk & Western train starts its trek over the Shenandoah Valley line, about to cross under Downsville Pike in Hagerstown, Maryland.

Roanoke-bound tonnage departs the interchange yard at Hagerstown, Maryland. Located at the northern end of Norfolk & Western’s Shenandoah Valley line, the yard was known as Vardo Yard, while I h... (more)

The GTW has completed its pickup from the Iowa Interstate interchange in Blue Island and is about to double back to its train. Tom Golden photo.

Multiple railfans are out and about at Thornton Junction as a Grand Trunk Western SD40 is about to cross the former C&EI. Tom Golden photo.

Chesapeake and Ohio SD40 is seen sitting at the C&O Heritage Center in Clifton Forge.