Still bearing the New Haven logo on its nose, Penn Central E40 4974 rumbles out of the Park Avenue tunnel at 97th Street with a northbound passenger run. On April 8,1970, a few hints of spring hov... (more)

The Chessie System livery was undoubtedly one of the most color rich, some would say gaudy paint schemes in modern American railroading. This photographer loved that the colors could shine in almo... (more)

MILW 126A creeps past the unique smashboards in Plymouth, WI in April of 1974. The boards guard the crossing of the MILW and the CNW. Chuck Porter photo from my collection.

ATSF 5818 East, a hot 991 train, rounds a curve at Christie on the west side of Franklin Canyon. During the SP-ATSF merger era, Santa Fe painted quite a number of SD45-2s into the SPSF paint schem... (more)

The power for RS97 sits at Brooks Ave. in Gates, NY on the cold and snowy day of 2/4/1979. The caboose for RS97 is visible behind the pole in the distance. The head end could not couple up to the ... (more)

The Soo Line local that operated between Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire, WI was handling some switching chores at local industries in Eau Claire. It also served the large Uniroyal plant in the back... (more)

CNW's Milwaukee lakefront depot sits unused and ready to be torn down in this view from September of 1966. The destruction of this beautiful and historic building caused Milwaukee to rethink their... (more)

A westbound VIA rail train rolls through Brockville, Ontario. I believe that this was a Montreal – Toronto Rapido, a limited train that did not stop in Brockville.

Joe E79 eases out of Tunnel 16 nearing Missoula.

This critter sat at the Deer Lodge engine facility. Looks like a Joe is getting ready over at the next stall, just another day for the laborer.

Fighting the steep eastbound grade of San Timoteo Canyon, SP 8693 charges under a signal bridge making good time with gobs of black smoke billowing from her exhaust. What was beautiful to railfans... (more)

A pair of GP35s lead a westbound WP manifest through El Pinal in October 1974. El Pinal is where the WP crossed SP's Valley Line between Bakersfield and Elvas Tower in Sacramento. In another coupl... (more)

The CNW came into Westminster Junction at the east end of the wye. Here, a westbound CNW train is traveling across the north leg of the wye to continue west. These former CGW SD40s have been re-... (more)

Northbound coal loads pass through the massive cut approaching Rogersville, Pa.