CSX's Monon and New York Central heritage units depart Nashville with train M21227 after a crew change at Kayne Avenue, passing the historic L&N Union Station.

Katy was desperate for motive power when they got some KCC high cab units. When chopping the cab and hood they got it almost right but somewhat lower than normal. Other units were repainted but ... (more)

Santa Fe M-190 Mail Express Motor car built in 1932, had a 900 hp gasoline-electric power plant it was replaced with a diesel-electric engine in December 1949. The M-190 was assigned to pull no... (more)

Santa Fe demonstrator Roadrailer Autorailer trailers 460000, 460002, 460003, and 460004 on display at Naperville, IL. Kodachrome, photographer unknown, John E. Troxler collection.

Chase Gunnoe organized a small photo group to tour the Western Maryland Scenic Shop and photograph Western Maryland GP 9 #25 and 39 over on the George’s Greek. Ex C&O 1309 is currently in the s... (more)

One of the earlier AEM-7DCs is first to be scrapped. It was dismantled into three chunks, which were hauled offsite by trailer to be further reduced. Amtrak ended up creating an official eBay acco... (more)

Peabody Short Line was owned by the Peabody Coal Mine. The PSL ran from the River King Mine near Belleville, Illinois to the Peabody Coal Docks on the Mississippi River, directly across from th... (more)

Wearing an Olympic cycling trials billboard point job.

CSX L303-20 Eastbound over the Grand River in Grand Ledge Michigan with CSX 81 and 315 leading a long train w/ 156 cars and a beautiful sky

The eastbound PHOEBE SNOW powered by DL&W E8A 818 and 812 at Stroudsburg, PA on June 6, 1954. The Phoebe Snow ran between Buffalo, New York and Hoboken, New Jersey a three hundred and ninty-six ... (more)

A pair of RRVW SD70MAC's at Breckenridge, MN.

Kicking Horse Pass In November of 1994 my friend Dave Gayer had a feature article in Pacific Rail News about Kicking Horse Pass. On page 29 is a photo of a CP SD40-2 poking its nose ou... (more)

Although traffic on the legendary Tennessee Pass is dead, the line is not gone. The Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass line was the highest active mainline railroad mountain pass in the United States unt... (more)

In the last few minutes of daylight, a pair of former Burlington Northern GP40s lead BNSF’s Everett, WA to Sumas, WA manifest through the countryside near Nugents Corner, WA on May 29th, 2024.

#4014 cruises through the famous Blue Island Junction, crossing the diamonds with the former Grand Trunk Western. This was a popular location for the photographers today and railroad police office... (more)