This CN switcher was working the US side of Niagara Falls when it was photographed drifting by. Looks like it has a restricting signal. Location is the same as photo #304364 in this database, if... (more)

This CN switcher was working the US side of Niagara Falls when it was photographed.

A Frisco Consolidation with a freight extra passes under the viaduct which carries the cars of the Texas Electric Railway over the many tracks entering Dallas Union Station. No. 1312 was... (more)

Train No. 11 left St. Louis at 7:15 P.M. yesterday. Its 8:10 A.M. arrival in Omaha enables its passengers to make a connection with the Union Pacific's Gold Coast which will leave at 8:30... (more)

K-37 No.494 drifts across Lobato Trestle on its way back to Chama after helping a hill turn to th... (more)

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection: A Santa Fe steamer brings a passenger train across the Mississippi into Ft. Madison Iowa on a trip west.

The 51 Santa Fe Mountain type locomotives were built by Baldwin between 1918 and 1924 and were the power of choice for long-distance passenger trains in the western states until engines with dr... (more)

According to the timetable, No.2, The Royal Gorge, will have 5 minutes to load and unload passengers and baggage and take on water before its 4:35 P.M. departure for Denver from the Santa F... (more)

Pacific No. 409 struggles up a 1.7% grade as it leads The Texas Special out of Austin. The train which usually consisted of 12 cars used Missouri Pacific tracks as it left the city southb... (more)

A 2900 Class 4-8-4, one of Santa Fe's finest, awaits its departure for Raton Pass with a heavy troop train. This locomotive was built by Baldwin in 1944. It will be assisted over the pass by... (more)

It’s Sunday, June 24, 1956, and Louisville & Nashville M-1 class number 1962—one of the memorable “Big Emma” 2-8-4s that worked the eastern side of the system, in Kentucky only—slowly ba... (more)

A P-6 Pacific is being readied for its next assignment. This locomotive was built by Brooks in 1906 with 77 inch drivers and delivered 40,570 pounds of tractive effort. ... (more)

Four veteran Interstate Railroad employees on the Second Yard Crew pose with their motive power--INT number 25--on a fall afternoon in 1953. The occasion is the last use of the Consolidation. Left... (more)

A freight of fifteen cars is being helped across Lobato Trestle toward the summit of Cumbres Pass by No.491, a K-37 2-8-2. This locomotive was built by Baldwin in 19... (more)

With a crescendo of sound two Santa Fe types lead a freight of some thirty cars out of Raton. Another 2-10-2 is pushing. Raton Pass lies ahead.