Southern Railway Master Mechanic-Steam Engines Bill Purdie Jr. and a fellow crew member inspect T&P610 prior to a pair of weekend excursions out of Alexandria, VA

The Frisco crew sits on spot while awaiting to make a pickup at the Chrysler plant in Fenton, MO. The plant closed in 2009.

Ellis and Eastern RR 77 and 87 are on BNSF rails enroute from the quarry in Corson to Sioux Falls. Both units were recently painted after being acquired when EE purchased the Minnesota Southern Ra... (more)

These 2 units have been loading grain at the large elevator in Tamora, NE since 2007. The GP8 was built as Erie 1202 in 1950, and the SD18, IBCX 1709, was built as C&O 1809 and still rides on Alc... (more)

IAIS6988 deadheaded from Council Bluffs to Newton after weekend trips based out of Menlo on Saturday and Anita on Sunday. On the deadhead move the train is in Anita siding as the BICB rolls by on ... (more)

I believe this is called Johnstons Curve, located west of the station at Belton, MT, which is the main road entrance to Glacier National Park. This is one of those locations which I could never ge... (more)

TRRA's Carrie Avenue service track, just south of N&W's Luther Yard. The jobs based here likely supported the GM assembly plant where 'Vettes and trucks used to be built until the Corvette product... (more)

A rush hour train is about to cross the Milwaukee Road diamonds by Mayfair Tower.

EL MU's at Convent Station during the last full month of operations before all were retired by NJT on August 24, 1984 when the DC power distribution system dating from 1930 was retired, replaced b... (more)

My favorite UP-MP-WP "merger" lashup is this view of a southbound train on MoPac's Oklahoma Sub. crossing the North Canadian River bridge near Dustin, OK in 1984. The unit in UP paint was built f... (more)

An empty coal train has just departed Dupo for the mines, while an SSW freight patiently awaits for a signal to proceed north.

A typical morning around the BAR service track at Northern Maine Jct. in the 1970's.

This westbound is departing Roslyn for Jamaica. The LIRR 615 cab car is a former SP&S FA-1.

The view here is 100% Missouri Pacific Railroad, even if it was photographed 3 years after the UP-MP-WP merger date. 3 SD's off an inbound train are in the west end of #1 in Texarkana Yard, while ... (more)

The engineer is looking back to see if he's in the clear on Bellport siding for his meet with an opposing Long Island Railroad train. We would chase him all the way to Montauk that day and I would... (more)