FP7A 690 had an interesting history. L&N had a big fleet of FP7As, but as passenger service declined, most were re-geared and put into freight service. In 1966, the ten FP7As with the best steam... (more)

On a gloomy morning, various equipment sits around at Wisconsin Great Northern.

The well-known red, orange and black of "Daylight" was the stamp of approval among seasoned travellers in the West on July 10, 1949, when this flashy new streamliner took to the rails of... (more)

Rock Island E6A 630 and a drab E7B heads the Twin Star Rocket at Fort Worth, Texas in December 1960. Photo by R. Plummer, from my slide collection.

The NS OCS: set up for use and display at the bulk commodity facility at Youngtown Yard in Louisville, for the 2011 Kentucky Derby.

The renumbered and repainted NS F9 A-B-B-A set made an appearance in the St. Louis area shortly before they were retired. Departure towards Louisville via the Southern West District was at sunris... (more)

ACWR's passenger train rounds the bend at Eagle Springs, having just passed a group of photographers, as evidenced by the vehicles parked on Eagle Springs Rd.

AMTK 408 gets a refill of fuel and water at its La Crosse, WI stop with train 18, the North Coast Hiawatha. Soon it will be on its way to Milwaukee and Chicago, having originated in Seattle, WA. N... (more)

Amtrak E9s 405, 451, and 406 await their next run at BN's Harrison St. shops in July 1973. The units were acquired from Milwaukee Road and assigned to the North Coast Hiawatha. They were MILW 30A,... (more)

Amtrak train 17, the North Coast Hiawatha races into St. Paul past Milwaukee Road's Pigs Eye Yard hump tower and BN's main and Dayton's Bluff yard lead. E9 MILW 31C, built in April 1956, which wil... (more)

In June 1984, Golden Arrow Lines operated excursions on the Central Wisconsin Railroad Company route between Waukesha and Whitewater, Wisconsin. Passing the Nite Cap Inn at Palmyra is one of the e... (more)

Don't let the blue sky mislead you, it's January in the Pacific Northwest and the reflection pond reveals the truth about precipitation at this time of year. Former NP F9, BN 842, reflects on its ... (more)

In front of the Michigan Central station, NYC green E-8A 4053 waited at the west end of the platforms along with a green E-8B. A total of three units, two E-8's 4053 and 4083 and one E-8B 4107, ... (more)

By July 1973, Amtrak was repainting passenger units acquired from the member railroads. Here we have an A-B-A set of recently painted E9s acquired from Milwaukee Road. Amtrak used the BN Harrison ... (more)

The engineer for Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha checks things over as the train loads passengers at Minneapolis. At start up, Amtrak chose to make one stop in the Twin Cities and decided on Minneap... (more)