Maryland Midland 102 works at Walkersville, MD in Nov. 1980

MKM unit sticking it's nose out of Santa Fe's Barstow diesel shop.

F9 93A is doing transfer duty as she passes through Milwaukee Road freight yard in Milwaukee, Wis. It's February 1976 and the unit will have no need for its Cummins generator installed in the ear... (more)

One of the "ugly duckling" Geeps chop-nosed by the Western Maryland's Hagerstown Shops awaits its fate. The unit was built by EMD in February, 1955 as WM Class DS-24 No. 30.

Who's that 6 year-old railfan? That's me armed with the Instamatic camera and Kodachrome film (yes, they made Kodachrome for Instamatics). By 1976, I would move up to a single-lens reflex. My f... (more)

"Our Greatest Asset Is People," as noted at the bottom of the unique old Chessie Shops sign in Cumberland.

Westbound Amtrak Engine #535 meets Eastbound UP 6923 at a siding outside of San Bernardino on the line towards Cajon Pass in May of 1979.

In May 1993, KCS had taken over, but there were still lots of MidSouth units around, with solid sets still fairly common. It appeared that perhaps there was some effort - at least in the early day... (more)

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Looking a bit worse for wear after 28 years of outdoor display on Horseshoe Curve, PRR 1361 sits dead in tow behind UTLX in Altoona a few hours after leaving her pedes... (more)

Doing what Alco’s do best, Norfolk & Western C630 1133 shoves hard on a heavy cut of loaded hoppers at the Lambert’s Point coal docks, as it belches black smoke worthy of a steam locomotive.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 whistles as it meets an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe double-stack train at Casa Blanca, four miles west of the Riverside Amtrak/Metrolink station. The steam engine i... (more)

Snow was a rarity in Central Texas in the winter of 1947, but so were steam locomotives on the Sunshine Special which by this time had been dieselized. The abbreviated consist was indicative of ... (more)

NS C30-7 8032 leading a southbound at Birmingham || Spring 1985

The NS (Central of Georgia) turn to Lafayette (Trains 7/8 in pre-CSX days) used about two miles of rights over the CSX (Western Railway of Alabama) between Opelika and Roanoke Junction. Here, #7 ... (more)