A handsome Grand Elk consist drags 70+ cars into town, nearing the control point named "Gib" (Gibson St.).
Amtrak slams the diamond with the J at Rondout.
Belt Railway at work on the day after Christmas with clean boxcars. Business was down then, there was even speculation of the yard closing.
A&M charter mixed train makes a photo runby at Frog Bayou bridge, site of numerous Frisco and A&M publicity shots early in the 20th Century. Thanks to the Boston Mtn. Chptr. NRHS & the folks at t... (more)
SOO 1003 highballs Horicon enroute to Milwaukee and the Great Circus Parade. Geeps on the left are cannibalized, the 1003 survived the diesels that were bought to replace her.
A month before becoming a fallen flag, the Santa Fe crosses the company bridge into Iowa with a vehicle train.
261 is serviced and inspected at La Crosse. The dirty engine photographs well.
A&M charter mixed train poses at the south portal of the Winslow tunnel, deep in the heart of the Boston Mountains of Arkansas.
CP Kentucky Derby special returns to Canada after the big weekend in Louisville, passing the depot at Columbus. K200 transparency scanned & color corrected in P/S
My grandson's football game had ended on a perfect Saturday midday, when I flipped on the scanner and heard of an approaching train. Time to jump into a phonebooth and slip into my "S" costume (S... (more)
Running on old home rails, ex-MILW #17 now dressed as NREX 6301, leads a CP-281 symbol westward into the setting sun.
The Chief pops out from around a rock outcrop descending Apache Canyon on the approach to Lamy.
After a quick pause at the old Silvis shops complex, sacred ground to Rock Island faithful, the QJ/MILW 261 triple-header thunders into the afternoon sun.
The facination begins at a young age.
Soo 6616 holds the main waiting in the cool evening air to meet southbound traffic.
