CP D10k No.1072 was built by Schenectady in 1912 and scrapped about a year after I photographed her. She is lettered Quebec Central, a CP subsidiary to which she is on loan. Relatively little st... (more)
A westbound Amtrak headed across the Rock Island diamond en route to St. Louis in July 1972. Shot taken from Joliet UR Tower.
Richard Beal photo: WOOOOOSH! From Richard: My dad and I rode this fan trip from Wash DC to Harrisburg via the electrified freight only line via Three Mile Island. From there we turned East to... (more)
A matching set of Milwaukee box cabs E47B, C and A are switching Missoula, MT. In 3 trips down there these were the only box cabs we saw in operation. Everything else was Little Joes or diesels.... (more)
Spring in Michigan - a scene from years ago.
Shot shortly before Amtrak took over unit 24C looks like it has seen better days, and is in San Diegian service
The longest run in North America, The Canadian is about to leave Montreal. This picture comes from the second roll of film I ran through my first camera, A Brownie Holiday Flash.. We were spendin... (more)
3 Warbonnets lead a San Jacinto Branch bound baretable west through Colton.
Special P32 #500 still wears the emblem from its Biofuel test on the Heartland Flyer.
The 1792 rests at NC DOT Capital yard Raleigh, NC. Slowly she is being parted out, after being involved in a crossing accident at 79mph with a low boy hauling an excavator in Mebane, NC.
Power for Winchendon and Ware local freights standing in front of the station.
Virginia Blue Ridge 0-6-0 #9 leading its train into Tye River, VA in this February 1962 scene.
Sunrise in Old Virginia. In the waning days of steam power, an aging Norfolk & Western M-Class "Mollie" races the dawn with a local mixed, carrying milk, newspapers and a few lonely passeng... (more)
PRR and CNJ served the Monmouth Park Race Track with trains out of the NYC/NJ metro. Both railroads ran two trains. An Ansco Color original.
Virginian had a large shop in Mullens, WV to service their electric locomotives. Note the freshly painted N&W trainmaster.