NS 054 seen at Chattanooga , Tn heading to Knoxville , Tn with four Ferronor locomotives bound for Chile .

A four car passenger train is departing Vincennes Indiana in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

An unfortunate yet spectacular scene along the Lehigh River this morning. NS 9891 is the other unit. At the moment the cause of the incident is still unknown. I had the morning to myself at the ho... (more)

D&H Delaware & Hudson 18, PA4 at the Delaware & Hudson Colonie shops, Watervliet, New York. September 12, 1978. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Amtrak 30th Street station Philadelphia Pennsylvania. July 17, 1977. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

SD38 6927 and MT6 slug 1127 work the hump at Selkirk.

Amtrak ASEA X995, with Amtraks testing of the Swedish unit over. The fate is sealed for the GG-1., The pans have been removed, and its ready for its return trip to Sweden and sits on a siding at P... (more)

On February 9th at 4:45 am, one of BNSFs monster coal trains derailed east of Cairo Nebraska. The three SD70ACes were the mid-train DPUs.

It's rare for B&E road trains other than RJED and EDRJ to have anything other than an NS SD60E leading (due to PTC requirements over Keolis), so today's B101 was an exception. The train's SD60E l... (more)

A quartet of grimy Southern Pacific SDs roll through the Devil's Garden. This area is a lava flow created by eruptions of nearby Mount Shasta.

After sitting on the Amsterdam weeds filled siding for well over a year, a tank car involved and damaged in the August 4th, 2023 derailment in Cranseville, NY with two center-beam flat cars are fi... (more)

"Caboose Survives the Flood"

On August 22nd, 2024, Boston & Maine Railroad caboose C-60 overlooks the Little River in the background of what remains of the Olde Sawmill Grill and Mini... (more)

W&LE, Wheeling and Lake Erie SD40's 3048- 3016- 3046, leads a westbound slab train across the Monongahela River at Speers, Pennsylvania. March 4, 2007. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo.... W&LE 3048, e... (more)

There is no time for paint! The new Ferromex locomotives are already in service after being delivered by Wabtec. It's neat to see these engines nicknamed "ghosts" in this important date... (more)

GP18 and GP35 team-up to power the westbound local. GP18 178 was the last diesel put into service by an independent CofG before the Southern takeover in June 1963.