Engine Change. We are in South Amboy, New Jersey in 1982, but these locomotives could very well have made a similar hand-off of the Southern Crescent in Washington, DC in years past. After the S... (more)

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) operations between Penn Station in New York City to Bay Head in southern New Jersey became a real anachronism in the late 1970s and early 1980s.... (more)

What a motley group of locomotives at Dry Creek. From left to right: Specialised Container Transport (SCT) CSR003 is a model SDA1 built in 2012 by CSR Ziyang in China. Freightlink painted (now ... (more)

NR75 and NR109 lead the southbound "Ghan" as it crosses Commonage road in Alice Springs, NT. Leaving the midpoint of its journey, the "Ghan" passes a street sign displaying both its departure and... (more)

Built as PRR 4917, Amtrak GG1 4934 leads a train in the twilight of its career. 4934 still exist today, but is unfortunately rusting away on a siding in Cooperstown Junction, NY.

Former Rock Island U25B #229 leads a Maine Central freight switching at the crossing of the Grand Trunk in a driving rain storm.

Departing Alice Springs yard on time at 6:00 PM, NR73 and NR114 lead the Ghan on its way to Darwin, NT. The riders on this train are viewing their last glimpses of civilization for many hours. ... (more)

Detroit & Toledo Shore Lines' contribution to the nation's Bicentennial, GP7 76 (renumbered from 46), awaits its next assignment with other D&TSL GP7s and GTW power. This locomotive went on to b... (more)

A typical Guilford-era consist on the D&H leads a northbound as it approaches the former Lackawanna East Binghamton yard. The second unit, C420 #414, now on the Delaware Lackawanna, has remarkabl... (more)

It is four years since the formation of Conrail, but former Lehigh Valley GP9 #300 still wears Cornell red as Conrail #7476. Here, #7476 awaits its next assignment on industrial trackage near the... (more)

Montreal Urban Community Transit Commission FP7 1300 is reflected in the wet pavement as it makes a station stop at Dorval. The action red paint gives away #1300's original identity as CP Rail FP... (more)

Farewell Lehigh Valley: The month stamped on this slide is May 1976, but the consist indicates the picture was taken prior to Conrail. On April 1st, GP38AC 310 became the property of Conrail, bu... (more)

On a sunny Sunday afternoon, Conrail INPE has just crossed the Illinois Central on the former NYC / Peoria & Eastern line between Indianapolis and Peoria. This diamond is just north of the Illino... (more)