a westbound SP "hauler" is heading around the loop track at the east end of West Colton yard toward Los Angeles. West Colton yard is layed out for eastbound operation with recieving yard, hump yar... (more)

Orange Empire's Bloody Nose U-Boat Lettered The vinyl lettering was done on Thursday. The decals were made using 3M Scotchlite which is the correct historical material. She was out in the... (more)

Colorful motive power consist!

A Santa Fe GE U25B and U23B team up to move coal empties from the EJ&E connection north of downtown Joliet, Illinois.

Today, the former C&O yard and engine facility at Gladstone, VA is nothing but an overgrown field, filled with grass and scrub brush. At best, one or two tracks remain. Back on October 17, 1970,... (more)

The only one we ever saw on ATSF, I think. This is a fairly early version of the model. They had really nice lines.

Penn Central photographic Perfection. BX-29 is creeping past the tower after completing work at Mansfield and Attleboro. Conrail is less than a year away and some original New Haven u-boats still ... (more)

A quartet of GE's with an Eastbound smoke it up at sunset.

A Westbound leaves the buildings of the city of Hornell behind as it starts up the grade on the line to Meadville.

The old PRR/N&W coaling tower serves as focal point for a PC B-boat and PRR tender. The tender was used for fuel storage in it's post steam service days, the coal tower came down in the early 80s... (more)

Two years into Conrail and the former Lehigh Valley facility is still fairly active although changes are evident. The old foot bridge over the facility was still functional and a scene repeated t... (more)

Conrail Blue was not common in late 1976 and catching a freshly painted U25B in fresh snow was an excellent way to end a day back then.

A pair of U25-Bs power an Eastbound at ZY. This train did not stop for a crew change, so it may have been a Buffalo to Sayre train, as they rolled non stop thru Hornell.

It took a lot of work to bring this Kodachrome II (ASA 25) back. Note, no intermodal on either train!