A mail train draws a steam assignment on this September day.

The third of three freights through Joliet that day with warbonnet F units leading. Only two units, not much power for a Santa Fe freight in the '70s.

A last-light shot of a beautiful train

The shop switch, 0-6-0 #4466, makes a move with a gas-turbine on the table. 4466 was one of 30 such engines that arrived on UP property in 1920 (source: Utahrails.net)

NJ Transit held an official unveiling of their new "dual-powered" locomotive at Newark Penn Station today. The ALP-45DP is touted as the "first of its kind in North America" (FL9 notwithstanding)... (more)

Crossing the Nuese River near New Bern, NC in the early morning.

The Chicago bound Morning Zephyr.

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.

During the finals days of steam on the Nickel Plate the 765 blasts across the midwestern countryside with a fast freight bound for points west. Thanks go to John Craft and the HTP for putting on a... (more)

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)