For reasons unknown, this train was proceeding very slowly; partial evidence is the crew member standing in the open front doorway.

Virginian Railway had some interesting electric power as seen on this coal drag at Covel, WV. There was a matching pair on the tail end of this train. Unfortunately, these disappeared after the ... (more)

Summertime in St. Albans.. Eastbound empties wait for the signal on a miserably humid summer evening.

Northern Pacific 6506C is preparing to depart Seattle on the North Coast Limited. The Union Pacific station can be seen in the background.

Pennsy power from F-M and BLH waits at Columbus.

Coors Light - eat your heart out!  A Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: ASEA AEM-7DC
Location: Hamilton, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 937
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 22, 2011

On the left, the Nellie Bly pauses at Trenton, named after the globetrotting intrepid newswoman of the early 20th Century. On the right, possibly PRR #4666, a JG Brill OEG 350 Diesel-electric Do... (more)

An A-B set of E6's get hostled at Jersey City. Ansco-Color restoration

Empire Builder ready to depart Seattle.

Southern Pacific GP9 3353, seen in San Luis Obispo, California, on April 3, 1983, was built in May 1956 as SP subsidiary-Texas & New Orleans 430. When renumbered into the SP system in 1965, it wa... (more)

For the RP.net rivet counters: The prototype GG1 from 1935 featured a riveted body, seen here in this Ansco-Color view as the train makes a stop at South Amboy. Lurking a few hundred feet behind ... (more)

Pennsy FM C16-4 is leaving the tunnel at Gallitzin, PA trailing lots of engine smoke in the summer of 1960.

The hazy skies of the Steel City dominate the downtown skyline scene in this view as seen from the platforms during PRR's early 50's station renovation. A pair of PRR E8's in Brunswick Green hav... (more)

The Q2 Duplexes are reported to have been retired by '51 (wiki), but John was told that they died 6 months prior to his arrival in Crestline. Let the debate begin. Here are the largest non-artic... (more)