On December 12, 1962, an unusually heavy No.1 headed around the curve at Palmer Lake with PA-PB and two F7A's. The train size that day would appear to be occasioned by Christmas season mail, a... (more)

Union Pacific 2-10-2 5514 and 4-8-2 7024 lead train 818, the Los Angeles Challenger, at Caliente Nevada in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Seaboard Baldwin DRS6-4-1500 baby-face styling numbers 2700-2702 operated mostly on Florida secondary runs. Zipping along at 65MPH, train 8 with #2700 is near Coleman, Florida on this November ... (more)

NYC RF-16 3817 was idling at Detroit enginehouse on August 2, 1962. Baldwin RF-16 "Sharks" A units 3804-3821 and B units 3702-3709 were the only such models on the New York Central r... (more)

Seaboard E4A #3009 is working train 4 in this January 12, 1960 view from the Raleigh Tower at Raleigh, North Carolina. Seaboard EMD E4A's were built between October 1938 and November 1939, numb... (more)

As the Northern Lights are dancing in the sky over Northern Ohio shortly after Midnight October 11, we have one of the two Dwarf CPL's at South Deshler still standing their guard.

On March 15, 1969, GN F7A 309C leads an F7B, a GP9 and another F7A with more then 200 ore cars, totaling around 15,000 net tons of taconite pellets into Minneapolis. The Great Northern usuall... (more)

There is a lot to see at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. But, if you're lucky enough to get into the old Central Pacific/Southern Pacific shops nearby, there is even more to s... (more)

Uncertain Future. The CN 102 and CN 103 sit in shrink wrap behind the Woodcrest shops. An era of change for the CN Business fleet. Now primarily powered by the CN 3309. The E-9's were donated. Th... (more)

I-167 early morning derailment with 31 cars on the ground with many were loaded auto racks making it a costly derailment estimated to be at least 30 million so far.

Before sunrise, a loaded coal train heads east through the iconic Badlands of North Dakota. This would be the first of 3 back to back trains this morning.

Helpers have cut off at Pipestone Pass

SP 4-10-2 number 5018 is seen at Los Angeles California on August 1st 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

CN U70241 26 powered by CSXT 3032, UP 6203, and UP 6284 will head back to the UP at Superior, WI to head back to Roseport, MN after delivering coke. Next door CP AC4400CWM 8038 is on the point of ... (more)

"Clean Up at Sackett Point"

On the morning of Friday, August 9th, 2024, Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 141 collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer carrying paper rolls,... (more)