Between runs in the woods, Intermountain Lumber Co. shay No. 1 was still earning its keep on a dreary and rainy May 21, 1960 at Putney, Kentucky. Looking the worse for wear, the standard gauge 2-... (more)

A derailment has been pushed aside to allow track reconstruction and the passage of Train 17, Super Chief / El Capitan led by two FP45’s at Ribera, N.M. Jan. 16, 1969.

Two leased GE B40-8s with a fuel tank car between them rush a piggyback train west to Denver. Apparently this was a test to keep the train moving through fuel stops. Note the diminutive trucks u... (more)

This was called a yard cleaner.... in BN's former Rice Yard, Denver. Cough, cough, wheeze; the operator even stands outside. The area is now Elitchs amusement park.

Obviously a Paducah graduate, Panama Canal Ry. Geep 1855 had its nose in the sunshine at the Colon Shops on the north or Atlantic end of the line.

After a derailment at Clovis, N.M. in Dec. 1965, Santa Fe Buffet Lounge ZUNI was returned to home shops at Topeka, Ks. on a Rock Island flat car for disposition. The car was built in Oct. 1937 a... (more)

Colorado & Southern GE U30C's 891 and 893 team up with four SD-9's leading a southbound freight over Colorado's Joint Line near Buttes on Feb. 3, 1969. The train is running on AT&SF track and the... (more)

East of Goodland two Rock Island F7s are straining to drag just 40 cars across western Kansas against the Kansas wind on Sept. 26, 1966. The train should be in Denver before daybreak. The track ... (more)

MoPac’s eastbound Missouri River Eagle has shrunk to three cars on Sept. 24, 1967 as it sails into Pleasant Hill, Mo., headed for St. Louis. Two T&P E-8’s have replaced the E-7’s; No. 34 ... (more)

Three Amtrak SDP40F’s have brought 14-car Train 3, combined Super Chief - El Capitan, down from Arizona’s summit of 7,354-ft. at Riordan to the 475-ft. level of the Colorado River as the train... (more)

No, Great Western doesn't have a new power plant on its line. But what better way to use little-used track than to store cars on it? Track? What track? Two GW Geeps are hauling utility-owned h... (more)

Union Pacific commemorative 4-4-0 119 built in 1979 for the Gold Spike Promontory National Monument performs a run-by strut on June 12, 2015 before being placed in its house for the night, visibl... (more)

A pair of F units of KCS have its premier Train 1 Southern Belle in tow across landmark Grandview Viaduct after departing Kansas City Union Station en route New Orleans on May 22, 1966. The UP ba... (more)

A BCR freight hustles north near Tisdall, B. C. behind MLW M630W and C630’s on June 23, 1975.

What could be finer than lunch in a dome diner as Union Pacific’s “City of Los Angeles” Train 103 passed through Laramie, Wyo. and an 8500-hp gas turbine was idling in the yard. This was M... (more)