RPCX 804 being used in work train service on the old SLRG at Alamosa, CO.

Only shot I got of passenger F3 power leading on freght is this westbound.

Sometime in the late 1960s a couple of units in the original "Southern Belle" scheme share duties. KCS 25 was a "rebuild" of an E6A which had apparently been wrecked. As I un... (more)

A six-pack of F7 and GP7 diesels leads a combined coach train and Nebraska Zephyr during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event, with C&NW 411 leading the way.

Don't Fall For The Trap! On the dark and overcast evening of June 26, 2021, the Mass Coastal/Cape Cod Railroad dinner train is seen crossing the Back River in Bourne, Massachusetts with Mas... (more)

CB&Q 9911A, the only remaining E-5A diesel, leads the Nebraska Zephyr trainset onto the Illinois Railway Museum's mainline during the annual Diesel Days event.

Northern Pacific FP7 6510C leads train number 2 near Dickinson North Dakota in 1956. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A crew member enjoys some fresh air from the window on NP F-9A Extra 7004A West. The tonnage freight makes its way upgrade near milepost 121, about five miles west of Livingston, on June 5, 19... (more)

Western Maryland-painted FP9 243 leads a freight train towards Elkins. To watch the whole chase, click here: https://youtu.be/fNOH87eXGZU?si=hWvLT-QNVIeXMkRZ

An afternoon Brunswick Line commuter (MARC 211) slows for its scheduled 5:23 p.m. arrival at Point of Rocks.

B&O F7A 4566 (née B&O F7A 369, built 01/1951, EMD) was sold to MK and shipped t... (more)

Looking as she might have when demoted from the major trains to local service this classic is actually taking the short trip around the museum property. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collect... (more)

BN-3 meets METX 308 at the East Union depot during the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event.

On the connection between the east-west and the north-south former Seaboard lines, this unit appears to be stationary. No idea how this happened or why. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my colle... (more)

Caterparrot 5000 arrives into Willacoochee after leading the northbound run of the Liberty Flyer on the final summer trip. See ya in the fall!

Looking only slightly like it's in disguise, this former MILW unit is arriving to work the quarry and salt storage site west of town. Other than a scrapyard there doesn't appear to be any reason ... (more)