Ex-PRR SD35 6018 adds its brawn to a colorful early Conrail lash-up on a Detroit-Chicago merchandiser. I always liked SD35s -- they appeared to have big feet ... like me.

Boeing aircraft assemblies that arrive by sea at the Port of Everett are off-loaded onto a barge, then moved across the harbor to this dock, recently opened near the bottom of BNSF's five-percent-... (more)

Detroit's answer to the "Silver Streak," a short-lived commuter operation built around ex-GTW passenger Geeps and coaches. The whole shebang is seen here on a Railroad Days Excursion up the Grand... (more)

All gone! Visiting here now, you'd find yourself in a downtown shopping mall.

The Delta Turn has just arrived from Flat Rock and sits atop the seven-mile-long "hill" Henry Ford had built to avoid crossing the Vanderbilts' line at grade (see picture 212631). The track in th... (more)

Back in the days, you never knew what you were going to see next. An ex-NKP GP30 (note the number and the bell notched into the nose!) leads an NW freight through busy Vickers crossing outside To... (more)

A classic scene that lasted into the late Eighties. The Super-Charger slams through small-town Milan, passing a tower that will soon be joining so many others in that big layout in the sky.

Wait 'til Wal-Mart, Costco, et al. get ahold of this type of Big Box operation! The Boeing Local has just descended from the assembly plant uphill in Everett with big-box containers for transport... (more)

As car attendants monitor last-minute boarding, the eastbound Empire Builder prepares to resume its journey, some three hours off the advertised. A green GP39 resting in the yard preserves some o... (more)

Inevitably, an interest in railroads seems to lead to a long-term acquaintance with history, trying to remember what and where it was that we saw not all that many years ago. Corporate and techno... (more)

Two of the Puget Sound region's icons: the Tacoma Narrows Bridges (there are two of them now) and Amtrak's Cascade Service trains. And hey, the sun is out!

The northbound "Maple Leaf" is about to resume its journey beside the Hudson river behind EMD's unique five-axle locomotive.

The airconditioning unit was getting a good workout on this day -- the temperature was well over 100 (F). Is the soil really that red ... or is it the earth glowing?

This location just had to have been planned for railroad publicity shots ... right off the side of Route 2 at that!

What can I say? It's obvious that time and toil have taken their toll on this once proud queen, now sitting on a wobbly yard track in outer San Luis Obispo.