When the station name comes off a station and is placed on a post, that’s a clue something is about to happen — Union Pacific’s station at Strasburg, Colo. was soon closed and moved away in ... (more)

Two U.P. U-50s, 43 and 44 as well as a GP-30, bring a westbound freight through North Topeka, Kansas on May 23, 1965.

SP’s German K-M hydraulic 9002 basks in the sun at Sacramento, Calif. but don’t be deceived in thinking the K-M’s had 4-wheel trucks. A low tie-rod or truck component creates a shadow that ... (more)

Not only is that a windshield glare but it is temporary cover over a shattered windshield on Little Joe E-71 East at Soudan, Montana on Aug. 9, 1973. The train just left Alberton and it is 105 mi... (more)

Amtrak's Train 4 Southwest Chief derailed on a curve at Lawrence, Kansas due to high speed on Oct. 2, 1979. SDP40F 504 was at AT&SF's Argentine, Kansas diesel shop awaiting disposition on Feb. 1... (more)

Another never-to-be-called back on stage to perform, C&O 1344 in the dead line at Peach Creek, W. Va.

Santa Fe’s Super Chief-El Capitan Train 18 eastbound rounds a high-speed banked curve at Dalies, N.M. as it passes a westbound freight on the double track mainline. This was the era of no ditch... (more)

It’s not a good sign when one is waiting for the next subject to enter his viewfinder and it turns out to be a derrick work train. That assuredly indicates the line is blocked with a derailme... (more)

There is no fire…. yet! What are they doing? Southern Pacific ran a vegetation control spray train on its Cascade Subdivision to apply a herbicide to prevent growth of burdensome Bracken ... (more)

In an attempt to open its line from winter snows, Cumbres & Toltec Scenic operated a triple-header rotary snow plow train on May 3, 1997. Three mikados are shoving Rotary OY as they near the deep... (more)

A typical midwestern scene -- Rock Island mail train No. 39 with a single coach on the rear leaves Herington, Kansas on May 31, 1965 to continue its run to Tucumcari, N.M. to be handed over to the... (more)

The experiment that didn’t work out: Alco PA 607 was selected as the control unit for Union Pacific’s coal-fired gas turbine 8080B which was formerly Great Northern electric 5018. A Fairban... (more)

Both D&RGW and the SP ordered three German Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 diesel hydraulics in 1961, but after three years D&RGW wasn't happy with the experiment. They sold their three to willing-buyer SP... (more)

AT&SF 3529 West (southbound) to Houston had a meet with an opposing eastward train at Booth, Texas, and failed to get stopped at the closing end, sideswiping and plowing into the rear portion of t... (more)

Box cab electric helpers were not always placed mid-train in Milwaukee's eastbound freights climbing the 1.6% continental divide out of Butte up to Pipestone Pass, Montana. On April 10, 1970 E29... (more)