Two F-M switchers at College Park in San Jose.

SP FM H12-44 No. 2379 tows SDP45 No. 3200 after the latter has received major repairs at SP's Bayshore roundhouse. The pair are making runs up and down the main line while mechanics evaluate the b... (more)

Golden Gate Railroad Museum runs its ex US Army No. 1847 H-12-44 now Southern Pacific No.1487 on Memorial Day Weekend.

Former ACL 250 ton Derrick 65358 and later CSX 985250 has arrived at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. The crane was donated to the museum by a private individual and was moved ... (more)

Former ACL 250 ton Derrick 65358 and later CSX 985250 has arrived at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer. The crane was donated to the museum by a private individual and was moved ... (more)

Early on a beautiful January morning in the City, SP FM No. 2355 switches bilevels for the leisurely weekend commute schedule.

MILW 731, a venerable Fairbanks Morse H-12-44 hums away at the Janesville, WI roundhouse in September 1972, not far from its birthplace of Beloit, WI in March 1952. The earlier switchers like this... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

CWRC 1200 rests under a gantry crane in at the Miller Compressing scrapyard in Milwaukee, WI in December of 1992. The Allen Bradley clock, the largest 4 sided clock in the world at the time, says ... (more)

An FM H-12-44 works the big bi-level commuter coaches at 4th & Townsend on a Saturday morning.

Milwaukee 760 and GB&W 2407 sit outside the Diesel Shop at IRM.

I can't imagine trying to start a RR with a fleet of ancient FM switchers, but that is what the CWRC tried to do with the ex-MILW line west of Waukesha. Few of the FM fleet ever turned a revenue m... (more)

3 FM's face a dismal future as they rest in the weeds west of Waukesha, WI. The Central Wisconsin RR Co. took over these ex-MILW tracks. Eventually, this would become the WSOR mainline, but the FM... (more)

After the MILW ceased operations on many secondary lines in Wisconsin, several shortlines took over. The Central Wisconsin RR Co. took over the Janesville-Waukesha portion of the line, utilizing a... (more)

The Nevada Southern's Baldwin sits at the museum after a round of storms hit the area.