D&RGW’s three famous F units operated on the ski train only for the 1984 season after the demise of the Rio Grande Zephyr. Skiers on board are probably delighted with the falling snow and not b... (more)

MILW's local has arrived at the end of the Winifred, Mont. branch and has placed its 8 empty box cars on the north end of the loaded box cars. SD7 522 runs around them to couple into the loads, s... (more)

Still wearing C.N. markings, three F's, with FP9A 6504 leading, VIA's Train 3 is westbound as it skirts beautiful Moose Lake in Mt. Robson Park, B.C.

Controlled by an SD40 DPU, two more brand new SD45s and the 3075 SD40 are mid-train helpers on UP 3622 West out of Rawlins, Wyo.

In the late 1980s the Texas Limited was privately operated between Houston and Galveston, primarily on the old Galveston, Houston and Henderson. With a leased ATSF GP9 it was returning northward ... (more)

Needing more power, Clinchfield leased F units from the RF&P as shown here with 1201 leading a southbound and meeting CRR Train 95 North at Johnson City, Tenn. yard. No. 95 has an RF&P unit in i... (more)

D&RGW's K-36 484 leads 67 mostly-empty cars around "Tanglefoot curve" east of Cumbres Pass, Colo. as the train heads eastward down grade to Alamosa on June 3, 1966. Subsequent tree growth pre... (more)

At least the derailment at Red Eagle, Montana wasn’t bad enough to block the Empire Builder’s passage on April 8, 1969. The two derrick work trains, the western one with GP-20 2020, are at e... (more)

The White Sulphur Springs & Yellowstone Park RR ran 22 miles from White Sulphur Springs, Mont. down to a connection with the Milwaukee Road at Ringling. As the MILW was being abandoned or sold of... (more)

Having just left Chama, N.M., D&RGW 488 (with a helper on the rear) gets a run at Cumbres grade with the second turn of the day, Dec. 20, 1963. In those days it usually required three trains to ... (more)

Nevada Northern's SD7 401 has arrived at the north end of the line to pick up interchange from SP. Wooden caboose 5.

CN Rail's Terra Transport on Newfoundland Island operated its 1200-hp GMD NF210's long-end forward, as 925 East leaves western terminal Port aux Basques, Nfld., on Aug. 2, 1984 to begin its 547-mi... (more)

Rio Grande’s ski train with newer equipment is only ten miles from Moffat Tunnel as it negotiates the narrow confines of Rollins Canyon near Rollinsville with three of owner Phillip Anschutzâ€... (more)

Five ATSF F units lead a grain train at Chriesman, Texas bound for the Gulf at either Beaumont or Houston for export on July 25, 1972. Instead of red, former passenger unit 341 wears a yellow wa... (more)

After the L&N rebuilt famous W&A 4-4-0 No. 3, "The General," they proudly ran it over a portion of its railroad with refurbished "Jim Crow" combine car 665. After visiting end of the line at Nor... (more)