There’s no doubt that the highlight of the 1983 NRHS convention was the night photo session at Richmond’s famed triple crossing. Conducted by the late Jim Boyd, the scene featured a Chesapeake... (more)
Elephant-style F-units pass under the classic old Western Maryland Railway signal bridge in Chambersburg. Trains traversed this route from 1881 to November 2, 2000. The tracks are gone today, but ... (more)
A Pacific Rail Society Amtrak special was eastbound in the Southern California gloom near Cucamonga
ACR train #1, led by FP7 1756 is about to depart Sault Ste. Marie on a gloomy day in November of 1996.
An eastbound San Joaquin makes a scheduled stop at Merced on Santa Fe's Valley Line.
The annual run of the Galveston Warbonnets heads north towards Brenham on a sunny October afternoon.
Amtrak No. 6 prepares to depart 16th Street Station in Oakland.
A never-to-be-repeated elephant-style F-unit trio on the old Western Maryland Railway through Chambersburg. Trains plied this route from 1881 to November 2, 2000. The tracks are gone today, but ... (more)
SOO 500 and company is looking good in this 1993 photo. A tornado would knock the passenger cars off the tracks in 2002. The train is now under a shed and repainted.
Soo Line 500A rests at Shoreham Yard with a snow plow. 2 F-units were assigned to plow duty at the time, perhaps with this plow.
Soo Line 502A and 500A rest outside the roundhouse in Shoreham Yard in September of 1983. I believe these units were in snowplow service at the time.
Southern 6133 rests inside the tattered shops in Spencer, NC in May of 1987. Things looked pretty rough back then.....
These FP7 units (8000-8013) purchased in A-B-A lashups like C&O's F7s, were intended to be freight units capable of being pressed into passenger service whenever needed. These units were painted ... (more)
Stone Mountain Train 100 sits on the mainline at the shop before running its regularly scheduled trips on a pleasant Sunday.
