UH That'll Do! The sometimes not so glamorous side of railroading and some of the things that can happen. Here is what happens when the load out chute of a taconite pellet bin fails to close dur... (more)

Eastbound Amtrak passenger cruises past a waiting Conrail freight with E44 #4409 leading.

This CF7 was looking very bad, nice to see they have put some work into it. Note the paint can still hanging from the rear truck. Built 5/51 as ATSF 257C, to ATSF 2553/NERR 2553/DFTX 2553/ Eagle R... (more)

A pair of Virginia GE EL-2Bs roll a freight train through Kumiss, VA as dusk approaches on a February day in 1961.

New York Central's last E8 unit is paired with another, black one on the front of the combined PACEMAKER-NEW ENGLAND STATES as it slows for Englewood station.

The GRAND CANYON arrives at Dearborn Station behind F3 A-B-B-B units late in the afternoon.

GM&O E7 units 102A and 102 are backing into Union Station with train 3, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, for its 5:50 p.m. CDT departure. The Missouri Pacific sleeper was a through car to Hot Springs, AR.

An E8, E7B and FP7A are teamed up on the Rock Island / Southern Pacific GOLDEN STATE departing LaSalle St. station.

Two Burlington E8 units power the Northern Pacific's NORTH COAST LIMITED from Union Station. There is a Budd Slumbercoach several cars back. This was the summer of the Seattle World's Fair.

Four trains are visible in this aerial that has Caliente in the upper left and Bealville in the upper right. The first of three southbounds is climbing above tunnel five south of Bealville; a sec... (more)

EMD A-B-B-B-A F units are ready to lead the GRAND CANYON west from Chicago. The unit number indicates that 30C is an F3 despite the F7 style dynamic brake fan. The unit is also displaying green fl... (more)

Reading Baldwin road switcher 542 runs light at E. Penn Jct..

Reading Alco FA-1 units 302 and 304 sit at E. Penn Jct..

New York Central E7 A-B units exit Breakneck Tunnel with THE PACEMAKER from Chicago. The four track mainline along the Hudson River has recently become double-tracked.