UP 752 West with two DD35’s gallops across rural Kansas near Aikins headed for North Platte, Nebr. on bleak Jan. 15, 1966. .

As Clinchfield coal train #26 passed southbound through Kingsport, Tenn., its pushers were in their normal waiting area -- the south end of the CTC siding, on Nov. 26, 1966. Those F unit helpers,... (more)

Two C&O E units have the 13 cars of eastbound Train 6, the “FFV,” paused at Hinton, W. Va. during the holidays on Dec. 30, 1960.

UP 844 with three E units are waiting to enter Denver Union Terminal as soon as Extra 5838 West clears the lead, on June 21, 1997. The two GP-60’s were leading the First Ladies of the World wh... (more)

In 1969 Englishman Alan Pegler brought his famous “Flying Scotsman” 4-6-2 and 9-car train over to the USA for a tour, landing at the port of Houston. Just to prove their track gauge us the s... (more)

Mid-train in Georgetown RR's continuous-belt ballast train are two distribution cars that can swing to either side to distribute rock. On the former MoPac at Hestes, Texas Oct. 12, 1989.

With six new EMD SD50’s charging up the mountain with a string of coal empties, D&RGW’s 5511 West has passed Rollinsville, Colo. and has about 7 miles before reaching Moffat Tunnel and diving ... (more)

With two GMD GP-7's and after negotiating the spiral tunnels, Canadian Pacific's westbound "Canadian" Train 1 slips through snow sheds as it drops down Kicking Horse Pass into Field, B.C. for a cr... (more)

Of the ten Baldwin switchers retired on this May 29, 1965 at Santa Fe’s Argentine yard in Kansas City, some were traded in to EMD or GE for new power and some were scrapped after 20+ years of se... (more)

Cotton Belt's local arrives Tyler, Texas yard from Corsicana behind Alco RS-3 309, one of the road's RS-3's originally delivered with a steam generator (for passenger service).

If Car 16 of the Tacna-Arica RR doesn’t strike your fancy, how about this 0179 Car? In the Tacna, Peru carshops and shed. Aug. 5, 2008.

CN flanger at Prince George, B.C. Aug. 2, 1981. Note one truck has leaf springs, the other has coil springs.

America’s sweetheart streamliner, the D&RGW’s Rio Grande Zephyr Train 17 glides along the Colorado River near Dell on May 16, 1970 just two weeks after the advent of Amtrak when D&RGW elected... (more)

Even though putt-putt motorcars had mostly been replaced by hyrail vehicles, on March 30, 1985 a D&RGW section man chose to use his putt-putt to reach switch cleaning duties after a snowfall at Cr... (more)

A tradition that lasted 73 years out of Denver, Rio Grande’s ski train behind two GP40-2s very quietly slips through Crescent, Colo. on its way home with exuberant but tired skiers on March 20, ... (more)