A Bruce van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

Two of Wisconsin Great Northern's F7s relax on a quiet Sunday afternoon.

MC 2026 (ex-NH FL9M) leads the Cape Cod Central Dinner Train at the Back River in Bourne.

A Western Pacific freight led by an ABBA set of FTs passes the California Zephyr somewhere between Ogden, Utah and Oakland, California. Richard Steinbrenner Photo

The CP business train goes for a swim as it heads north on the Marquette Sub and along the flooded Mississippi River.

A bleak winter day in Williamsport, MD, is enlivened by the passage of a Western Maryland freight behind an F7/RS3 lashup.

Conrail's first executive E8 makes its first trip south on the Buffalo Line.

This strange flat-faced machine was one of two unique AB6 diesels built by EMD in 1940 for the Rock Island. Basically modified E6 B-units with cabs, they were designed to run as trailing units on ... (more)

If I had to pick one locomotive to symbolize first generation diesels, it would be EMD's F7, some 3,849 of which were built for service in the US, Canada, and Mexico. New York Central 1783, not ye... (more)

Meet Texas State Railroad's 1957 EMD F9(A). This is the railroad's newest edition to the fleet and is former Canadian National No. 6521. You may better recall her when she was in a Central of Ge... (more)

An Photo charter night shoot S&B and Iowa Northern put on to rase cash for the 2 E's as they will not run.

Rock Island 630 and 652 pose at the former CRI&P yard at Manly, Iowa, during an S&B Productions night shoot. Both units, now cosmetically restored, are owned by Dan Sabin of the Iowa Northern Rail... (more)

Rock Island 630 and 652 pose at the former CRI&P yard at Manly, Iowa, during an S&B Productions night shoot. Both units, now cosmetically restored, are owned by Dan Sabin of the Iowa Northern Rail... (more)

Penn Central F7A 721, former Rio Grande 5721. PC bought 10 D&RGW F units, F7A 5721 & 5754 and F7B 5712 & 5733 were mechanically sound and kept for service. The other units were sent to EMD for t... (more)

Chicago & North Western F7A 254, F3B 329 and F7B 328 northbound on the former M&St.L main line at Albert Lea, Minnesota in August of 1972. Photo from my slide collection, no photograph informati... (more)