I made my first trip to New England in 1985 right after the Guilford merger but before too many units were repainted. One thing I didn't expect to find was a Central Vermont unit switching in Port... (more)

The daily northbound freight. I forget if it was the 444 or 447 but it is almost to the end of the days run and will be arriving St. Albans very soon. As I recall their was a CN caboose in the mid... (more)

From Colorado Springs it was roughly a 2 hour drive to see the semaphores east of Trinidad and then if you continued south one could find even more of the blades on the Raton/Glorieta mainlines. A... (more)

Nothing quite like an Alco powered train on the Green Bay & Western in winter. I made two visits to photograph the GB&W both times everyone was extremely friendly and I had a great time.

A BNSF trackage rights train cruises through the fresh snow at Kyune, UT on Soldier Summit.

Before I moved to Colorado I made yearly visits and I was fortunate one year to catch the EMD demo units testing on the Craig Branch. Seen here at Crater with the dynometer car.

I have always thought Santa Fe's Red/Silver looked good, especially in the Tehachapi Mountains. This train is no exception as they cross the bridge between Woodford and Walong on a nice Springs da... (more)

LS&I 2400 sits in front of the Eagle Mills yard office. Soon 2400 and two sisters will depart with a train of empties headed for the loadout on this bitterly cold day. In fact as a Californian th... (more)

I wished I would have kept notes in these early days so I would have a better idea of what is depicted and where. But to the best of my knowledge this is the Sunset Limited passing a semaphore eas... (more)

In 1985 I spent a wet but productive day photographing Alcos on the side by side CP/CN mainlines in Dorval, Que. I had brought along a scanner although while in Quebec it was useless as everything... (more)

My brain is a bit fuzzy on the exact location here but I will never forget the sounds this train made as these three RSD-12s pulled a heavy ore train towards Eagle Mills, MI. Hopefully someone mor... (more)

On what was a magnificient Saturday in Colorado BNSF 4701 with a loaded grain train in tow crests the Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake, CO and provides a nice reflection in the still, windless waters ... (more)

Rio Grande manifest led by GP40-2 3088 climbs Cedar Hill in the Utah desert this location is west of Woodside on the Rio Grande mainline. Oh how I miss the Rio Grande. Scanned from a Kodachrome sl... (more)

A BNSF coal load crests the summit of the Palmer Divide. From this perspective you can see the many curves used to crest the summit from the south. the dirt trail on the opposite side of the lake ... (more)

Rio Grande GP40-2 3117 and 6 sisters squeal through the S-curve at Kyune as they climb the grade to Soldier Summit. Scanned from an original Kodachrome.