The Rio Puerco River was running muddy as Santa Fe Train 1, San Francisco Chief, crossed it westbound on Aug. 8, 1970, after leaving Albuquerque, about 34 miles back.

Through a forest of telephone and former catenary poles, MILW 169 East crosses the Northern Pacific at Sinclair, Montana on Aug. 14, 1979, about 8 miles east of Deer Lodge. NP’s route of the â€... (more)

After Milwaukee Road abandoned its western electrification and took down the catenary, Extra 21 East with four SD-40-2s recharges the brake line after making a pick-up at Avery, Idaho on July 19, ... (more)

NP’s westbound flagship “North Coast Limited” No. 25 leaves Butte and zips along at speed at Rocker, Montana the evening of April 10, 1970. In this photo it is really a BN train as the mer... (more)

Ooof! That thing is heavy. UP Alco S4 switcher 1181 drags an EMD DD35B around the diesel shop at Kansas City, Kansas July 11, 1965.

Hanging around MILW's roundhouse at Deer Lodge, Mont. on Aug. 4, 1973 was Little Joe E76 at left, Little Joes E20 and E78 setting behind electric rotary snowplow X900212 and retired box cab E25A a... (more)

Beavers caused this! On a fateful night in September 1993, Algoma Central’s ore train with SD40 184 and GP7 102 was descending a heavy grade when it discovered the right of way just ahead wash... (more)

NP North Coast Limited No. 26 is about to depart Butte, Mont. at 7:45 a.m. on its run to Chicago, 1544 miles yet to go.

Have you ever arrived at a play late, just after the final curtain dropped? That was my luck at Peach Creek, W.Va. when C&O had just shut down stream operations. This was C&O 2-6-6-2 1421 after... (more)

An A-B-A set of PRR Baldwin sharks at Columbus, Ohio, taking coal from the N&W to port on Lake Erie.

A work extra has just gotten in the clear to allow MoPac's "Southerner" Train 8 to continue its rush toward St. Louis.

Two UP U-50's, a GP-7B and another Geep are in the siding at Aikins, Kansas to meet an eastbound, headed for Kansas City while Nos. 45 and 43 are going to Marysville and on to North Platte, Nebr.,... (more)

PRR class J1 2-10-4 6448 is beside the coaling tower at Columbus, Ohio on Nov. 2, 1957, exactly 25 days before the PRR killed the last fire and declared itself all-diesel or electric.

Eastbound DRGW Ski Train exiting the Moffat Tunnel

Boo-boo derailments were frequent in Milwaukee’s final years as evidenced here at the east end of Avery, Idaho yard when MILW 21 left town behind four SD-40-2s on July 19. 1978. A few years ear... (more)