A late evening caboose hop arrives at the north end of the BAR yard in Northern Maine Junction. Power was F3A's 42, 45, 49 and GP9 80.

A fine looking C-boat leads cowls from both EMD and GE into the late evening haze west of Fort Madison. Quite a difference in appearance from today's railroading with a nearly endless string of bo... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe pig train passes the old yard. In the distance, the old shops appear to be still active judging from the diesel exhaust rising from that location.

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection: Plenty of action this day at Saint Louis Union Station. Pennsy 5539 is in the company of a GM&O heavyweight passenger train, many cars of baggage and mail... (more)

There's a great old railroad in there trying to get out!

while Santa Fe's 2nd Torrance Road Switcher was shoving paper loads toward Boise Cascades Torrance plant on the three mile Torrance Oil Spur the rail turned under the trailing unit derailing the l... (more)

SD45R No. 5329 leads a hot, eastbound Santa Fe pig train past SP track indicators near the west end of Cable.

BN 2884 lays overnight at the railroad East end of Grangeville ID, at the end of the Camas Prairie 2nd Subdivision, better known as the "Grangeville Line". The train's caboose also rests in the f... (more)

Crew prepare to swap trains at Geyserville and then return to their home terminals of Willits and Schellville.

Three WM RS-3s, including two "hammerheads," lay over between runs at the engine terminal in Ridgeley, WV on Oct. 19, 1974.

A pair of high-hood GP38s rests between assignments of pulling heavy passenger trains between Guadalajara and Mexico City.

In 1947 and thereafter Texas law required all freight locomotive tenders to have a doghouse in which the head brakeman was to ride. However, as seen in this view of Mikado No. 1113 rolling backw... (more)

A re-engined Alligator and a rebuilt GP35 sit outside the classic shop building.

A nifty EMD/GE/EMD combo lead Burlington Northern & Santa Fe's Stockton to Denver freight through Sutro Cut in Spanish Fork.

A manned signal box, a manual level crossing, armstrong levers, and semaphores -- it was a long way for this American lad of Irish descent to get to Tipperary, but it was absolutely worth the jour... (more)