WC 6652 shows off its' Santa Fe heritage as it rolls thru Byron, WI. in June of 1995. This was WC's only FP45 and it sure brightened up an otherwise dismal day.

The Utah Railway GP38-2's were just coming on the scene. Pictured are Utah 2005, 2006, 2003. One of the previous lease fleet of GP10's OMLX 1030 is still on the scene. Of interest in this is pictu... (more)

C&S train number 7, the Gulf Coast Special, is crossing the Arkansas River south of Pueblo Colorado in 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

D&RGW 3008, SP 7856, and DRGW 3015, return from Kennecott with the Midvale Tramp.

View from the vestibule…Our westbound excursion train is passing Shaffers Crossing Roundhouse, in the left background, and a yard switching crew that includes N&W U30B 8476 and C7F caboose 55755... (more)

Warbonnets on freight became more common as more passenger trains disappeared. May have kept the silver units together due to gearing differences with blue units.

A spectacular sunset provides the backdrop for an Amtrak long distance train, bound for New York and points north, captured here in Bensalem Township, just north of Philadelphia.

Nature's "Big... (more)

The skeleton of an old, fallen tree descends into an icy Clark Fork on February 9, 2024, and is passed by a westbound BNSF grain train crossing Bridge 62 over the inlet of Swamp Creek at Tuscor, M... (more)

An unfortunate yet spectacular scene along the Lehigh River this morning. NS 9891 is the other unit. At the moment the cause of the incident is still unknown. I had the morning to myself at the ho... (more)

Progress Rail EMDX 50, working Pacific Harbor Line is an SD40JR, battery powered locomotive.

While operating on former Western Railway of Alabama (later Seaboard System) trackage in front of the old Opelika union station, the CSX office car special is about to cross the former Central of ... (more)

The 3018 one of Great Northern GP35s rests between assignments at Minneapolis on July 28, 1965. The major identifying feature between the first and second GP35 orders was that the first group was... (more)

WALSENBURG CO July 4 1978 – D&RGW GP40 3085 and four other B-truck locos smoke their way out of town with a mixed freight in tow. According to www.drgw.net 3085 was, "Retired by UP 25-May-2... (more)

Two exquisite Pan AM covered wagons have made a home by the CSX shops in Waycross after being acquired in the Pan Am takeover. Unfortunately, there is an air of uncertainty of what the future hol... (more)

BN F45 no. 6607 shows off its fresh BN paint job in the company of F45 mate no 6616 at North La Crosse, WI in March 1973. The unit was built as GN 434 in June 1969, while BN 6616 was built for BN ... (more)