After playing a gig with my band Supernatural Beavers at the Museum, i checked out the yard including this original NP F7A. Extremely cool collection and live music on Saturdays following the trai... (more)

Commonplace boring at the time.

WPRRM Collection

Locomotives that once pulled the California Zephyr rest at the Portola Railroad Museum.

On the first day of Railfans Weekend, the CSRR Valley Train heads south at Valley View.

NS 270 EMD F7 throttles up with its 3 other EMD F7 mates shortly after sunset pulling an eastbound OCS train 6 miles east of Logansport, IN.

In late afternoon light, ex-GN F7A No. 602 sits outside the shops with other EMDs.

Metra 308 leads CNW 411 and the bilevel train west past the CNW semaphores at West Switch in Union. The 308 was one of many unusual units IRM pulled out for Diesel Days this year.

A set of KCS F units waits for its next job

As I recall this was coming thru the former C of G Yard. There so many in those days I still marvel that they are gone. The show was over by 1974 though.

Founded in 1903 as a way to give the powerhouse Southern Pacific railroad competition into northern California, the Western Pacific was built to connect the Rio Grande railroad in Utah with the Sa... (more)

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

Before being sent to the B&O Museum in Baltimore, Western Maryland F7A 7170 was renumbered to its original number and repainted in its original fireball paint scheme. In 2002 it was repainted in ... (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)