The morning mine train nears the USG plant in Plaster City as it brings the day's first load of crushed gypsum from the quarry. The open nose door on the MLW DL535E is common operating practice on... (more)

A little over a month after it was delivered, Southern Pacific's first SD70M leads a westbound lumber drag on the Shasta Route.

With station work complete, P084 heads out of Fredericksburg at the tail end of the AM rush on CSX's busy RF&P Sub.

Amtrak 84 stops at Fredericksburg on their way up the RF&P.

On the occasion of a photo train event, this silouette was created with 99 557 and a purely passenger train from the "Pollo" near Lindenberg.

Union Pacific train number 9, the City of St Louis, is seen near Buford Wyoming in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

B117 crossing the Catskill creek.

More crushed gypsum heads to Plaster City (where it will be crushed even more). The mine railroad was originally conceived and built by a San Diego pharmacist, Samuel Dunnaway, who had relocated t... (more)

1800 led a westbound train of storage flats to be placed in the passing siding at Old Fort. All of the cars would not fit so they continued west up the loops with the remaining cars for Asheville... (more)

Waiting to be picked up and put in service.

The morning loaded train begins its journey back to Plaster City with the hills above Fish Creek behind it.

The Auto Train crosses the bridge over the Rappahannock River on a cool morning in northern Virginia. The aging P40s on the point are near the end of the trip at Lorton.

Rakoniewice departure for the Pacific, Wolsztyn terminus is not far

Originally C&O, on the front of a NB coal train back when almost any kind of unit could be found in that role. And back when you could actually find a train here. The Eastern Kentucky air condit... (more)

If this iron horse was a real horse it would have a very swayed back. I've always been fond of the SD35 line and especially the SDP. Apparently at some point following removal of the steam gener... (more)