Ex-Penn Central, exx-Pennsylvania Railroad.

Ex-Penn Central, exx-Pennsylvania Railroad.

Two classes of General Electric passenger power head the Southwest Chief and the Sunset Limited at Los Angeles Union Terminal on December 28, 1994.

The Delaware Valley Railway operated the former Octoraro Railroad, which included this one-time Reading Railroad branch in northern Delaware. Delaware Valley's short life was from 1994 to 1999. I ... (more)

Coal empties roll west through Davy. Trailing unit is SD70 2519

After pushing a train West up the Allegheny Mountains, a Conrail helper set of EMD's SD35 6048 (ex-CNJ) and SDP45 6690 (ex-EL) have cut off at UN interlocking. They're now headed over to Cresson... (more)

F3A 4134, F3B 4329, F7B 4402 and F7A 4185 at Southern's Inman yard, Atlanta, GA. To accommodate a 1225 gallon water tank, Southern relocated the air tanks to the roofs of several F3As, including... (more)

When Chicago & North Western placed their order for C44-9W's. They decided to save a little money by ordering them without air conditioning. So soon as the temperatures got warm in the coal Fields... (more)

Eastbound Conrail intermodal traffic on the Chicago line.

Katy EMD SW9 Nos. 21 and 19 take a breather at Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, on a slushy and cold December 8, 1985. The large grain elevator lining the south end of the yard between South... (more)

SD80MACs 4100 and 4125 head west on the Boston line.

Ever so often, something very bad would happen on the Santa Fe transcon. The main would get blocked, and Santa Fe was forced to run it's hottest trains over the Union Pacific. It was an awesome tr... (more)

Wisconsin Central train 49 passes WC intermodal train 219 in the yard at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on the morning of May 6, 1995. Both trains are powered by a pair of EMD SD45s, with lead locomotive in... (more)

Down to metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac... (more)

Awaiting the passage of a directors' special bound for Oregon, Southern Pacific's PTLAT train is parked in the siding at Mott, California.