Alaska Railroad Alco MRS1 1601 works the roads yard in Anchorage in the summer of 1980. At the time there were several of these former US military units running. there low clearance profile is cle... (more)

With wash on the line, a suspension footbridge across the creek in the front yard, and coal trains in the back yard, the residence to the extreme right of the photo oozes Appalachia. The train is ... (more)

The engineer gives a hearty wave from the cab of C30-7 No. 5593 on a Burlington Northern coal train led by five GE locomotives climbing out of a sag in the undulating Black Hills Subdivision main ... (more)

A B&OCT employee inspects his 3-unit consist of GP15Ts at Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Burlington Northern GP9 1978 at Hoyt St. in Portland OR August 1970. Unknown Photographer Photo from my collection.

A short freight train is crossing the Moncullo viaduct near Massawa. Although it is quite rare to see a steam train on the line, the local kids were more interested in the photographer than by the... (more)

Two geep-powered freights sit at the north end of the combined L&N/SCL yard. The last crew member is boarding 3014, so it will be first out for Birmingham.

A switch crew works the yard with twenty-two-year-old GP7 430, delivered in February 1953.

Frisco manifest heads east.

Western New York and Pennsylvania AC60's 6001 and 6002 greet each other during afternoon switching moves at the road's locomotive shop in Olean, NY.

Griffith Junction in 1975. View west. Note the waiting five (5) man crew.

The front end brakeman throws the switch as No. 5828 begins to ease its westbound freight on to the mainline at the west end of Field, BC's yard. After a trip through Kicking Horse Canyon, the tra... (more)

“Cascade Green v2.0”
Shortly after its October 1983 purchase of the Western Maryland Railway between Westminster and Highfield from Chessie System, Maryland Midland initiated excursi... (more)

A switch crew on their way to work the small yard at the SCL freight house just south of Union Station has just had a brief respite from the June afternoon heat as they rolled below Union's shed.