Entering the former NYC/Big Four Columbus-Cleveland main

One of the few remaining unrebuilt SD40s still in existance, HLCX 5004 (ex-Detroit Edison #013), leads a Nebraska Kansas Colorado Railnet train of grain hoppers through the small town of Danbury,... (more)

A Burlington Northern intermodal train, including UPS trailers, approaches the crew change point (and Amtrak station) in McCook, Nebraska, on August 19th, 1980. This eastbound train will also "lo... (more)

On November 19th, 1974, an eastbound (southbound) Amtrak San Diegan makes a stop at Fullerton, California. Power for this six car train is SDP40F 508 and E9B 452. The SDP40F is new, havin... (more)

Santa Fe freights between Richmond and Stockton, California, were often very short because most of the cars were added (to eastbounds, or removed from westbounds) at Stockton's Mormon Yard. An ex... (more)

A San Diego-bound San Diegan has just crossed the Santa Ana River and entered the city of Orange on a typically gloomy April day in 1975. The five car train is being pulled by one of Amtra... (more)

Good steam engine firemen pride themselves on a clean stack, and as Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 speeds eastward across northern Arizona, the fireman is doing an exemplary job. 1992 was a banner year for ... (more)

Southern Pacific 2472, an immaculately restored 4-6-2 P-8 Class Pacific, threads its way through the target signals at Goldtree, just north of San Luis Obispo, California, as it descends Cu... (more)

Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, looms in the background as Valley Metro Rail LRV 139B runs down Jefferson Street as it approaches the 24th Street/Jefferson Light Rail Station on the First of December, ... (more)

Santa Fe made a name for itself by running hot intermodal trains at high speeds from California to Illinois. Here we see one of these Z-trains (Z was Santa Fe's symbol for these high priority tra... (more)

A hot Santa Fe eastbound is led by GP50 3833, SD45-2 5858, SD40-2 5099 and C30-7 8157. Alray, Cajon Pass, California - April 18, 1992.

Thomas the Tank Engine Lives! Southern Pacific purchased 357 flared radiator SD45s from EMD (not counting variants, such as SDP45s, SD45Xs and SD45T-2s). And these big 20-cylinder brutes ... (more)

Under a breathtaking sky, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 and its train speeds east across northern Arizona and passes under one of the Santa Fe's iconic signal bridges as it approaches Seligman on August 31,... (more)

A Southern Pacific manifest heads south (railroad "east") down California's verdant Central Valley behind GP35 6605. The train is seen here passing through the farmlands of Slater on March 6, 199... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe train exits the first tunnel at Alray, on California's famed Cajon Pass, on April 18th, 1992. Power for this hot train is GP50 3833, SD45-2 5858, SD40-2 5099 and C30-7 8157.