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.

A set of power heads down to the south yard to collect coal empties.

A trio of Conrail EMD GP38's used in local service lay over for the weekend.

On its way to Los Angeles for promotional purposes, British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) rounds the famed Tehachapi Loop as it climbs up and over the Tehachapi... (more)

Union Pacific ALCO FA1 1610 and B unit mate lead 114 cars east at 55 MPH near Alda Nebraska in 1958. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Just guessing, I'd say the C of G Es were off the SB Seminole while the IC unit is the NB Seminole or the City of Miami. I don't remember but it appears to be winter. That is a great old coaling... (more)

GP60 4028 leads SD45B 5502 and EMDX SD40 6501 on an eastbound.

A southbound Amtrak Northeast Direct train pulls into Pennsylvania Station Baltimore, Maryland, on March 4, 1999. Power is AEM7 #929. My family and I would take this train down to Washington DC, w... (more)

CP 4240 brings a short freight over Duchesnay Creek near North Bay, Ontario in May of 1988. Couldn't ask for a nicer day!

8711 leads UP SD60 6034.

The fifteen-stall Lenzen Roundhouse was originally built in 1899 to serve the standard gauge San Jose-San Francisco rail commuter line and the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad, replacing ... (more)

GP18 and GP35 team-up to power the westbound local. GP18 178 was the last diesel put into service by an independent CofG before the Southern takeover in June 1963.

Conrail GE B36-7 5056 sits on the ready track at Oak Island yard. The de-energized catenary poles are on P&H line.

Hooping Up Orders

As an eastbound Southern Pacific Railroad freight, led by Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9269, departs Hiland, at the summit of Cajon Pass, the conductor grabs his ... (more)