Former CGW F3s 212 and 213 lead GP38-2 4634 on a southbound towards Albert Lea on the former Minneapolis and St. Louis. The F3s, built in February 1949, are 30 years more senior than the brand ne... (more)

A former CP Rail FP7 departs Montreal West with an afternoon commuter train to Vaudreuil.

Hey, is that Tom Flarence waving at me from the cab of that Milwaukee Road F-Unit? Probably not, because we are in Illinois - not Wisconsin. One of his friendly colleagues is as his train hits o... (more)

CNWs secondary lines in Minnesota offered some interesting motive power into the early 1980s. In addition to the famed "Alco" line, the former Minneapolis and Saint Louis, which crossed... (more)

Today we see class 1 railroads making public relations investments in heritage paint schemes and classic steam locomotives. However, it's hard to imagine the business case for the D&H to purchase... (more)

The D&H sure was a colorful railroad after the formation of Conrail. At the summit of Ararat grade, a GP39-2 in painted-out Reading colors, a GP38-2 in painted-out Lehigh Valley colors, and anoth... (more)

The power for today's South Paris local is CV/GT's contribution to the Bicentennial, GP9 1776 (renumbered from CV GP9 4450). The shade of blue on 1776 seems to match the color of that car parked ... (more)

A NJ Transit commuter departs South Amboy for Bay Head on a late fall day in 1982. E8 #4248, a former PRR locomotive, and #4285, a former NYC locomotive, lead this train. John Dziobko's photos o... (more)

Engine Change. We are in South Amboy, New Jersey in 1982, but these locomotives could very well have made a similar hand-off of the Southern Crescent in Washington, DC in years past. After the S... (more)

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) operations between Penn Station in New York City to Bay Head in southern New Jersey became a real anachronism in the late 1970s and early 1980s.... (more)

What a motley group of locomotives at Dry Creek. From left to right: Specialised Container Transport (SCT) CSR003 is a model SDA1 built in 2012 by CSR Ziyang in China. Freightlink painted (now ... (more)

NR75 and NR109 lead the southbound "Ghan" as it crosses Commonage road in Alice Springs, NT. Leaving the midpoint of its journey, the "Ghan" passes a street sign displaying both its departure and... (more)

Built as PRR 4917, Amtrak GG1 4934 leads a train in the twilight of its career. 4934 still exist today, but is unfortunately rusting away on a siding in Cooperstown Junction, NY.

Former Rock Island U25B #229 leads a Maine Central freight switching at the crossing of the Grand Trunk in a driving rain storm.

Departing Alice Springs yard on time at 6:00 PM, NR73 and NR114 lead the Ghan on its way to Darwin, NT. The riders on this train are viewing their last glimpses of civilization for many hours. ... (more)