One of ten 125-ton, 3,200 hp GE electrics built for the Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Copper, No. 402 is exhibited at the Oquirrh Mountain Mining Museum near Tooele along with ore car 880 and ... (more)

The only survivor of 256 SP "Cab Forwards" sits in the main hall of the California State Railroad Museum. She now features recorded sounds, including the SP's distinctive air pump exhaust.

No. 7 smokes it up as it steams through Walnut Grove in Greenfield Village. At this point the 4-4-0 wasn't officially in regular service, as it was still having teething problems (a balky air com... (more)

Smoke is rising over Minneapolis Junction! No. 261 has a fire in its belly and is being steam tested in preparation for its upcoming trips to Duluth.

Soo Line SD10 532 was donated by the Canadian Pacific Railway to the Whitewater Valley tourist railroad a few years back. It is operational, and will soon get a fresh coat of Milwaukee Road orang... (more)

The fog lifts from the valley floor as No. 618 performs a photo runby at sunrise.

The sun is setting on the former Missabe Road. This ore car was built in April 1949, and it's been in service on the DM&IR for almost sixty years. When it was new, it was pulled between Proctor,... (more)

SP 2467, restored by the Pacific Locomotive Association, is exhibited in the main hall of the California State Railroad Museum in a recreated "shop" scene. She ran to Railfair '99 under her own p... (more)

The replicas of "Jupiter" and No. 119 meet again at Promontory, Utah for the 137th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike. Costumed actors gather every May 10th to reenact the event for t... (more)

SW-1 DS-50, the first diesel locomotive on the Monon, poses for pictures at Noblesville.

Two Minnesota "firsts" are displayed at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth. The 4-4-0 "William Crooks" was the first steam locomotive in the State of Minnesota, arriving by boat in 1861.... (more)

In Tuolumne, where the West Side was king, the only visible remnants of the glory days are a few miles of abandoned trackage, the sawdust burner at the mill site, a fenced-off railroad yard, the a... (more)

Inside the former Southern Pacific (earlier, Central Pacific) shops at Sacramento, now used as a storage building by the California State Railroad Museum. Someday this complex (three buildings, t... (more)

Nevada Northern 2-8-0 No. 93 backs out of the East Ely shop in the early morning hours. Stablemate 4-6-0 No. 40 was sitting cold inside the shop.

D&RGW 346 takes a spin on the turntable at the Colorado Railroad Museum.