Never mind that Santa Fe’s southward local out of Topeka has three Fairbanks-Morse diesels on it, dig the price of gasoline at far right — 28.9 cents a gallon on March 27, 1965! Two H16-44s h... (more)
Better than an “armstrong” turntable, CN’s table at junction Bridgewater, Nova Scotia was driven by compressed air — simply hook up the “motor” to the locomotive’s main reservoir air... (more)
As Northern Pacific’s pool Train 408 departs Vancouver, Washington and is about to cross the Columbia River into Oregon and Portland, SP&S Alco RS-3 81 uses the lead to switch cars.
The Alco PA on D&RGW’s Train 10 Yampa Valley had to have a little assistance to make it into Denver Union Terminal in the long evening light of June 4, 1967. GP-30 3020 was more than willing to... (more)
Great Northern’s 4-car Train No. 323 leaves CN and GN’s depot at Vancouver, B.C., headed for Seattle on April 10, 1969. Even though one of GN’s boiler-equipped SDP-40’s leads the train, a... (more)