Service stop at La Jara

A real surprise to see a PA on a freight at Port Jervis, they usually stayed on the west end of the EL.

The two SD45s were brand new and on one of their first runs judging from their appearance.

Semaphore blade is still dropping as train head west in rainstorm.

My first shot of the Lehigh Valley -- I was heading from Ithaca to Sayre and caught this westbound just south of Van Etten Junction and chased north to Watkins Glen (a very fast chase!).

In the pre-EPA days railfanning on summer days in central NJ was a challenge -- white hot sky, heat and pollution, and motley CNJ power like this set of Fs of B&O and N&W lineage. Lead unit is ex... (more)

Late on a summer Sunday evening; love that crossing sign.

12 F units! This was one of three freights through Joliet that day with warbonnet F units leading, but by far the most bodacious.

At Joliet station westbound

Heading west at the ex-Erie RR station

Westbound freight approaches summit of the grade at Gulf Summit; believe the first two units are front end helpers

Westbound freight at location made famous by Robert F. Collins

#2935 is crossing Muir Trestle in Martinez and heading into Franklin Canyon on its way to Richmond

SP 8560 is leaving Tunnel #33 at Cape Horn. This tunnel was constructed to carry two tracks and to eliminate the orignal mainline overlooking the American River. The SP decided to keep the track o... (more)

Only about three months remained in the life of the Southern Pacific as AC4400CW rolled Westbound past Rocky Point (or American). #232 was among the last group of locomotives that would be purcha... (more)