Hungry for the 70s? A 'fast forty sandwich' will satisfy those cravings. Here we have an eastbound trailer train approaching the outskirts of Laramie at 70mph. The lead Centennial was scrapped ... (more)

A westbound 'shooter' has just slammed into a boom truck at track speed and pushed it about a mile down the track before coming to a stop. The two men in the truck jumped to safety shortly before... (more)

On a perfect Wyoming day almost 32 years ago, a 'Fast Forty Sandwich' leads an eastbound manifest near Dale. The engineer gives us a hearty wave as the train roars upgrade. The UP had 47 of the... (more)

On the eve of Amtrak, we're in the cab of an ex-Burlington E9, on the point of the very last non-Amtrak combined Empire Builder/North Coast Limited/Afternoon Zephyr to Minneapolis and points west.... (more)

Northwestern RR and Northwest Airlines: CNW SD45 #964 leads an eastbound train through Bryn Mawr interlocking toward Proviso Yard, while a Northwest Airlines 747 freighter passes overhead on fina... (more)

Having just crossed the Wabash River, an ex-Louisville & Nashville E8 leads Amtrak's Chicago to Miami 'South Wind' at Lafayette. The train is making an on time arrival at the Big Four depot, a ra... (more)

On Day One of Amtrak, the first westbound North Coast Hiawatha from Chicago to Seattle passes by Dayton's Bluff, led by an ex-Northern Pacific F9. Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.

A pair of ill-fated SDP40Fs lead the southbound Floridian on some street running through downtown Lafayette. The train is making a 10pm station stop at the Lahr Hotel. Fast forward 30 years, and... (more)

An eastbound BNSF manifest is coiled around Arnold Loop, descending Union Pacific's Silver Zone Pass in eastern Nevada. This train is running from Stockton CA to Denver CO on trackage rights gran... (more)

Six units pull an eastbound manifest from the Twin Cities toward Chicago. There are two ex-Great Northern F45s in the consist, plus three locomotives inherited from the Burlington.

A 'Fast Forty Sandwich' roars upgrade with a solid reefer train received from the Southern Pacific at Ogden. This was the second train of the morning to be led by this tasty sandwich! #6944 is p... (more)

Having conquered Tennessee Pass, UP's Northern leads the NRHS Special from Pueblo to Grand Junction, and eventually Salt Lake. The train has just departed Minturn and is skirting the Eagle River ... (more)

Thirty-five minutes out of Chicago, the Burlington's Denver Zephyr slams through Eola at 79 mph. It's business as usual today for the pair of E7s leading the train. However, two weeks after this ... (more)

The CNW Executive F unit fleet sails into the setting sun with a westbound employee special. There's a suit riding in the cab!

The class unit of a group of 9 U23Cs leads an eastbound freight under the EJ&E Bridge. The Burlington Route bought these locomotives in April 1969 and had them delivered in the 'pre-merger' schem... (more)