BN Heritage - NEW Paint. BN SD9 6234 (nee-C&S 839 b/d 4-59) has just returned from Wisconsin & Southern's Horicon, WI paint shop with a new coat of BN "Cascade" Green and retaining the BN 6... (more)

The Texas Chief, Amtrak 16, is ready for its 12:20pm departure for Temple, Ft. Worth, and Chicago. ATSF F7 310C (ex-42C) was remanufactured to CF7 2531 by the Santa Fe at its Cleburne, TX s... (more)

"WhirlyBird" on the C&NW. Notice UP U50 43 behind CNW C628 6729 on this eastbound freight ready to depart CNW's East Minneapolis yard for Altoona and east. In late 1973 the CNW leased a han... (more)

An A-B-A set of ex-GN Big Sky Blue F-units lead Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder by Dayton's Bluff.

UP DDA40X CENTENNIAL 6936 in Freight Service - 1976. UP DDA40X 6936, UP SD40-2H "Fast Forty" 8012 and UP DDA40X 6923 westbound on priority TOFC. During the mid to late 1970s, two Centennial... (more)

After making a brief servicing stop in St. Cloud, X4449 (ex-SP GS-4 4449) accelerates with the American Freedom Train southbound on the Burlington Northern as it passes by the Minnesota Sta... (more)

Spirit of '76' 1976. The second BN "Bicentennial" 1976, nee-GN 323/BN 9853/6397. Renumbered back to BN 6397 in January 1979. Only 20 SDP40s built - six for GN and fourteen for NdeM.

Restoration in the Future for Reading T-1 4-8-4 2100. Reading T-1 4-8-4 2100 at Reading, PA on May 5, 1962. Behind the 2100 is the 2102. Reading 2102 powered the "Iron Horse Ramble&quo... (more)

Two Generations of F-units - F7s Meet F45s. ATSF 314L leads an A-B-B-A F-unit lash-up on Amtrak #16, The Texas Chief, as it passes HB&T's New South Yard Tower 117 about 10 minutes af... (more)

CNW 205 leads an A-A-A-A F-unit consist (205-235-213-269) with two CNW F-units still painted in the CGW red scheme. This southbound train originated at South St. Paul and is approaching Randolph w... (more)

BNSF SWBLW 1460, Santa Fe's one-of-a-kind Baldwin VO-1000 rebuild 'BEEP', was retired after almost forty years of service on the Santa Fe and BNSF and donated to the Western America Railroa... (more)

A four car Amtrak Metroliner at speed lead by Snack Bar Coach 856 still lettered PC. The outline of the Pennsylvania RR Keystone emblem is still visible below PC 856's number.

Ready for Passenger Service. Ex-BNSF SDP40 6327, nee-GN 325, has been restored to its BN heritage "Whiteface" scheme and renumbered BN 325 - in the UMLER database its MNTX 325. BN 325's hea... (more)

Two SP FP7s and F7Bs depart SP's Houston station with the eastbound Sunset Limited. SP 6455 was sold to Amtrak in 1972 and eventually renumbed AMT 118.

Rock Island U25B 220 and GP40 4705 move a transfer train past Burlington Northern's Westminster Tower, seen at the top left. The transfer on former Great Northern rails is en route to Rock Island'... (more)