It's not a going away shot, but you're actually looking at the back end of both locomotives. B&O GP9 6604, on the left, was set up for long hood forward operation as built. By contrast, GP9 6640 ... (more)

Taken during the Chase Gunnoe photo charter on the Potomac Eagle.

GP9 6604, in classic B&O livery, emerges from the early morning fog at the head of her passenger train. Shot during the Chase Gunnoe photo charter on the Potomac Eagle.

NS 9042 leads her consist eastbound past a set of classic signals at Willowton, WV.

One of AMTRAK's newest engines, ACS-64 #620, awaits the call to duty in the yard just outside of 30th Street Station. Partially visible to the right in the photo are older AMTRAK power in the form... (more)

Amtrak's Veterans unit leads the Phase I Heritage unit and 16 cars of the Autumn Express special past the old Reading depot at Valley Forge on the former Reading main line.

Who knew that EMD built 0-4-4-0s? That's what the "builders plate" on ex-Reading FP7 #903 says, anyway.

903 and sister 902 sit on the display track beside the entrance driveway at Steamtown.

Dad, what's Conrail?

The equipment shown in this image is part of a private collection that sits along Canadian Highway 2, south of Calgary. CPR 19 is a 500 hp diesel-hydraulic torque converter type built by the Canad... (more)

The "Big 6" takes on water at the base of the mountain in Cass, WV.

An EMD F45 converted into luxury lodgings sits on the grounds of the Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana. The locomotive, painted in Great Northern's "Big Sky Blue" scheme actually start... (more)

A pair of ES44C4s sit at the head of a unit grain train waiting in the hole near Belton (West Glacier), Montana.

The locomotive now lettered as CPR 2024 was originally built for the US Army during World War II. After the war, it ended up in use in British Columbia, and then found its way to Heritage Park Hi... (more)

Once upon a time, this 1920 Porter was the regular power for excursions on the Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern. In fact, the railroad even built a tender for her so the crew didn't have to work a... (more)