An otherwise nice broadside of the Seaboard Coast Line U36B 1776, the first of hundreds of locomotives painted for the American Bicentennial in the 1970s and operating an all-Bicentennial train (2... (more)

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Delaware & Hudson painted two locomotives in a patriotic red, white and blue paint scheme: U23B 1776 and RS-3 ... (more)

A fan trip behind Bangor & Aroostook BL-2 557, built in April 1949, crosses a bridge in Caribou, Maine, on June 1, 1980, to show off the diesel's new paint job. John W. Held photograph,... (more)

Delaware & Hudson RS-11 5009 leads a freight through an S-curve on the Pennsylvania Division in Brandt, Pennsylvania, on June 22, 1980. John W. Held photograph, Craig Walker collection<... (more)

Three three-year-old GP40-2s lead a Boston & Maine train as it heads west alongside the Deerfield River. This line, originally built by the Troy & Greenfield Railroad in the 1840s, has a relative... (more)

The Cumberland Subdivision was opened in 1842 as part of the Baltimore & Ohio’s mainline, following the Potomac River. In 1914 the B&O opened the Magnolia Cutoff, a more direct route through mo... (more)

Conrail SD40 6280 leads a train heading south across Iona Island, on the western bank of the Hudson River. (Stoney Point, New York – August 1984). Ed Robinson photo, Craig Walker collection... (more)

Amtrak train 48, the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, originated in Chicago the previous day. Traveling along the shore of Lake Erie much of the way (thought Ohio, a sliver of Pennsylvania an... (more)

BNSF ES44AC 6075, one of the railway's ten 25th Anniversary engines, leads train Z-NYCLAC through eastern Anaheim, paralleling Orangethorpe Avenue near Kellogg Drive, as the sun rises on December ... (more)

Exiting Factoryville Tunnel on the Scranton-Binghamton Line are Boston & Maine GP40-2 302 and Delaware & Hudson C420 415 (ex-Lehigh Valley 415) pulling a D&H train. This was originally the Delawa... (more)

Passing the Imperial Brewery is a Burlington Northern freight train, pulled by a trio of former Frisco GPs: GP38AC 2113 (ex-SLSF 636), GP38-2B 2600 (ex-SLSF GP38AC 660 and GP38-2 2290 (ex-SLSF 435... (more)

A pair of Santa Fe Railway’s finest, a bit battered and bruised after repeatedly operating for thousands of miles at a time, poke their noses out of the shops in San Bernardino. Built in June 1... (more)

CSX U30C 7263, still wearing predecessor Seaboard System’s colors, crosses Main Street and passes the old Baltimore & Ohio depot in Fostoria OH. The "U-Boat" was built by General Electric as Lo... (more)

Hartwell Railway Company 2 is a General Electric 44 ton locomotive built for the HRT in February 1950. (Hartwell, Georgia – June 22, 1974) - Lloyd Neal Photo, Craig Walker Collection

An interesting variety of locomotives, typical of the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad in the 70s and 80s, was found at the railroad’s yard in Hermon, Maine. Several mid-60s-built 80-class GP38s are... (more)