Two of the 1953 rebuilt E8Ms 83 and 85 with E6B 15A lay over at Dallas, Texas on October 1, 1961 between runs to Kansas City on Nos. 11-12 the KANSAS CITIAN. Photo by Al Chione, from my coll... (more)

With the lost of the US Mail contracts, Santa Fe seeks to utilize a surplus of passenger F units for regular freight service. Santa Fe F3(A)#18 leads four passenger scheme "Warbonnets&quo... (more)

Rio Grande SD45 5315 with eight smoking GP40's accelerates west of Grand Junction, at Loma Colorado on November 3, 1970, pulling a heavy westbound freight train as it climbs towards the desert... (more)

At its terminal in Craig, Colorado the three car all-heavy-weight lineup Yampa Valley Mail was in the care of PA 6001 on August 7, 1962 Photo by Gordon Mott, from my collection. ... (more)

Rock Island mail and express kept No.21, the Memphis-Tucumcari train in the timetable in November 1962, as W/B FP7 410 leaves El Reno, OK. Only a chair car was operated for the few passengers,... (more)

Many Rock Island diesels units, especially Geep's made it into the mid Sixties in their original red, black and white scheme with "wings". We see here GP7 1226 and F7(A) 103 at the Rock Island... (more)

Santa Fe Alco RSD-15 "Alligator" 826 and three SD45s roar by Cajon station with the eastbound LAF on the Fourth of July 1967. Arrival at Chicago is scheduled 56 hours after its depar... (more)

Rock Island's GP-7's were not equipped for suburban service, and so 1217 must be functioning as a switcher or pilot rather than the motive power for the whole train. That duty is probably going ... (more)

At the Amarillo train station, Rock Island F-M H15-44 #401 powers No.21 the Memphis-Amarillo-Tucumcari Mail and Express train, with only a chair car was operated for the few passengers on March ... (more)

In the late afternoon of a long career, E6 12 was still handling Nos. 11-12 between Kansas City and Dallas in December 1964. 12 had left EMC in April 1940 and worked until it was damaged in a Ju... (more)

NYO&W FTA-B 801 units with F3B-A 821 at Mayfield, PA engine yard, awaiting better times on March 23, 1957. The New York, Ontario & Western Railway operated from Oswego, N.Y. on the shore of L... (more)

Southern Pacific GP9's 3593 and 3598 rolling by Portland's Amtrak Union Station with their consist of box cars and hoppers on November 14, 1971. Electro-Motives GP9 became the SP's basic four... (more)

More efficient passenger power was needed as the PA's and E-units began to rack up the miles, and in the spring of 1967 the SP began taking delivery of ten new 3600 h.p. SDP45s from EMD (3200... (more)

On August 8, 1967 Southern Pacific FP7 6455 and a B-unit arrived with a nine-car No. 99 the Los Angeles-bound Coast Daylight, crossing the ATSF tracks at Mission Junction near the Los Angeles... (more)

C&EI power E7A 1100, F3B 935 and E9A 1102 backing up to connect to it train for a late afternoon departure from Dearborn Station with the combined Georgian/Humming Bird on September 7, 1967. ... (more)