Running coal trains thru Galesburg Yard wasn't too common practice. Once in a while, MofW or traffic issues would force the hand, and the trains would run by the roundhouse and out thru Waterman t... (more)

After turning its train at Tower A-5, CPR #2816 heads west through Franklin Park, IL before laying over in Bensenville Yard for the night.

UP 6966 shoves on the rear of a southbound manifest as it enters Tunnel #5 at Cliff.

No glamour for this unit, captive to the plant, as the B23-7s get all the glory.

CN 2039, about to take the signal at S. Biwabik, hauls iron ore pellets into the darkness on the trip back to Two Harbors while snow falls and swirls about.

PORTLAND OR Aug 20 1981 — Southern Pacific SW1500 2645 handles a caboose hop at North Albina Avenue east of Union Pacific’s Albina Yard. Photo by Charles Stookey.

I listed it as Bunge but in fact unit was probably ex-EJ&E, leased from RELCO. This one changed hands many times. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.

Steel Mill Railroad. Four Colorado and Wyoming Railway locomotives are seen resting at the railroad's shop building within the Evraz North America steel mill in Pueblo, Colorado - SW8 n... (more)

The conductor has dropped down from the locomotive to protect the crossing of Hadley Street and Cass Avenue iin North St. Louis City.

A thirteen car Dixie Flyer, NC&SL train 94, is seen near Chattanooga Tennessee on June 20th 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

M653 rolls around the bend at Millard along The Big Sandy. Gotta say this looks like a very good loadout going to waste if you ask me.

driving along the tulip fields of the Netherlands

FLS/CSXT 1713 is getting a break from switching duties at Riverside Yard in South Baltimore. The former SBD 4613 (GP16) was born (12/1952) as CRR GP7 912, but rebuilt in 05/1981 and redesignated â... (more)

NS 8099, the "Southern" heritage unit, shoots through The Plains, Virginia on the return trip from the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. Actor Robert Duvall actually lives right around ... (more)

UP 1053 sits all alone at Bertram along the Yuma Sub. The unit developed flat spots and was en route to West Colton before having been set out here.