About 75 miles east of Reno Nevada. The westbound California Zephyr was struck by a empty gravel semi. I took this photo withen about 5 minutes of the train stopping. I ran to the front expecting ... (more)

About 75 miles east of Reno Nevada. The westbound California Zephyr was struck by a empty gravel semi. I took this photo withen 60 seconds of the train stopping. I ran to the front expecting to se... (more)

N&W Y3 class 2-8-8-2 #2045 awaiting its next work in Roanoke, September 1954 Photo by Bob Drake, Tom Sink Collection.

All is well in Warbonnetville as the power from that day's inbound Super Chief is cut off for servicing just as the marine haze has lifted allowing that soft California sunlight through to illumin... (more)

The first of the L3b Mohawks built by Lima is eastbound with a freight at Oneida. I was about 5 1/2 and with my dad who shot this with his Voigtlander. The car behind the tender is interesting.

New York Central's first J3a Super Hudson pulls a westbound through Oneida in one of my father's old shots. My maternal grandmother lived in Oneida and I think that this was taken during the summe... (more)

New York Central J1c Hudson 5273 steams into Oneida eastbound in one of my father's old shots. This 4-6-4 is a bit of a star, having been featured in renderings in a 1930 railroad publication, THE... (more)

CNR Class F3 unit from EMD in 1948 leads train 846 eastbound at Goat River, BC. They are meeting the westbound mixed train M297 from which the shot from the platform of the GP9 was taken.

As far west as the Chief goes

N&W Y6 2-8-8-2 #2136 leads as southbound freight through Stoneville, NC in this September 1954 view. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection

Eastbound C&O passenger train George Washington rounding the curve at Quinnimont with a C&O 2-6-6-2 resting to the right. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection

An eastbound Baltimore & Ohio local powered by B&O Q4b 2-8-2 4626 arrived and started to switch the South Shore Line interchange at Miller, IN. The near bridge is Highway 12 and the far bridge is ... (more)

N&W Eastbound train #4 behind #604 at Lynchburg, VA in Jaunary 1957. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection

A fitting end to the last day of the HTP charter was the final runbys near the crossing at King Road. A dramatic sky matched with a golden sunset really made those last shots memorable. Very nice ... (more)

At 03:30 hrs on the 23rd of May Q194 rammed a stopped Q618 virtually destroying both units of Q194 and the containers he carried.