The Royal Gorge, D&RGW train 1, is departing Denver Colorado in 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

One of the great things about the Santa Fe was the potential for variety in a lash up. This afternoon westbound doesn't disappoint. Lead by a B40-8W, F45 5963, SD45-2 5853, FP45 96, GP39-2, and a ... (more)

D&RGW F7 5594 and mates lead a 92 car westbound freight near Palmer Lake Colorado on October 20th 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A little over a month after it was delivered, Southern Pacific's first SD70M leads a westbound lumber drag on the Shasta Route.

Union Pacific train number 9, the City of St Louis, is seen near Buford Wyoming in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Conrail's Mail-3 swings off Rockville Bridge and heads West.

Back when CSX had traffic downtown they kept a switcher at Johnson City. This ex-B&O veteran is resting in the sunshine for the weekend. Well deserved, it appears. GWI's East Tennessee Railway ... (more)

Somewhere in the metro are a local switching job is making the rounds. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

Growing up in the Appalachians I thought you had to have hills to have coal mines. Southwest Indiana isn't like that. Mostly it's flat, much of it is wasteland, covered with half-grown timber, s... (more)

From the get go of the merger I wanted to find these for RF&P oddballs because I didn't expect they would last long. Big surprise. They were still around the last time I checked.

Originally L&N (in this scheme), then SBD and now CSX with an odd touchup. Want to weather this one?

A outbound freight is headed geographically east and will soon reach the longest (horizontally) straight section of railroad in America. Likely it will head to the former ACL at Pembroke.

Another grizzled old veteran, by this date probably serving on a work train.

Four B trucks lead by a GP60 have just departed Holbrook, Arizona.