A four-car set of Penn Central Metroliners now operated by Amtrak reaches for the wires as the train hums along at Iselin, NJ, on its way from New York to Washington. In early 1972 Amtrak was stil... (more)

NS C47 rolls empties along the South Fork Secondary on a gorgeous fall day.

Eastbound coal loads roll along the Colorado River in the Yarmony, CO area.

Note the Amfleet 1 coaches in the short-lived "lava lamp" livery behind the "Hippo"

An eastbound Union Pacific engineering special approaches Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 13, 2003. The 11-car passenger train is powered by impressive EMD DDA40X “Ce... (more)

With its paint still fresh and gleaming, one of Amtrak's leased Bombardier LRC sets makes an early morning stop at New London, CT, while running as Boston-New York train 151. The squat little LRC ... (more)

A Union Pacific coal load storms up Logan Hill at Converse Junction. On the Antelope Mine lead a BNSF coal load prepares to depart, with a classic quartet of EMD DC traction motors....

Late on a cold winter afternoon, a car knocker waits to make the connections as Amtrak E60CP 975 backs onto a Washington-bound corridor train at New Haven, replacing the F40 that brought the train... (more)

Amtrak E60CP 957 hustles a Washington-bound corridor train through the station at North Elizabeth, NJ. The E60s were only moderately successful from a design standpoint, but I always thought that ... (more)

Westbound trailers roll through Mance, Pa.

An AC6000CW, one of only a handful of 6000 horsepower locomotives on UP's roster. This one is on the UP Chester sub south of St. Louis.

An Amtrak Turboliner rolls through the town of Porter, on the Michigan line, in 1978.

This double-diesel was only two years into it's service life when John captured it at Council Bluffs in the summer of 1967. It's B-mate sits behind--Four motors, two bodies, one cab. For a closer ... (more)

It was a real treat to catch two Santa Fe cowl unit as the sole power of a train. SDP40Fu 5261 and F45 5956 round a big sweeping curve east of East Guam, New Mexico.

An empty Union Pacific wind turbine train rounds a curve in front of the Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs, CO on November 6, 2017.