Santa Fe Alco RSD15 604 and two RSD-4’s lead Train 31 out of La Junta (Colo.) yard en route to Albuquerque and Belen, N.M. April 23, 1967.

A former NYC RS-3 is in charge of Penn Central's Pittsfield-Adams (MA) local freight as it crosses the Cheshire Reservoir causeway at Cheshire, MA, northbound on a spring morning. This part of the... (more)

Less than two months after the Willamette & Pacific started operations, five leased SP 'Cadillacs' tote the McMinnville Hauler west near Cipole. Since track speed was a uniform 10 MPH from McMinnv... (more)

A pair of Conrail GG1s are on their way to the engine house after arriving with an inbound train

A Western Maryland red/white F7 No.241 a few cars and a matching caboose moving through Hagerstown, Maryland WM yard . Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed.

A pair of Alco RS-11s, nos.910 and 909, hustle a westbound freight near Coon Creek, Minnesota, on March 15, 1969. The NP purchased twelve RS-11s in 1958, and six more in 1960, numbers 900-917. T... (more)

GM&O Electro-Motive Motor Car 2508 was built in 1928 for the Chicago & Alton. Westbound train #9 with motor car 2508 and trailer 2553, is making its station stop at the joint GM&O/CB&Q depot at... (more)

Amtrak's Empire Builder slows to a stop at Winona, MN after making a quick run up from La Crosse, WI on Milwaukee Road's route of the Hiawathas. This train was typical of the look that lingered th... (more)

When Willamette & Pacific received 17 GP39s that had come off lease to Santa Fe, the new shortline put the units to work as soon as possible. Units renumbered in WPRR's 2300-series were equipped w... (more)

An eastbound train of empties for the Rogue Valley heads up the Siskiyou Line. Once the train crosses the Klamath River and reaches Hornbrook, the 3+% grades to Siskiyou Summit will begin.

A northbound Rock Island merchandise freight is rolling downgrade off Concho Hill.

After meeting a westbound SP train, BN's 672 train (Klamath Falls, OR - Pasco, WA) pulls out of Kirk siding, crossing the Williamson River. BN predecessor GN had trackage rights on SP from Chemult... (more)

CNW 4368 ducks under the signal bridge at St. Francis, WI in August of 1984. The train is returning from downtown Milwaukee and Jones Island and is on CNW's old passenger mainline. This scene look... (more)

MILW 100C has definitely seen better days, but was still in service when this portrait was taken at Pigs Eye Yard, St. Paul, MN. Hard to believe that only 18 months earlier this unit was assigned ... (more)

Late on a summer morning, BN's Albany to Pasco manifest crosses the magnificent timber trestle near Helvetia. This bridge is part of the the former United Railways line over Cornelius Pass. Lead u... (more)