Shawnee OK July 10 1978 — Katy F3A 70A, with a wave from the fireman, is about to pass under State Highway 3W on its journey from Oklahoma City to McAlester OK. EMD built the F unit (b/n 4031) i... (more)

Pennsylvania Railroad E8A 5711 visiting Hoboken as part of New Jersey Transit's 40th Anniversary event. To the side of 5711 is a replica of one of the eagles that was part of New York Penn Station... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY (July) 1976 — MKT FP7 78C lays over at Turner Yard after arrival from McAlester OK. Its next trip will take it back to McAlester as the trailing unit. Note what is left of the coal... (more)

Unpacking The Eagle. On October 1, 2023, NJ Transit hosted a display of locomotives and private cars on loan from their owners. This was the first such event since the last "Hoboken Festiva... (more)

Erie Lackawanna U34CH 3372 and PRR E8A 5711 on display at Hoboken Terminal during NJ transit's 40th Anniversary event.

The former Erie Lackawanna/NJ DOT U34CH recently restored by the URHS in Boonton, NJ shares the spotlight with one of Bennett Levin's Pennsylvania Railroad E8As. The event was NJ Transit's "... (more)

RPCX 804 being used in work train service on the old SLRG at Alamosa, CO.

Warbonnets on freight became more common as more passenger trains disappeared. May have kept the silver units together due to gearing differences with blue units.

Only shot I got of passenger F3 power leading on freght is this westbound.

A rainy day look back through time... A cab unit still hauling revenue freight in 2019... Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad Chesapeake & Ohio-painted EMD F7(A) and a B&O-painted EMD GP9 c... (more)

KJRY's outbound train from the Tazewell and Peoria yard is lead by the usual A-B-A set of FP9's and a GP20 to boot. The wreath from December's Santa Train is still hanging on in mid-January.

Rock Island train number 509, The Rocket, is seen at Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Nebraska Zephyr heads under the poles and wires along the IRM mainline in rural Illinois.

The "Silver Pilot" departs Union with an exclusive dinner train for the showcase weekend, as part of an all night event.

CB&Q E5 9911-A leads the Nebraska Zephyr East on a night run at IRM. In celebration of the museum's 70th anniversary, they pulled a all-nighter and ran trains the entire night from 9/16 into 9/17.