Here you see some fun at the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey yard in Boonton, New Jersey. The "Century Green" paint on E-8 4083, believe it or not, is completely authentic for beg... (more)

While passing through Ogden on April 30, 1994, I spotted an SP 'Kodachrome' SD9E in the SP yard. The 4345 was among 11 SD9E units to receive the colorful but failed Southern Pacific Santa Fe merge... (more)

BNSF's one of a kind SD60 re-numbered to 1474 is on the point of a NB freight at Fargo ND.

A loaded coal train departs Seaboard System (former L&N) Ravenna Yard.

A freshly painted BNSF SD60M rides into the sunset as it leads an empty hopper train back to the Powder River Basin.

This hard working EMD SW1 known as "The Kernel" was built in 1940 and is still working a small yard near Johnstown, Colorado.

A rare (1 of 3) N&W EMD "skunk" unit and a GP30 take a manifest freight west on the former NKP thirty years ago.

From my slide collection. Photo by Ralph Back.

A recently repainted F7B unit on the Illinois Terminal - I think this is an ex RF&P unit. Kodachrome II film.

A pair of NS heritage units the NS 8104 Lehigh Valley and the NS 8025 Monongahela pass under the Pennsy signal bridge enroute to Conway.

A trio of Illinois Central Gulf Alco RS-1s idle away in Montgomery, Alabama, on a sunny October 1974 day. The heritage of 1112 and 1122 is obvious (Gulf Mobile & Ohio), but the ICG paint on 1269... (more)

With its spotless GE 70-toner 601, Moscow Camden & San Augustine's mixed train prepares for its 7-mile run at Camden, Texas, over to Moscow, on Nov. 17, 1971.

EB coal with something colorful for a change. I'd like to see that scheme with a nice sill stripe added and the NS logos emblazoned on all sides.