An eastbound Burlington Northern piggyback train curves under the signal bridge at 5th Street in Mendota, Illinois, at 9:35 a.m. on May 2, 1992.

Four of a kind
It’s 6:45 in the morning of July 14, 1991, as Soo Line EMD GP38-2 No. 4444 glows in the early sunlight and new candy-apple red paint, leading an eastbound Soo freight ou... (more)

Conrail EMD SD50 No. 6713 leads CR’s ELKA westbound toward Chicago rumbling through the curves at New Carlisle, Indiana, at 4:10 p.m. on March 16, 1991.

ATSF 128 makes good time through Coal City, IL on its race from Kansas City to Chicago. The power is an A-B-A set in Super Fleet red & silver, among the most impressive sights in railroading in 19... (more)

Amtrak’s City of New Orleans passes the caboose of a southbound Illinois Central train north of Peotone, Illinois, at 8:28 a.m. on May 9, 1992.

An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train meets an westbound SP train at Soldier Summit, Utah, on September 7, 1995. During this era, SP AC4400CWs were common on this former Rio Grande main line.

Two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, a Rio Grande tunnel motor leads a trainload of Oregon forest products on a southbound train. The next crew change will be at Klamath Falls,... (more)

Morrison-Knudsen EMD F45 No. 5525 sits in Martin, Utah, on September 7, 1995, while serving Utah Railway. The paint job certainly doesn’t conceal it’s former days as Santa Fe No. 5950.

A trio of Wisconsin Central EMD SD45s get a clear at Duplainville, Wisconsin, and smoke it up as they haul a WC ore train toward Chicago on August, 29, 1992.

When Amtrak began its mail and express program in the late 1990s, some of the cars were rehabilitated in Oregon. On the Fourth of July 1997, some finished cars were spotted at UP's Eugene Yard.

WC 6652 shows off its' Santa Fe heritage as it rolls thru Byron, WI. in June of 1995. This was WC's only FP45 and it sure brightened up an otherwise dismal day.

A nice mix of blue four-axle power has gathered outside the Selkirk diesel shop. All of the units wear the standard Conrail paint scheme, even though "Conrail Quality" painted units had... (more)

A train of Pacific Northwest forest products heads for California markets on a Fall morning. The peak in the distance is Mt. Scott, the highest elevation in Crater Lake National Park.

On a line dominated by coal trains, the Denver to Galesburg train provides a welcome splash of variety. There has been plenty of change in the 25 years since this photo was taken. The searchlights... (more)

An eastbound loaded coal train rolls under Hwy 52 at Eckman West Virginia lead by former Norfolk & Western 6075. When photographing a primarily black & white railroad in the winter time in souther... (more)