Shenandoah Valley RS-11m originally built for the N&W sits with Precision Locomotive Western Maryland SD40 7471. Picture taken with permission and with all required PPE.

Freshly painted SD60I PSUA 2020 sits outside in Hollidaysburg awaiting pickup by Norfolk Southern Local HI10, the Altoona-based local that serves the Cove Secondary. This locomotive, owned by Penn... (more)

Welcome Home PSU 2020, Penn State's demonstrator SD60I arrives at its new home, the Railroaders Museum in downtown Altoona. This locomotive was donated to the university by Norfolk Souther... (more)

The Northern Pacific Railway continued to use FT's long after other railroads had traded theirs for 2nd-generation diesel locomotives. The Tacoma Division was the home of the remaining FTs in t... (more)

Intermodal switchers at Alliance yard.

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

A 1948-built Baldwin switcher sits on display outside Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark. This engine started out as a switcher for the Sloss Furnaces before being sold to U.S Pipe & Foundr... (more)

Rare as hen's teeth, even in 1982, this unit is a little gem, somebody's bet and historical, having been a switcher at the builder's plant many years ago. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collecion. ... (more)

PRR-Westinghouse 2-C-2 number 4782 leads train 28, the Broadway Limited, at 70 MPH near Stelton New Jersey on August 19th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Subway Heritage Unit. South Brooklyn Railway (SBK) R47 locomotive N1 (GE 45-ton, 1974) idles at 14th St Station on the IND 8th Avenue Line while waiting for overnight work to commence. ... (more)

A Saturday evening in Burlington, Iowa finds the Burlington Junction Railway's unique Alco C415 tied down in the railroad's yard north of town, awaiting its next assignment on the shortline. This ... (more)

Freshly painted and yet to run with its new look, this old ALCO sits in the sun at Thendara.

Cab photo of this former Canadian unit.

Unveiled for the Batten Kill's 40th anniversary celebration last October, SNEX 5015 sits idle in the sun. Its' paint scheme was inspired by D&H 5015, a one off livery.

Built by Baldwin-Westinghouse in May 1927, #60045, as Red River Lumber Co. #203. After an accident, it was rebuilt as a box-cab locomotive . In 1944 it was sold to Central California Traction as #... (more)