Fans on the west end of the 7107 foot new Elkhorn tunnel helped clear engine exhaust ahead of slow moving east-bound trains. N&W also maintained ventilation fans on the single-track Cowan tunnel,... (more)

The new Elkhorn line had been in service only six years. Working hard with clear stack, sanders and rail-washer working, N&W 2198 is about to enter Elkhorn Tunnel. Sister 2181 is pushing on the re... (more)

Photographer- John S. Murray- from the 35 mm original Kodachrome slide. The 1987 NRHS Convention was a watershed moment for mainline steam in the late 1980's. What has commonly been referred to as... (more)

Moonrise over Alco: Sunset on December 17, 1964, finds Santa Fe 600/2140/2116/2124 setting out from La Junta, Colorado with the overnight freight for Albuquerque. At Raton, the lead units will be ... (more)

The westbound Grand Canyon has come and gone, and the Raton Pass helpers, Alco RSD7 609 with RSD5 2158, bask in the July heat at the Raton engine terminal. In the cool of the evening, they’ll ta... (more)

Santa Fe 2130, in from La Junta, idles at the Pueblo engine terminal. By December, 1964, Santa Fe’s 53 Alco RSD5s are running out their final miles in Colorado and New Mexico freight service, as... (more)

Santa Fe’s Super Chief-El Capitan Train 17 west has just left La Junta, Colo. and its two FP45’s (Nos. 104, 105) have the train up to speed as it whizzes by a windmill that pumps water for a l... (more)

Ten years ago when BNSF still used the Raton Sub for eastbound coal, grain and baretable empties a Barstow to Garden City grain empty was entering Raton led by an eclectic mix of power.

Southern 2-10-4 #610, cylinder cocks open, departs the North Wye at K&IT’s Youngtown Yard on 6-10-78. The former T&P locomotive is taking an excursion train from Louisville to Danville, KY on a... (more)

Former T&P I-1a 610 is giving the fans a fast ride just north of Atlanta en route to Toccoa, GA.

Texas and Pacific 2-10-4 610 is northbound in the morning on Southern's CNO&TP with an excursion bound for Emory Gap.

Back in the days when the G&Q still hauled freight. Unfortunately I have forgotten where this was taken. It is interesting that the 44 was painted red because traditionally the G&Q painted the b... (more)

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 was just about to depart San Bernardino (for Los Angeles) when BNSF Railway train Z-MEMLAC9-10A (led by 6959, 7106 and 8068) rounded the curve east of the station. There was a... (more)

Westbound N&W Y6b 2180 gets a run for Christiansburg grade at Elliston, Va

N&W 1218 returns home to the Virginia Museum of Transportation after a few days on display at the O Winston Link Museum`s 10th anniversary celebration