A nice springtime Saturday afternoon; the perfect time to stroll down to the tracks and meander around the site of a derailment the day before. Even for 45 years ago, this was the most relaxed cl... (more)

Southern 2664 shows off its AAR Type-B rucks in a broadside view.

This train ran up the old Central of Georgia main from Albany to Smithville, where it swung onto the branch to Eufaula, AL, its destination. The track is good, so the engineer has his GP35 (a uni... (more)

Housatonic NX12 drilling Specialty Minerals.

The GP35 That Refused to Change

This Erie-Lackawanna GP35 was stripped of its EL identity by Conrail, but a reversal of fortune compelled the forces at the shop where it was being ... (more)

An Erie-Lackawanna GP35 idles on one of the roundhouse leads in Bangor, Pennsylvania. At one time there had been a 60-foot turntable to serve the four-stall roundhouse, but by this time it had bee... (more)

It's the fifth day of Conrail’s existence, but things have not yet changed as a train makes a delivery to the Bangor & Portland Division yard in Bangor, Pennsylvania. One of the trainmen rides t... (more)

The daily L&N/West Point Route Cincy-NOLA train rolls through a cut in the Georgia red clay.

The 844 local heads lite back to Logan with a pair of EMDs.

Back in the days just before Family Lines became a thing, this run-through train originated in Cincy, running down the L&N to Atlanta, then utilizing the A&WP/WRofA to reach Montgomery. Here, the... (more)

Former Erie-Lackawanna GP35 No. 2577 now bearing Conrail blue as No. 3683 leads a westbound freight on No.2 track at signal bridge 1525/1526 - the westward distant signals to Mifflin interlocking.... (more)

Southbound Conrail tonnage from Montreal thunders through Dekalb Junction, New York. Looking at Google Maps, it appears that the ex-NYC station, the branch to Ogdensburg curving off in the foregro... (more)

Along the Old Yellowstone Trail Road in Three Forks, Montana, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local switches the Imerys Talc plant on June 22, 2015.

A pair of Great Lakes Central GP35s drift across the Muskegon river in Temple, MI. It was great to see these vintage geeps still running on the same rails since their delivery in 1964.

A pair of Great Lakes Central GP35s race south through the cornfields across lower Michigan on a hazy summer day. It was great to see these vintage geeps still running on the same rails since thei... (more)