Before the last hurrah of the Rio Grande tunnel motors on the dirt train out of helper. There was a period of time that a pure set of Rio Grande tunnel motors could be found on the Salt Lake to De... (more)

Five tunnel motors pull a long piggyback train approaching Tunnel 1 at Caliente, California.

Five tunnel motors are on the point of an oil train as it starts the grueling climb to Tehachapi at Caliente, California. 48 cars back are mid-train helpers, with another 24 cars and a caboose beh... (more)

An Ohio Central tunnel motor leads the G&W Columbus & Ohio River's NKWA turn as it makes its way through downtown Columbus, Ohio and crosses the Scioto River. The train is making its way over the ... (more)

MNA 3300 leading the Cotter North Local through Aurora. This train had an engine failure the previous night and had to tie down at Bergman. Early in the morning they sent 3300 and a couple other u... (more)

One of the few remnants revealing the heritage of the PRR's Panhandle Line across central Ohio is a derelict cantilever signal in Newark, Ohio that once held two PRR CPL signals to govern westboun... (more)

Thanks to the dedicated team at the Colorado Railroad Museum, Denver & Rio Grande Western #5401 has for the first time in decades the classification lights installed. These are the single lights ... (more)

Four Tunnel motors, with a loaded coal train coming off Gilluly, with dynamics brakes screaming. SD40-T's 5363, 5406, 5390, and 5345 are doing the honors. Tom Ellis photo.

This picture says so much about the Southern Pacific in the end. SP 8286 still wearing it's failed merger paint, now a decade old. Just covered in grime, along with the whole set of power. Also it... (more)

Early Union Pacific locomotive consists on Colorado’s former Rio Grande Moffat Tunnel line could be colorful as seen on April 2, 2001. Rio Grande EMD SD40T-2 No. 5401 leads UP and Southern Pacif... (more)

Morning rainstorms have moved east and allowed the sun to break through the clouds as the G&W's Columbus & Ohio River Railway's NKWA makes its way west out of Newark, Ohio. Ohio Central SD40T-2 40... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

An Ohio Central tunnel motor leads the CUOH's NKWA turn as it makes its way through downtown Columbus, Ohio and crosses the Scioto River. The train is making its way over the NS Columbus District ... (more)