BN Extra Transfer led by a quartet of GP9's from the predecessor Hill roads has just departed Balmer Yard in Seattle minutes ago and is crossing the Lake Washington Ship Canal en-route to Everett ... (more)
Pulling out of Davenport after a 45-minute stop to add some lube oil and fine-tune the SD45, it’s 42 miles to Cheney and the BNSF interchange to finish a long day. It’s not easy being a short ... (more)
By the late 1970s, it was getting tougher to find remnants from southern California’s citrus industry that was so instrumental in the area’s growth in the 20th Century. And that caused me to ... (more)
N&W 449 resting in Roanoke, July 1954. Bob Drake photo, Tom Sink Collection.
Doodlebug #4900, a 1936 product leftover from the SAL roster, serves as the power for a soon to be discontinued Champion, seen departing Arcadia. For the companion view taken moments before at th... (more)
Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-0 Class K-6 386 was built in 1906 by Burnham, Williams & Co. She had 64" drivers, 20 x 26 inch cylinders, boiler pressure of 185 lbs, and produced 25,623 lbs of tractive ef... (more)
Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-0 Class K-14 1009 was built in 1910 by Baldwin Locomotive Works. She had 69" drivers, 20 x 26 cylinders, boiler pressure of 200lbs, and produced 25,623 lbs of tractive effo... (more)
On a fine autumn day in 1987, D&RGW train 665 crosses the Payson trestle with a trainload of Keigley dolomite for Geneva Steel of Utah. The wood pile bridge crosses both a local creek and Union Pa... (more)
Northbound merchandise train rolling through McComb, MS in May of 1972.
Returning from Pig's Eye Yard
Check out the 40' boxcars!
An interesting early BN lashup
Train 262 is eastbound with Joe E20 on the point. They are approaching Alberton, MT for a crew change.
