This reminds me so much of a model railroad under construction: Track with no ballast, thin wooden shims under the track to level it and shiny rail ends where they've been cut off. The gandy dan... (more)

Sunning itself in San Luis Obispo, Califonria, is Southern Pacific SD9E 4327. Built by EMD in January 1955 as SP SD9 5378, this unit was renumbered SP 3856 in the 1965 renumbering. When rebuilt/... (more)

In the early 1980s, Seattle, Washington, built a trolley line along their waterfront in order to give tourists a leg up on parking hassles. The lines used several streetcars acquired from Melbour... (more)

Practically new (built in July 1973), Amtrak SDP40F 508 sits at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal after arriving with train #3, the Southwest Limited on July 9th, 1973.

ATSF B36-7 7489 leads the “Bandini Turn” on February 7th, 1981. The train, just a caboose hop at this point, waits for a clear signal at Fullerton, California, before continuing its trip west... (more)

SD40-2s still roam the D&H. A short freight led by a pair of SD40-2s heads north out of CP's Taylor Yard. The short-lived "dual flags" paint scheme applied to 5975 now looks quite worn, a... (more)

The class unit of Susquehanna's "new" set of SD60s leads SU99 across the Ramapo River bridge on a fine summer afternoon. 3800 leads an impressive all "yellow-jacket" SD60-SD40-2-SD60-SD40T-2 cons... (more)

Mass Central 1729 looks a bit like a B&M geep from this angle. In reality this unit is former C&O 6199. It has been stored out of service for at least a year or two, but may eventually return to... (more)

A face only an MK designer could love ... BNSF 1201 is the former Santa Fe 1201 (constructed on the frame of C&O GP9 6149). Photographed on railroad property with permission and while wearing ... (more)

Amtrak SDP40F 500, pulling train 35, the westbound "Desert Wind," makes a station stop in Barstow, California, on June 24, 1981.

As part of the celebration of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal's 50th Anniversary, cab units from the three original tenant railroads were posed next to each other to recreate a popular PR / p... (more)

Slide is labeled "Monterey Jct." so I assume this location is correct. This was the lead unit on an unmanned coal train idling adjacent to a grade crossing in (basically) the middle of nowhere. ... (more)

A former BN C30-7 is shut down for the evening adjacent to the turntable. Taken with permission.

The IC3 is a Danish-built high-comfort medium/long distance diesel multiple-unit train. The sets were built by ABB Scandia (later purchased by Adtranz, which itself was subsequently acquired by Bo... (more)

Have to admit I was amazed how sharp this was when I scanned it up. Back behind the tie up tracks and former CNJ shops at Elizabethport were a number of storage tracks. As I recall, this derelict ... (more)