The Nickel Plate, officially the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company. NKP Alco PA-1 #189 & #182 (Bluebirds) on train #7 The Westerner, crosses the NYC (MC) tracks at South Gary, Indiana... (more)

Rio Grande #6001 Alco PA1+PB1+PA1 are in charge of the 'California Zephyr' at Grand Junction, Colorado. Both east and westbound were fueled and watered at facilities on either end of the depot p... (more)

Brakeshoes smoke after descending the summit west of Altoona, the crew brought the train down the mountain safely and may run through. The coupler cover, still intact, is noteworthy. The station i... (more)

Getting their money's worth -- these two Alco FA units 822 and 823 were two of the last four remaining on Wabash's roster at the time of this April 10, 1965 photo at Kansas City, Mo.

From my slide collection by BILL NIXION.

The eastbound California Zephyr crosses the Colorado River as it slows for a station stop at Glenwood Springs.

Just a guess on the location of this shot from my collection. Nothing on the slide except the road number and the Kodak date stamp. The SP&S FA's that made it into BN service didn't last long and ... (more)

The Delaware & Hudson section of Amtrak's Adirondack at Port Henry.

SL-SF hostlers are handling 5204 FA-1 and three F3's at Frisco's roundhouse area at Kansas City, Mo. on April 17, 1965.

Santa Fe #76, the eastbound CALIFORNIA SPECIAL makes a station stop at Lubbock, Texas, on a cold February 20, 1964. The train ran between a connection with the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF at Clovis, New M... (more)

Alco FA 301 on the ready track at Hagerstown, Md., on August 14, 1965

The third of three PA powered Framingham-Boston morning commuter trains, accelerates toward the Hub on Conrail's former Boston and Albany main line next to the Mass. Turnpike. The D&H units lead o... (more)

Having traveled 65 miles from Memphis, a St. Louis-San Francisco "westbound" freight passes through Jonesboro, Arkansas on its run to Springfield, Mo. on June 2, 1961. Two Alco FA-1's have three ... (more)

A pair of Alco FA-2's is laying over between runs. And yes, that is snow on the ground, even though it is late May!

Santa Fe train #75 (the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL) speeds west near Muleshoe in the Texas South Plains. The train originated at Houston the previous evening and is en route to Clovis, New Mexico, and a c... (more)