There weren't many covered wagons left in Class 1 service when I went to Texas to see these guys (was KCS a Class 1 in 1983?). I was hoping for a solid set of Fs, but the F3 was being shopped in ... (more)
Lander, MD 2/25/2013 - It's 25 degrees under a full moon shortly before midnight, and the B&O CPLs at High Rock are not long for this world. With their replacements being assembled about a mile to... (more)
Cambria & Indiana RR coal cars are in the consist of a train rolling by on the main. C&I was nowhere near Indiana, the state, but revenues per mile of track for the small RR were the greatest of ... (more)
I always liked the Warbonnet paint better on the F45s and FP45s. On May 23, 1990, Santa Fe GP60M 100 glides past San Bernardino station and a passenger special powered by FP45 91. The GP60M is he... (more)
N&W lives on.
A westbound is working up the hill just west of Flagstaff on a pleasant summer afternoon. This was the only time I ever got 3 different Santa Fe paint schemes on one train.
This classic Milwaukee Road sky top makes for some interesting architectual style to the central coast. The string of private cars are from The Station To Station art train, as it is gracefully ma... (more)
Built by General Electric (April 1927) in Schenectady, New York, the legendarys GE BoxCab of the nitrate railways perform crossing in Quillagua station and passing loop, moving for the edge of the... (more)
A Southern box car with a newly repaired door sits outside the shops near the Altoona station, seen in the distance.
Newly constructed and painted PRR gons are ready for their markings in this July 1952 scene at Altoona.
Norfolk Southern heritage unit 8099 pushes coal loads through Welch, West Virginia.
U20C's parked in the yard, waiting for service.
For MAERSK grand opening of a new facility located on Terminal Island in the Port of Los Angeles NS painted and sent to CA this special painted SD40-2 for ceremonies and photo ops shown sitting in... (more)
Narrow gauche and steam loco from 1890, Saxonia was a kingdom
