ARGENTINE KS May 2 1982 — Santa Fe slug 129 was built by EMD (s/n 25408) in July 1959 for Union Pacific as SD24B 420B. UP retired the unit in April 1978 and sold it in August 1978 to Naporano Ir... (more)

After wintering on an industrial siding in Kolbe, Illinois, the BUGX F7's are on the move again, being handed off by the KJRY to the Tazewell & Peoria railroad. A TZPR SW10 shoves the 2 units tow... (more)

YN2 EMD CSXT 8863 is one of the last remaining EMD locomotives painted in CSX's "YN2" paint scheme. It remains stored here in Cumberland, MD along with a "YN1" SD40 (no... (more)

ATSF 2-10-4s 5034 and 5030 lead a 62 car freight, east of Belen New Mexico, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Radnor Yd roundhouse at Nashville , Tn

Exactly one week after being released from the paint shop at West Cressona, Reading & Northern 40th anniversary unit no. 1983 leads the railroads premier freight train into the Lehigh Gorge at Gle... (more)

BN RCU 108 is seen at Harrison St. roundhouse, Minneapolis along with a former GN transfer caboose rebuilt from a Baldwin switcher. This remote control unit was converted from BN F7B 661 (x-GN 448... (more)

SD38 6927 and MT6 slug 1127 work the hump at Selkirk.

An eastbound California Zephyr 6 train collided with a tanker truck carrying 10,000 gallons of milk and derailed in Weld County on Monday night, representatives of Amtrak and the Colorado State Pa... (more)

The inherited PAR 1 & 2 rest outside the shops on a "taken with permission" stop. They have since been moved from this location and are possibly being fitted for future use on CSXT, but... (more)

Reading 2102 accelerates up to speed at Milepost 108 on the point of an 18-car passenger train.

UP 1943 leads a high-wide special movement over Sherman Hill on UP's Laramie Subdivision as it approaches the Hermosa Tunnels. The high-wide movement is a NASA rocket booster for the Artemis II ro... (more)

After a steady downpour the last drops are noisily landing here and there and the rising fog portends a bright day in the deep hollers along the Kentucky line. The shadows are long nevertheless, ... (more)

Eighteen car SP train 56 is seen at Glendale station in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Both old and newer sit in the storage lines at Topeka Ks.