Here is UP's experiment with a coal turbine. They turned a PA into a control unit and an ex GN W1 electric into a coal fired turbine. If I remember right the unit ran only in the summer of 1962. H... (more)

Early October, 1964, word is out among Denver railfans that something new is coming to town. Fresh off the GE erecting floor at Erie, Pennsylvania, four of Burlington’s new U25Bs are making thei... (more)

When Conrail was formed, six axle Centuries from the Reading and the Lehigh Valley were sent west to join their Penn Central counterparts in western Pennsylvania/eastern Ohio. Here an ex-LV C628 a... (more)

One of three Alco C855 built for the UP, two A's and one B. Here is one of them handling a train through Nebraska. These units put out 5500 hp versus EMD's and GE's offering of 5000 at the time. T... (more)

For decades this former Cia Agricola de Guatamala 2-6-0 (built by Porter in Pittsburgh, Penn.) hauled Chiquita bananas for the United Fruit Company in Guatamala. In the 1960s it was brought back ... (more)

RI transfer job making pickup Pullman Junction south side of Chicago

A Big Boy heads up Sherman Hill at Dale on Track three. This cut off was added as a longer grade, but not as steep and requiring less or no helpers.

A DD35 sits next to some early UP high side coal gons, at Yermo, California. Basically two GP35's on a single frame, to get 5000 hp out of a single unit to meet UP's demands for high horsepower en... (more)

Running two hours behind schedule, the Amtrak Crescent departs Gainesville while local power sits unassigned on this damp night. Illuminated by the headlights of Amtrak 20 is NS 3536, the f... (more)

At 6:30 a.m., two SP tunnel motors lead a westbound UP freight off the summit at Estrella. In the distance loom the rugged Maricopa Mountains.

On CNW's west end GP35 862 enroute from Belle Fourche SD to Chadron NE has hit the dirt north of Rapid City, CNW's preferred emergency contractor Berg & Henn are in the process of putting things b... (more)

A pair of Milwaukee Road covered wagons roll down the main at the Illinois Railway Museum. It's hard to believe the E unit is operational considering most of the exterior is covered in rust and mo... (more)

WC 6005 is a one of a kind unit on Wisconsin Central. The railroad had only one, acquired with the purchase of Algoma Central. It is shown at North Fond Du Lac looking much like it did on the ACR ... (more)

A hot 199 train hustles westward through the dry environs of Caliente Creek near Ilmon.