South Carolina Central Bishopville Local at Lydia

“Scare Stripes”
A week after the resumption of passenger service to/from Jim Thorpe, freshly repainted RBMN 2013 leads a Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway “bike train” (Jim Thorpe to W... (more)

#820 is, as of mid-February, one of four such repaints on FEC. It was originally estimated all of the GE would be painted by June, they may still be on target for that....

With all the repainting going on right now, #430 is really the pride of the fleet. Hard not to notice the resemblance to the original RailUSA scheme that appears on a few motors with nearby FGAR.... (more)

The Virginian heritage unit leads NS 119 westbound as it makes its way into Bluefield, WV.

A colorful group of Union Pacific SD70ACe locomotives was found in the railroad's Dolores Yard on this October day: UP 1996 (their Southern Pacific Heritage unit, and the former UP 8523), UP 1988... (more)

Metra 104, the Chicago unit, leads a outbound train into Bensenville, passing Tower B17.

Metra 505 shoves a inbound train out of Bensenville, passing Tower B17.

Just after sunrise, the northbound Coast Starlight rolls through the Devil's Garden. This area is a lava flow created by eruptions of nearby Mount Shasta.

One of 23 Santa Fe EMD GP60B 3800 hp (325-347) built in July 1991. The Santa Fe was the sole railroad to use this cabless GP60B model. ... (more)

VIA 35 for Ottawa is passing Turcot Ouest.

Heavy former Great Western 2-8-0 tank engine # 4277 "Hercules", built in 1920 in the Swindon works, now running for the Dartmouth Steam Railway and Riverboat Company, is pulling the 16.1... (more)

The Santa Fe Super Chief is seen at Albuquerque New Mexico in 1943. Note the wartime headlight visor on the EMC E6. Jack Delano photo, from the Library of Congress collection and my collection.

Running light after making a delivery at Speed LIRC's 2301 races back to its Jeffersonville yard passing the Clark County airport.

One of the seven Amtrak Platinum Mist GG-1s is southbound rounding the big superelevated curve north of Aberdeen's Amtrak station in March 1978- not long before the installation of concrete ties o... (more)