Santa Fe 558 West passes Stockton Tower and crosses SP's Valley Line as it heads for the San Joaquin Delta and its final destination of Richmond, CA.

Loaded Norfolk Southern coal train NS 590 is slowly grinding its way over the summit of the Alleghenies with a pair of SD40E helpers on the head of the train's ES40DC and C44-9W. While the PRR pos... (more)

A pair of CN SD40-2W's are in charge of train L516 as they make their way past Griffith Tower. They're about to slam the diamonds with the old GTW.

A BNSF oil train snakes its way through the Kansas City bottoms on KCT trackage as it heads northbound. The tower that once controlled this interlocking can be seen in the background.

A couple of sets of Rio Grande power rest behind the hump tower at the railroad’s yard in Grand Junction, Colorado, on July 8, 1988. EMD GP40 No. 3151 the former Penn Central/Conrail No. 3166, a... (more)

CSX Selkirk to Buffalo local B789 is pulling past the tower at Rochester's Goodman Street Yard with an SD70MAC on the point, picking up locomotives from the engine tracks to be moved for servicing... (more)

Somewhat of an oddball power assortment for a coal empty, SD50 6791 leads B40-8 5070 and Dash8-40CW 6144 past MG. Even with its tattered window shades, the still part-time open office at MG, just ... (more)

A Boston-Providence commuter train operated by Penn Central for the MBTA passes the old wooden tower at Mansfield, MA, as it slows for a station stop. The engineer's window of ex-PRR E8 4264 shows... (more)

CSXT uses the Buckingham Branch Railroad to move alot of their empty type trains from Richmond to Clifton Forge. This allow CSXT to keep eastbound loaded trains running via the flatter James River... (more)

A pair of YN2 CW44AC's lead U091-02 (TN Eastman Empties) north through "Baxter" and under one of the last L&N towers still standing. They would meet the C633-01 waiting to line out and ... (more)

Ordinary and Extraordinary: The Silver Star, Train #92, carrying Amtrak business cars #10004, 10002 and 10020 on the head end, approaches a typical NJ Transit ALP-46 and Comet consi... (more)

Santa Fe 813 West departs Stockton, CA, as it passes the famous tower at the crossing of SP's Valley Line and ATSF's Stockton Sub. The tower has since been demolished.

Five F-units lead the coach train past Spaulding Tower and into station track 2 at IRM. Only here during Diesel Days can you see five Fs together on a train!

An eastbound Metrolink pounds the diamond at San Pedro Junction and passes the remains of the ill-fated Hobart Tower, which will be demolished shortly after this photo was taken.