Two Baldwin RF-16's Sharks are sitting outside the Columbus, Ohio diesel shops surrounded by EMD F3's on October 5, 1957. Photo by M.S. Zak, from my slide collection.

Long and lean, these beasts shove the train over the hill while the rear brakeman glances at the onlookers from the cabin window.

Here comes a pretty pair.

Baldwins baby!! Fans get a wave from the hogger. Delivered in 1947, she's starting to age. Maybe the kids that witnessed this will raise their hands. :)

Power from two builders rolls east around the curve, an EMD F3A set leads Baldwin sharks. This could have been a light helper move with two helper sets. Note a light has been left inside the carbo... (more)

Thanks to the heads up (see below), this shot at Mifflin across from the station was part of a three-day whirlwind railfan trip by car with his brother William and Jim Kelly. 24 year old John had ... (more)

The class unit BLW RF16A is #2000 seen here leading a train at Denholm, site of PRR's mainline track pans. They and the powerhouse are out of view to the right past the bridge. Soon, they will be ... (more)

By the time of this photo 5759 has served nearly a decade. In her passenger dress, she's serving in freight duty by summer '57/

A summer evening at East Altoona, as seen from the old walkway spanning the yard, yields this action as a passenger train slows for the station stop ahead at Altoona.

Monon's main shop facilities at Lafayette, Indiana. In this view five Monon F3's side by side on September 4, 1961. No photographer information listed on slide, from my collection.

Light power drifts downgrade past an observer after shoving a westbound up the mountain. The curve is 100% steam-free this day.

Monon FP7 #96 (Built by Electro-Motive in 1951 as Milwaukee Road #96-C), Milwaukee Road F7B #68B (Built by Electro-Motive in 1950), and Monon FP7 #96 (Built by Electro-Motive in 1951 as Milwaukee ... (more)

Five Rio Grande F7s lead by 5644, exits Tunnel 1 at Plainview, Colorado and gets ready to drop down into Coal Creek Canyon in May 1965. Photo by J.B. Calvert, from my slide collection.

The short lived "Copper Spike" passenger service street running in downtown Globe.

I'm unsure as to whether this is Amtrak or a UP special train with the undiluted set of E9s and UP consist at this date - probably the latter. The train is eastbound at the Cheyenne depot. The tra... (more)