Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha pops out of a tunnel just west of the top of Homstake Pass, providing passengers with a stunning daytime view of the Montana Rockies on its daytime run across western... (more)

British Columbia Railway Weathered MLW C630m 703 rests Near the roads shop in North Vancouver on a fine September morning in 1977. It still looks good in spite of its weathered appearance Photo ... (more)

CofG E7(A) 801 with GP7 106 at Terminal Station, Atlanta, Georgia on October 19, 1961. Atlanta's Terminal Station served the Atlanta & West Point, Central of Georgia, Nashville, Chattanooga & S... (more)

CLEBURNE TX June 4 1978 — Santa Fe GP38 3534 leads a covered hopper train. EMD built the unit (s/n 36570) in August 1979 and delivered it in blue body with yellow ends (Bookends) livery. After A... (more)

I can almost hear the cicadas along this neat country road on a hot, humid and hazy September 11, 1988, at Pinola Indiana. Around the curve rolls a westbound Conrail coal train headed for Chicago.

Returning to Portland after overnighting in Redding, the "Shasta Daylight 1990" excursion special passes Grass Lake.

THACKERVILLE OK October 1973 — Fellow railfan Ken Fitzgerald (at far left) has taken his shot and watches as Santa Fe GP38 3507 rolls south on its way to the Red River bridge with a Houston-boun... (more)

In the early days locomotives would appear lettered, and in this case painted, in PAL colors, only to last a short time. This nice looking ex-TASD unit had friction bearings, anachronistic even i... (more)

A Westbound Central of Georgia Railway freight train no. 29 passes West Opelika signal in March of 1954. Photo by J. Parker Lamb.

Bandits
After a bankruptcy and long wait for a savior through merger, Milwaukee Road’s physical plant was not the best. This included the weathered paint on its locomotives. New owner ... (more)

Back in early PAL days paint didn't matter much so some interesting but dirty consists materialized. I've always wondered if those GE motors on Alco trucks pulled better. I like the look.

Labor Day weekend and the yard is chock full of motive power and totally empty of human beings. We were like kids in a candy store. This unit seemed rather out of place but I'm not really famili... (more)

Superfleet scheme ATSF 553 hurries a stack train eastward toward Chicago just north of Ancona, IL on their double track speedway across Illinois, passing under a classic ATSF cantilever signal wit... (more)

BN 3024, former CB&Q 624, sits at the former GN Harrison St. roundhouse in Minneapolis, MN. The unit has had its Mars light removed which was becoming pretty common for former Burlington power by ... (more)

ATSF 3706 receives some TLC at Needles California in 1933. The 4-8-2 has an eight car Chief in tow. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.