Maryland Midland’s Highfield turn crosses over Sabillasville Road and Owens Creek as it drops into Thurmont, Maryland.

Between 1969 and 1973, the Lehigh Valley improved its forty-foot box car fleet by leasing 750 rebuilt cars from US Railway Equipment. The majority of the cars were originally Pullman-Standard PS1 ... (more)

Making an unusual move, two Conrail SW900’s pull a half-dozen SEPTA Silverliver IV;s through Perkiomen Junction, Pennsylvania. I’m not sure of the circumstances for this movement.

Conrail’s OCS and Track Geometry fleet was based in Reading, Pennsylvania. Here a former Reading SW900, looking almost like a member of the fleet, shuttles a car around Reading yard. Note the ho... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande manifest rumbles through Narrows, Utah.

Having crested Soldier Summit, a westbound Rio Grande manifest begins the drop to Salt Lake City. An SD40T-2 leads a GP40, a GP30, a GP40, and a GP35.

As an eastbound Denver & Rio Grande Western manifers is about to duck under the Route 6 overpass in Detour, Utah.

As an eastbound Denver & Rio Grande Western exits the Thistle tunnel, thick black smoke pours out of the tunnel portal. The tunnel was constructed in 1983 after a huge landslide wiped out the town... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western Train 179, the Ford Fast Freight, cruises along the Arkansas River in Cotopaxi, Colorado.

A Denver & Rio Grande Western manifest moves south through Castle Rock, Colorado. The geological formation from which the locality derives its name can be seen in the right distance.

Coal from mines along the original Denver & Rio Grande Western main line moves east through Glenwood Canyon, Colorado.

Bow Coal trains frequently had power on both eds of the train. Here is the rear end of a northbound train passes through La... (more)

Bound for the power plant in Bow, New Hampshire, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie power leads a coal train north on the Delaware & Hudson at Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. This was the last train that I photograp... (more)

One of the quintessential photos of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad is this view of a northbound train rolling under the Starrucca Viaduct in Lanesboro, Pennsylvania. I only shot this once before t... (more)

Three Delaware & Hudson U33C’s have drawn the assignment as the Jefferson Junction “puller” job during the Belden Hill tunnel enlargement project. A southbound train’s road power has uncou... (more)