Where 'ya going? A hobo rides a MILW covered hopper in the Twin Cities in May of 1986. Once common, security issues have pretty much eliminated this activity.

Santa Fe 5847 East is about to move toward the east end of the siding at Christie after meeting a westbound here. This is the west side of Franklin Canyon.

Just as the sun rises in the northeast, the head end of SP 9182 East comes out of the Alllard Horseshoe, while its rear helper is still in the middle of the big curve. Below is the beautiful pastu... (more)

Santa Fe rebuilt GP7R 2122 and two CF7's on a local at Temple, Texas, December 30, 1984

In the waning days of the Delaware & Hudson Bevier Street yard in Binghamton, New York, a C420 rolls off of the turntable while a U33C idles on a house track. The acquisition of the former Lackaw... (more)

MORRIS KS Sept 29 1979 -- Santa Fe GP38 3520 and U28CG 7909 roll past the Morris Feed elevator with a mixed freight in tow. Before Amtrak the 7909 was in red and silver war bonnet and hauled passe... (more)

A quintet of UP U30Cs departs Portola with an eastbound WP manifest headed for Salt Lake.

A light helper rolls downhill through Weimar after helping an eastbound up the Hill. The lead unit is an ex-Rio Grande tunnel motor.

Santa Fe merger painted SF30C 9536, along with SD45-2 5807 and SD45-2 5811, at Cleburne, Texas in August 1987.

DAVIS OK Aug 23 1985 -- ATSF SD45u 5394 was the first Santa Fe unit to be painted in the proposed SPSF paint scheme. It was painted in this experimental scheme with white lettering instead of yell... (more)

I know it was SBD at this point but hey, I won't tell if you won't. I'm pushing the idea of a Ohio to Savannah MRL-type railroad with equal access and we could name it, well, Clinchfield. I can ... (more)

The Delaware & Hudson had several run-through trains with the Lehigh Valley. One of those trains, symbol MA-2 (Mechanicsville – Allentown) is seen here approaching the village of Siegfried, just... (more)

BELVA OK May 15 1978 -- A pinstripe SD45 leads another SD45 and an SD45-2 around the curve as the mixed freight approaches the east end of Belva. We slept in a tent on the dirt road that night. Ni... (more)

SP's fleet of FM Trainmasters, their go-to locomotives for the Peninsula commute, are parked at San Jose for the weekend. Come Monday morning, they'll be back hard at work between here and San Fra... (more)

Mechanics Cash and Ross prepare to install a new power assembly into the prime mover of an SD40M-2. This particular locomotive was built by M-K using an SD45 shell.