The 1744 is currently headed for excursion service over the ex-DRGW La Veta pass on the San Luis and Rio Grande. But this is the SP 1744 in 1958, on a fan trip on the Knights Landing branch. It ... (more)

My goal train was the Weyerhaeuser train, but this UP train came along and had other ideas.

Floodlit night shots are becoming a trademark of Heber Valley's photo charters

The Toledo Switcher hauls a ballast a car East. The switcher usually doesn't leave Toledo but it has some extra duty today.

Frosty morning at Snake Creek

Snaking across the longest trestle that I know of in the Metro. One rack and 8 BNSF/ATSF boxcars head towards the St. Paul Ford Plant.

Branchline railroading at it's finest. The Sumas Roadswitcher has two empty grain cars in tow as it crosses the Sumas River. This line was part of the Milwaukee Road's Glacier line. It was one of ... (more)

NKC 3 and IR 5 take their time thumping over this nifty wood trestle in rural Illinois.

No. 10 headed toward Tuolumne with one of the last trains of logs. In a few days the railroad would routinely shut down for the winter, but never reopen. This is another old Anscochrome slide th... (more)

Empty "up" train crosses River Bridge during the last year of WSL's rail operation. Photoshop was able to restore this image from a faded overexposed very grainy Anscochrome original.

Oregon VS Oregon State Football special 'Civil War' Train

A late-running XL provides uncommon daytime appearance of SD60s on this trestle, just north of where PRR's Indianapolis-St. Louis line once crossed underneath.

With six empties in tow, UP's Cache Valley Local heads south across a four bent wooden trestle on the return to Logan yard.