A 7 hour+ late City of New Orleans makes its shove move to Union Station as it passes the Amtrak facilities at 18th Street. I've seen some pretty cool units lead Amtrak trains in the past, but an ... (more)

Almost two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, the Swift RoadRailer heads for Southern California.

WAUKOMIS OK Aug 4 1978 — Rock Island GP7R 4507 leads a mixed freight south as it approaches the E0500 grade crossing on the Rock's north-south main line. My photo.

"A High Line Finale": D&RGW #473 and #476 march across Horseshoe Curve on the famed High Line as they head south for Durango, CO on October 17, 2023. This was taken as part of one final ... (more)

The hostlers pull an outbound train forward after putting the head end power on (as seen from Pepper Ave, over West Colton Yard). They will then hop on the helper unit and take up to the other end... (more)

Just a few minutes after sunset on a frigid January evening, a Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railroad local is working customers in one of the industrial parks south of downtown. The railroad has a uni... (more)

EL RENO OK April 13 1980 — The Rock Island has shut down and this string of Rock Island cabooses await their fate. My photo.

A long CSX M492, with the new CSXT 1869 leading, holds in pouring rain at the Marshville siding for CSX M583 at last light.

Cab photo of this former Canadian unit.

UP’s Employee Assistance Program ACe sits in the fueling track in Norfolk Southern’s south yard in Roanoke, VA.

CSXT 2010 is seen switching an old industry on a close clearance siding in downtown Louisville Kentucky. Mike Stupar photo.

The Minnesota Transporation Museum's "Great Northern 325" on a photo passenger special. GN 325 is a 1966 EMD, for the car aficionado, that's a '57 Desoto Adventurer. The GN 325 was r... (more)

SP Daylight, 2nd 99, is seen at the Third & Townsend Street station in San Francisco California on July 26th 1939. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Conrail EMD SD40 Nos. 6280 and 6277 helper locomotives are on the rear of an eastbound freight, assisting with braking on the Allegheny Mountain crossing west of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on October ... (more)

John Deeres NS 8099 and 1069, the Southern and Virginian heritage units, are staged outside the Juniata misc. shop where the Office Car Train is stored. Tomorrow morning, they'll deadhead ... (more)