This derailment occurred during the infamous 1955 strike on the L&N Railroad. On Saturday, April 23, 1955, engines 306, 238, 117 and 301 (two FA2 Alco cab units spliced by two RS3 road switchers) ... (more)

Another Republic Locomotive Works product. The nickname 'Big Bird' would fit this centercab well! I believe this is a GE 45 Ton unit

Westbound N&W empty hopper train at track speed through Elliston, VA in February 1955. Bob Drake photo, Collection of Tom Sink.

Union Pacific 1996 and 6936 lead the Western Pacific Railroad Museum train north on the Sacramento Subdivision and past a beautiful wetland reserve.

PRR class J1 2-10-4 6448 is beside the coaling tower at Columbus, Ohio on Nov. 2, 1957, exactly 25 days before the PRR killed the last fire and declared itself all-diesel or electric.

Dieselization is catching up to the N&W as these Alcos and an EMD Geep await their next assignment at the water tank at Norton, VA. RS-3 306 is ahead of the 308 on Dec. 29, 1956.

A few of the tracks shown in this photo are still around and in use in 2012, and there's at least a chance some of those orange and white Paducah rebuilds might still be creeping around a short li... (more)

Interiors of brand new SEPTA Silverliner V on display during the National Train Day celebration at Philadelphia 30th street station. This car still had the strong new car smell.

BNSF Cement City Local is stopped on the KCT Argentine Connection waiting for KCT Traffic Control to get them a signal to head east as a KCT Yard Job wyes the “Caritas” and the “Sky View” ... (more)

In 2008, I helped with the project of renaming CP's on the Pittsburgh Division from numbers to words. When possible, we used the historic names of predecessor railroads. But there were a locatio... (more)

Conrail purchased 22, C39-8 #6000-6021.

Mobile was more generally B-B territory in GM&O and ICG days, but the C-Cs did make their way to the Gulf shores occasionally. On this nice January day 6044 - one of ten ex-CRI&P units acquired af... (more)

After decades of watching trains pass, from steam to GEVOs, this cast iron signal box may not live to see it's 70th birthday in 2013. Signals on Tehachapi Pass are being replaced as part of congr... (more)

BNSF Snow Dozer in siding at Skykomish. Painted Orange/Black from former green. Prior green is partly visible on blades at points of wear.

Seaboard Coast Line RSC2 #1100 awaiting its next work at Durham, NC || January 1970