Former GN GP7, BN 1540 idles the night away at Superior, WI alongside a former GN F7A and X-NP passenger B unit. The Geep will handle a transfer over to Duluth about 530 am the next morning.

Former Chicago Great Western SD40, CNW 925 mates up with CNW 923 (X-CGW) and CNW 891 at Altoona, WI in December 1971. The trio are parked at the sanding tower and fueling facility for topping off ... (more)

Westbound Northern Pacific passenger train the "North Coast Limited" with in the lead F9(A) 6701A, F9(B) 6702B, and F9(A) 6706A moving at track speed through Deer Lodge, Montana September 30, 19... (more)

A matched set of GE power is hauling an eastbound toward Binghamton on a wet summer’s day. The shot is set in a plush green meadow near the banks of the Susquehanna River.

The wires have come down, but the pole line remains, some poles even having what look like new crossarms. Thirty years later, this location s probably completely closed in with vegetation.

After leaving his train of empty bulkhead cars on the 'main' in the foreground, the engineer gingerly shoves cars up the steeply inclined lead to a small wood yard. The GP30 looks pretty clean, b... (more)

With a huge chocolate plant in the background, GP40’s meet in the unincorporated community of Hershey, best known for its confectioneries and its amusement park.

Union Pacific was an early customer for General Electric’s new U25B line of 2,500-hp diesels, acquiring 16 of the units including the four demonstrators starting in 1961. Eleven had short high h... (more)

Built 1929 as GTW 8380, went to Illinois Railway Museum.

Built 1924 as GTW 8315

Re-engined RS-1 sits on the turntable at Glenn Yard.

The Little Green Caboose?

Bringing up the end of a local, Burlington Northern caboose 10345 was formerly Chicago Burlington & Quincy 13575. This waycar (which is what the &qu... (more)

So Many U-Boats That It Could Be Croton...

Southern Pacific's Taylor Yard, north of downtown Los Angeles, often hosted strings of surplus locomotives. Such was the case in May 1982 ... (more)

This unit was assigned to McKeesport for local duties. In McKeesport, Riverton ex-P&LE yard and Demmler ex-B&O Yard sit side by side on a long shelf of land next to the Monongahela River.