More from that first roll of film John shot at Galesburg after transfer to the midwest: Covered wagons in an A-B-B-B-B configuration just released to the freight pool ease an eastbound into town a... (more)

This photo was snapped at the end of a three-week railfan photo binge by John and his friend the late Bill Rosenberg. The trip included stops in two countries, several states, and multiple large ... (more)

E-8 number 6900 rests at the roundhouse durring a violent thunderstorm durring the night photo shoot at Spencer Shops.

Eastbound C&O passenger train George Washington rounding the curve at Quinnimont with a C&O 2-6-6-2 resting to the right. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection

12 F units! This was one of three freights through Joliet that day with warbonnet F units leading, but by far the most bodacious.

ATSF 3751 pulls a short mixed train down the UP ex SP valley line near Merced, CA on its way home from Railfair in Sacramento. It was running late, the sun was setting, the plan was to get a pictu... (more)

ATSF sits outside the depot at San Bernardino where it was on display for the San Bernardino Railroad Days event. It will head back to Los Angeles at the conclusion of the event on Sunday afterno... (more)

Struttin' her stuff. Newly overhauled K-28 #478 performs for the cameras on the rock ledge above Shalona Lake with Senior Engineer Bill Colley on the throttle. One of only two K-28s that s... (more)

Winter in the Rockies. The Durango & Silverton's annual Winter Photo Train transits the ledge above Elbert Creek with the frozen Shalona Lake and the foothills of the San Juan Mountains as ... (more)

Just another pretty day on the Silverton Branch. A Denver & Rio Grande Western Express Passenger Train departs the water stop at Tank Creek and highballs south toward Rockwood, Colorado on ... (more)

The hazy skies of the Steel City dominate the downtown skyline scene in this view as seen from the platforms during PRR's early 50's station renovation. A pair of PRR E8's in Brunswick Green hav... (more)

Number 14, the eastbound Land O'Corn, heads towards the depot after departing Wood. The switch engine on the left is likely either the IC 430 or 432. The track panels on the left were built and us... (more)

Chicago's Dearborn Street Station was the oldest of six large downtown passenger depots. Opened on May 8, 1885, it was closed by Amtrak on May 2, 1971. On the eve of Amtrak's startup, Santa Fe 3... (more)

A real passenger F-unit. It was 1970, I was on a little pre-Vietnam fling, the railroads ran passenger trains, the big city was dangerous, fascinating and I got there on the real "to hell on a da... (more)

Wanna Race? An older model Dodge Viper overtakes the Magic Banana, heading for the finish line of Amtrak's Jack London Square station.