My final trip to the C&NW 40th Street Shops was just before May 22, 1956, the last day for C&NW steam in Chicago. The only operational steam locomotives I saw on this visit were several 0-6-0s and... (more)

The undulating nature of the SNCF LGV lines is evident in this view of a pair of Paris Sud-Est TGV sets on a southbound service from Paris to Lyon near St.Ythaire north of Macon.

The World Record holder of her time, with an unofficial speed of 112.5 mph, on May 10, 1893. No other wheeled vehicle had made it to the 100 mph mark, and didn't beat her record for another 10 ye... (more)

EMD A-B-B-B-A F units are ready to lead the GRAND CANYON west from Chicago. The unit number indicates that 30C is an F3 despite the F7 style dynamic brake fan. The unit is also displaying green fl... (more)

C&O #490: One of my all time favorite engines - built by ALCO in 1926 as a Pacific, the C&O rebuilt this engine as a streamlined Hudson in 1946 for "Chessie" service, the C&O’s hope for... (more)

One of the ten Baldwin Hudsons built in 1937 for the New Haven RR prepares to work the 155 miles to Boston in c1939. Photographer unknown scanned from a post card size negative.

St. Louis-bound Amtrak #307 passes the old GM&O station at Wilmington, IL. The old structure still retained its semaphore train order boards.

Here comes the next picture from the Timken archives. The Class A4 is a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive, designed by Nigel Gresley for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1935. The... (more)

Southern Pacific's famed "Coast Daylight" (known as the "most beautiful train in the world"), train 99, ascends the grade at Chatsworth as it heads from the San Fernando Valley northward (railroad... (more)

Crew of this train gathers in front of B&O #51 before leaving Jersey City for Washington, D.C.

Canadian National U-4-a 6402 is stored servicable at the railroad's large engine terminal in Toronto. It had recently been withdrawn from commuter service.

The joint Southern/Norfolk & Western "Tennessean" heads north after its Lynchburg stop, passing in front of the lens of Charles Knox Freericks' Argus A Anistigmat. The train is being pulled by one... (more)

Steam power still hauled commuter trains and one express to Ottawa in June 1959. H1c Royal Hudson 2822 departs for Ottawa on Sunday afternoon with the express.

Efficient "high speed" rail. No switching at the terminal. Inspection pits in the station. Equipment turns fast!

Britain’s National Railway Museum has a new star – a re-streamlined Stanier Pacific, ‘Duchess of Hamilton’. Built in 1938 in this form to spearhead the London Midland and Scottish Railwayâ... (more)