MTA's subway set decorated for the New York Rangers' playoff run lays over at Grand Central Terminal while in service on the S 42 Street Shuttle. So much for belief.

Near the rear of a huge eastbound SP manifest, a big 85-foot high cube boxcar exits tunnel 9. The train's helper can be seen on the upper level of the Loop. SP was known for running huge drag frei... (more)

On a snowless December 8, 1990, a girl takes her horse for a ride at the top end of Houlihan’s curve, west of Chillicothe, Illinois, on Santa Fe’s famed Edelstein Hill. Powering the eastbound ... (more)

SP SD7 No. 2704 and mates wait for permission from the Valley-Mountain dispatcher in Bakersfield to head light down the mountain after helping an eastbound manifest. Many of SP's SD7s were deliver... (more)

A view from an excrsion train is captured by John's camera, out on the mainline enroute to Pittsburgh. John rode a fantrip from Massillon, OH to Pittsburgh before riding the Pittsburgh & Shawmut ... (more)

The Nitrin Local climbs out of the "street running" in Davenport.

Venerable SP SW1500 No. 2689 sits in the Roseville Shops awaiting repairs. In the last half of the 1980s, SP began removing all oscillating Gyralites from its locomotives. The reason? The FRA had ... (more)

One of the last remaining class Ae6/6, the classic Gottard "Kantonslokomotive", so called as the first 26 were named after each of the Swiss cantons (regions). It's seeing out it's final days on a... (more)

Mumbai-Nagarcoil express exits tunnel No. 23 with diesel power, under the wires.

Fresh from battling snow on Donner Pass, SP SD9E No. 4348 idles at the engine facility in Roseville Yard. The big metal framework that juts upward from its cab is an icicle breaker; the unit would... (more)

Close-up of the connecting hose between tank cars on SP's unit oil train, run between Saco and Dolores, CA. The shipper would fill interconnected sets of cars at the same time, with the crude pass... (more)

A late-running NECR 323 arrived in White River Junction on Saturday morning with an ultra-rare consist of three blue/gold GP38s, the 3851, 3857 and 3850, leading a hefty northbound freight. Train ... (more)

The Harbor's contribution to America's bicentennial is released to the public on this sunny January day. Tom Golden photo.