Pointed at Starkey Hill, that winding grade close to town that is the start of the "Pumpkin Vine" line to Winston Salem, NC. Due to proximity and a grade nearing 1.7% Starkey has been t... (more)

I don't know if they are outstanding in their field but they are out standing in somebody's field because the crops grow right up to the tracks at the nice new shop facility. We didn't catch the ... (more)

Kansas City Southern's Jackson - Vicksburg turn makes a noisy departure from Vicksburg, MS behind a pair of well travelled geeps. KCS GP38-2 #1908 built for the Boston & Maine would turn 50 years ... (more)

Big Al & the Critters. Three diesel "critters" - admittedly large ones - are seen at the Colorado Railroad Museum, laid up around the turntable. At left is Durango & Silverton... (more)

Rio Grande Meets New York Central PNLX 9619 splits the New York Central searchlights at CP-11 on the MBTA Worcester Line.

Pulling Through Paterson. New York, Susquehanna & Western SD70M no. 4064 is the first of four locomotives on train SU-99, seen here approaching Vreeland Ave in Paterson, NJ. The train i... (more)

Engineer Jerry Kuczynski leans out of CNJ 113's cab as it opens its cylinder cocks in Minersville at night.

Reading 2102 rolls past Millers Field as it heads for Tamaqua on a test run.

Lined up and ready to go on the daily train to Enid this unit was originally GM&O and was last owned by Iowa Interstate. I like that simple paint scheme.

P16-EV120-P17 returning from an infrastructure evaluation run to Belgrave approach Burnley.

Western Maryland had no FP7s but Canadian Pacific did and because of that we can see what a Western Maryland FP7 might have looked like, well, minus that round tank and ditch lights etc. In any c... (more)

Uncoupled B-unit is hard to catch. This one has special significance. A former Clinchfield unit, one of the last 4 on that road and something of a celebrity for having been part of the many excu... (more)

Reading 2102 accelerates across the Port Clinton Turntable as it heads for Tamaqua on a test run.

This little Golden City & San Juan Railroad critter comes in handy for moving the various narrow-gauge steam engines at the Colorado Railroad Museum.

Reading 2102's air compressors warm up prior to its first run of 2024.