A parting shot from a June 2010 trip to Mullan Pass. A severe thunderstorm rages over Winston as this west bound coal load hustles a few miles east of Helena.

In the terminal at San Diego waiting to take a train to L.A. The prime mover was a 244 series engine.

10 locomotives are on the lead of a UP freight descending off the Huey P Long Bridge and almost into the joint UP/BNSF Avondale Yard. The locomotives in this monster consist are UP 8203 (SD9043MAC... (more)

N&W #120 at Shaffer's Crossing, July 1954. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

Winston-Salem Southbound #711 resting at Winston-Salem, September 1956. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

Two sets of FL9s and commuter cars rest out the weekend at the classic New York Central Poughkeepsie station. These were among the few Penn Central engines with any color to them, having been pain... (more)

602 is heading back to Shaffer's Crossing Roundhouse. With a beautiful shot of the Hotel Roanoke in the background

Santa Fe F7A 301L, along with an unidentified B-unit (darn those 2" numbers on them), backs down the "escape track" at Los Angeles Union Station on a bright weekend morning in the early 1970s. Th... (more)

N&W 131 resting at Shaffer's Crossing in Roanoke, November 1956. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

Westbound on the Shoreline at Devon, Connecticut, New Haven FA-1 0418 and two 1200 class GP-9s head for the terminals east of New York City. The FA-1 was rebuilt by Alco Products to 1600 hp. in 19... (more)

A rainy evening in Clifton Forge finds the freshly painted 614 resting at the C&O Railway Heritage Center. Thanks to Rick Tabb and Chase Gunnoe for their assistance.

A K4 hustles down the high iron with a commuter train.

The CNJ flag rises once more in the form of Delaware Lackawanna's beautifully restored Alco RS-3 seen here in Scranton, in Steamtown's former DL&W yards. A CNJ preserved freight house sits just a... (more)

N&W 2135 resting between assignments at Roanoke, VA || February 1957 Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.