FEC 427 races north past the siding at Gifford, Florida with train FEC 920 in tow.

Years of weathering and rust create interesting patterns and contrasts on these old locomotives under the canopy of large trees and nestled around vineyards in the Sonoma Valley. I saw the SP 434... (more)

The brakeman on BNSF 146 radios the engineer on the BNSF 122 to move into the BNSF yard to pick up another string of cars for switching.

Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern 2089 sits with San Joaquin Valley Railroad engines 3002, 2082, 2164 and 3517 next to the BNSF yard in Bakersfield. It is unfortunate how these engines are tagged by va... (more)

It is a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Santa Rosa as Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) 104 and 103 sit at the company facility next to the Sonoma County Airport Station.

Napa Valley Railroad number 73 basks in the early morning sunlight in their yard in Napa.

This beautiful 4-8-4, number 1403, was built in January 1947 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, for the Western Maryland Railroad. According to the specifications listed o... (more)

Napa Valley Railroad NVRR 69 sits outside the diesel shop waiting for repairs.

Napa Valley Railroad NVRR 73, 71 and 70 bask in the early morning sunlight at the railroads yard in Napa.

NWP 2009 sits in the Golden Gate Railroad Museum yard along with 4-6-2 steam locomotive Southern Pacific 2472. Behind the SP 2472 is SP 3194 (GP-9) and SP 1487 (FM H-12-44).

NWP 1922 sits with SP 4435, SP 4347, SP 4451, B&LE 716B and B&LE 718A (F-7 A and B units), plus other rolling stock that could be in museums, in Schellville, California.

A crew has arrived to board Union Pacific 7418. This view from Pepper Street also shows BNSF 7338 waiting for a crew. Behind the BNSF 7338 is HLRX 3002, a former Arizona & California GP-30.

Lead by Unit Pacific 2584, brand new NCTC 5006, 5007, 5008 and 5009 sit in the West Colton yard as a storm off the Pacific Ocean approaches. Soon the new locomotives would be turned over to the B... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

San Diego and Imperial Valley 702 has a crane on each side of the locomotive. When I took the photograph, I figured the engine had derailed and was now back on the rails, or it would soon be lift... (more)