GP60 9785 leads SD70Ms 9810 and 9809.

Amtrak has applied wraps to a pair of their Pacific Surfliner cars, coach 6402 (on the left), and coach/café car 6306 (on the right), to promote the upcoming X Games in Ventura in late Jul... (more)

TVRM locomotives lined up at the Soule shops.

70 Floating hoppers and tumbleweeds

While traveling down highway 70/84 between Texico and Lubbock, Texas, I hoped to see some BNSF trains along the route. Never did I expec... (more)

Norfolk Southern's newest maintenance of way equipment, NS 992800 and 992801, rest for the weekend with the R3 rail train in the house track at Orangeburg, South Carolina. Now considered "on-... (more)

An eastbound manifest has stalled on the 1% grade of Kirkwood Hill and a pair of switchers from the Ewing Avenue Yard in St. Louis has been called in to help the train up the hill.

Union Pacific 4014 (Big Boy) in Schuyler

The Electroliner races westward. Restoration work continues on the Liner set, but it is able to move under it's own power for special events.

Santa Fe 3282 rests on its side, the victim of a derailment just north of highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Note the front coupler has been completely snapped off. Heavy rain storms caused track damage... (more)

Several Union Pacific locomotives line the tracks of UP’s large North Platte Diesel Shop at Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

Train L516 on the Minneapolis Sub is about to get back underway after picking up two units off the siding (CN 2899, CN 2800). A cold December rain mixes with exhaust in a swirl illuminated by the ... (more)

Tons of older Emd's and Ge's sit awaiting there fate at Larry's truck in Lordstown.

BN 1726 has arrived in Butte with its freight after crossing Homestake Pass and Bozeman Hill having originated in Livingston. A UP A-B-B-A set consisting of an SD40, two GP30Bs and a GP30 sit near... (more)

Canadian Pacific 2-10-4 number 5913 leads 9 cars near Field British Columbia in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Just another ex-Con chilling in the parking lot. The former Conrail Executive E is looking a little worse for the wear as it has floated around after leaving Big Blue. All fingers are crossed fo... (more)