D&RGW train 6, the Exposition Flyer, is seen west of Leyden Junction Colorado in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

They Restored It, and It's Entering The Main Line

Having her restoration completed, the Santa Fe 2926 enters the main line of the New Mexico Rail Runner / New Mexico Department of ... (more)

Welcome Home PSU 2020, Penn State's demonstrator SD60I arrives at its new home, the Railroaders Museum in downtown Altoona. This locomotive was donated to the university by Norfolk Souther... (more)

A Central Maine & Quebec SD40-2F leads an eastbound empty ballast train through the snow sheds between Illecillewaet and Flat Creek, BC, just outside of Glacier NP.

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)

The PM loads head west behind the regular trio of E60Cs on Deseret Power Railway. I had made a very last second decision on this shot to change my framing, and while I really liked what I did, I w... (more)

Moffat Derailment From Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office: The Gilpin County Sheriff's Office reported Sunday that a train derailed near Pinecliffe. The sheriff's office said the r... (more)

BN 1991 leads a loaded coal train out of the Black Thunder mine. Returning to the main at Reno Junction. (Tom Ellis photo)

Factory Fresh!

As the sun appears over the San Bernardino Mountains, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway train Q-NYLA (Quality Network [TOFC/COFC]; East Coast [CR Connection in Ch... (more)

Two ex Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s help an intermodal train up the grade nearing the famous Horseshoe curve. It was a fine autumn day and the fall colors were great. April 1st is Conrail's 48th birthd... (more)

SP 4449 and SP&S 700 sit side by side at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, OR.

With the Bayview setoff complete, and the conductor and conductor trainee back on the head end, I032-04 blasts off eastbound from Dump Rd on track 1, overtaking a tied down M372-04 on track 2.

Trona Railway's "Daily Run" crosses Searles Station Rd on it approach to Searles, where the crew will interchange with the Union Pacific before returning to Trona.

No. 2102 at Lake Hauto. The fans were in force! Why include them? Because they are very much a part of my experience with this great locomotive. Three of my friends are in this group.

A set of geeps that power CSX's pair of Norlina Sub locals lay over for the weekend in Raleigh next to some of NCDOT's passenger equipment.