NS 911 on the turn table as NS COO Paul Duncan speaks.

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)

Snow fills the air as a squall makes its way through the Monongahela River Valley in Duquesne, Pennsylvania where the Union Railroad and Norfolk Southern cross the river. The Union Railroad's Job ... (more)

Built by the American Locomotive Company in July 1951 for the United States Department of Energy (DOE 39-5309), this RS-1 was later sold to DuPont, which numbered it DUPX 107. In 2015 it was loca... (more)

Inaugural run
CSX's newest heritage unit honoring the New York Central is seen making its first revenue run in the early morning hours as it leads manifest train M605 through Cusseta, ... (more)

One of only a handful of GP38-2s on CSX EMDs left in YN2 paint. This unit was originally built as Penn Central 8148 idles in Brunswick Maryland.

PRR 4809 leads 11 cars at 60 MPH near Stelton New Jersey on August 19th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

75014 climbs past Saltern Cove hauling the 18:45 Paignton Queens Park to Kingswear 'Train of Lights' on Friday 15th December 2023

CSXT came through Decatur, and I knew I was going to have to follow it for a while to get photos and video. I made my way as far down as Cullman, where a Christmas event was taking place next to ... (more)

Reading 2102 stomps out of Nesquehoning Tunnel amid the peak fall foliage on its final run for 2023.

Conrail's "backyard" at the Juniata shop.

In an oft repeated scene eastbound coal descends Sand Patch Grade somewhere (I'm guessing) close to Fairhope. This was before the 40-2s became boringly ubiquitous. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from... (more)

A four unit set of black & gray SD-9's C&S 829, 824, 830 and FW&D 850 with a southbound freight running on the Colorado & Southern near Denver on January 22, 1969. Photo by Ken Crist, from my co... (more)

A Sea Of GEs. On May 11, 2019, GECX 6002 (ex-UP 7511, AC6000CW) sits at the front of a large group of General Electric locomotive, mostly C40-8W and C40-9W trade-in units from US Class I ra... (more)

CRI&P 218 and mates lead a freight through Colorado, near Castle Rock, sometime during the 1960s. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.