I guess this slug set was a regular on the local headed down the Ohio as I shot it here again a month later.

We are in good stealth. At this point the slugsets were just being deployed, now they seem to be going away. Having ridden in one, I liked the slugs, almost like an electric.

The Santa Fe–Southern Pacific merger was an attempted corporate consolidation of two of the major railroads in the Western United States at the time: the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway an... (more)

The buzzard may indicate that this local train has set in the siding for too long. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

A southbound freight with a single unit if charge. Somewhat unusual then but more common nowadays. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Buttheads can be in the lead and the prettiest one in front on this road freight. Was CSX scraping the bottom of the barrel or just out of their mind. Shoulda put on a DC and had a full set.

CNW 8003 is on the move after stopping to fix some sticking brakes near Brampton, MI in June of 1987. We had just alerted the crew to smoke coming from one of the ore cars at the back of the train... (more)

What appears to be an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway train is actually a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train, as the BNSF was but five months old at this time, and many of the locomotiv... (more)

Burble, whistle and wheeze. One of my favorite oldies. Photo by unknown. From my collection.

Eight may be enough to get this merchandiser to its destination. Unknown photographer, from my collection.

Delaware & Hudson Railway GP39-2s 7404 and 7615 roll through upstate New York with a freight. D&H 7404 is the former Reading Line 3404 (some of the old RDG yellow is showing through on the number... (more)

Delaware & Hudson Railway GP39-2 7404 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in December 1974 as Reading Lines 3404. The D&H later renumbered it to DH 374, and it later ended up on C... (more)

I always loved C&NW's GP7 and GP9 museum. Were there any two exactly alike? Orphans were gathered on the cheap from all over, this one coming from NYC/PC/CR 5657 via PNC. And check out that hor... (more)

I've had this slide for years. Definitely one of the oldest in my collection. I looked at it today and decided I could do something with it. Photographer unknown, from the Tom Smart collection... (more)

I looked to see if I had posted this before and found 869 at the same spot. No photographer noted on the slide. From my collection.