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.

A fifty eight car freight is westbound near Eads Colorado in 1950. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Evanston stunning departure during The great race to Ogden

An eastbound doublestack train.

UP 1995, the Chicago & Northwestern heritage unit, leads a manifest through downtown Austin

Burlington Northern Expediter train 42 crosses the Rock River and curves away from Oregon, Illinois, on April 1, 1989. I know, the weather is crappy and it’s “stick” season in the Midwest�... (more)

A westbound intermodal train waits for permission to proceed.

Snow Cometh To Those Who Wait For The Erie. After more than 700 days without measurable snow, on the night of Saturday, January 6, 2024, NJ Transit Train 2122 was passing through the distin... (more)

Westbound, east of Columbus, OH on the Pittsburgh, Columbus, Indianapolis, St. Louis line, a trio of Pennsy units handle it.

CSX Q643 southbound splits the former Monon semaphores at Romney, IN, 09/20/2003. Nikon F100, Nikkor 300mm f4 AF lens, Fujichrome Velvia. I remember chasing this train from Lafayette Junction with... (more)

SP 7851 leads a northbound at Valley Jct. in Sauget, IL on Union Pacific's Chester Sub. This Southern Pacific train, which consisted of a little bit of everything (intermodal, auto-racks, manifes... (more)

A pair of Southern Pacific AC4400s send a bit of smoke skyward while exiting the east end of the passing siding at Avondale, CO on BNSF's Pueblo Sub. In another 10 or so miles this loaded coal tr... (more)

On the date the F40PH must have failed and had to be dragged in. I always wondered what happens when HEP fails and there is no backup. Do the cars have some way of generating heat? Important to... (more)

ATSF train 17, The Super Chief, is seen running 70 MPH west of Ayer Colorado on February 22nd 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF train 22, El Capitan, is seen departing Albuquerque New Mexico on June 28th 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.