Union Pacific train number 111, the City of Denver, is seen leaving Denver on its first westbound run, with ten cars at 35 MPH, on June 19th 1936. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

New Cemex power for the Victorville operation.

A brand new NRE E3000CC-DC, originally built for Qube railway in Australia, looks great in a smart new livery for WPYR. It has picked up passengers from the cruise ship seen in the background on a... (more)

Look, Ma! No Fuel Tank!

EMDX SD40J 50, a Joule Battery Electric Locomotive built on the frame of an SD40-2 by Progress Rail Locomotive Inc. in Brazil, switches autoracks ... (more)

One of a kind the only RSD17 ever built Canadian Pacific # 8921 was known as the Empress of Agincourt. It spent much of its life running long transfers from one yard to another in the Toronto. Ph... (more)

A mother and slug set dedicated to the Curtis Bay Coal Pier slowly descends the grade with a mountain of coal in the background. Note the funky cab, and phone booth looking operators compartment o... (more)

A mother and slug set dedicated to the Curtis Bay Coal Pier slowly descends the grade with a mountain of coal in the background. Note the funky cab, and phone booth looking operators compartment o... (more)

One of a Kind A visit to Canadian Pacific’s Toronto Yard in Agincourt, Ontario brought my only encounter with the one and only MLW M640. This 4000-horsepower monster, by 1971 standards, ... (more)

One of a Kind. The Only M640 Built Canadian Pacific 4744 rests at the roads St Luc Yard in Montreal in the fall of 1977. Built in 2/1971 it had a 4000 hp 18 cyl 251 engine. Photo taken with pe... (more)

The Oldest Active NYC Subway Diesel. Built in 1965, the first new two-truck diesels that were purchased for present day NYC Transit Subway were General Electric R-37s 50-53. The need had gr... (more)

D&SNG 1202 enroute from South Carolina to Durango Co.

One of only two Alco RS27s left in existence is seen working the Minnesota Commercial Job 52. Job 52 is working the various industries along the Belt Line.

On display at the 75th Anniversary Open House at General Motors Electro-Motive Division’s plant in Illinois is Janesville & Southern (a fictional railroad) 52, a BL-2. Built by EMD in March 194... (more)

A Rare B&M FM P 12-42 #2 Passenger Lightweight loco sits its last days in a scrap yard in Leeds Maine