The Cochella Valley special is seen with it's mixed collection of SP/UP/ATSF passenger cars heading back to Los Angeles from Indio. The SP full length dome along with Sunset and Daylight cars can ... (more)

The faded Soo Line herald on the nose of FP7 No. 500, on display alongside the old Soo Line main in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.

back when Southern ran inspection specials, they liked the F units! these units are still in operation at Georgia's Stone Mountain Park. photo taken by my Dad, Richard Thomason

The "Namekagon 400" arriving in Spooner, Wisconsin. The open field was once the Spooner yard.

The "Namekagon 400" running over the WGN (ex-C&NW) heading for Spooner.

The "Namekagon 400" departing South Itasca headed for Spooner, Wisconsin. This was a special trip for the C&NW Historical Society's 2001 convention.

The "Namekagon 400" was the name of the special charter train operated between Superior and Spooner, Wisconsin for the C&NW Historical Society's 2001 convention. The power was two Algoma Central ... (more)

The Cochella Valley Special was run by the Pacific Railroad Society and is seen at Alhambra station picking up passengers. Train was a day trip out to Indio and back to LA.

The shop was full of like new condition FP 7s receiving an annual overhaul.

Just out of Hinton, the 1989 New River Train begins its WB journey back to Huntington. The A-B combo was turned on the Meadow Creek wye and run B unit first into Hinton on the way into town due to... (more)

The westbound Amtrak "San Francisco Zephyr" is rounding the Cold Spring Canyon curve and will head east for a short while. Barely visable is one of Espee's full length domes

The 1989 version of the New River Train (Huntington, WV to Hinton, WV) rolls by the Thurmond Station. The power for the 1989 train was CSX FP7 #118 and CSX F7B #119. CSX #118 started life in 1952 ... (more)

The San Joaquin Daylight is waiting for it's departure time from Glendale Station while a coast manifest rolls through the station headed for Taylor Yard. The Black Widow F7 is the 6349, and it ha... (more)

It took some creativity, but there were angles to be found that hid the train of former NJT commuter coaches, allowing one to reminisce about Reading Fs leading the Crusader into the setting sun.

The "Snowflake Special" is seen in the early morning light waiting to depart and pick up it's passengers for the ride back to Los Angeles