West bound at Valparaiso Indiana on the PRR Chicago-Fort Wayne line, in 1963. Dennis Schmidt photo, from my collection.

Out on the ex-GFRR nee-G&F branch north of Valdosta, you will find this locomotive transforming, ever so slowly, into what will be a splendid addition to the CPR Azalea Sprinter operation. Ex-NYC... (more)

THE SEMINOLE arrives in Effingham on a cold morning behind a GofG E8 and two IC E9A units. It is crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad's Panhandle Line here and the Pennsy's position light signals ca... (more)

Covered Wagons At Dock. An excursion special for the American Association of Railroad Superintendents (AARS) July 21, 2013 in New Jersey. Juniata Terminal Railroad's former Pennsylvania Ra... (more)

SARX 6913 was built for the Southern Rwy , then sold to NJ transit in the mid 80`s.

Gold Coast has some interesting equipment, but is often times overlooked due to the general location of the museum, next to Miami Zoo. This item never wore FEC paint, but in 2002, came dressed fo... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound Toronto-New York Niagra Rainbow headed up by a pair of E-8s passes under the Marion branch bridge over CP15 in Newark, NY in November 1978. The Marion branch bridge was removed ... (more)

Outbound commuters.

C&O passenger train on the B&O at Seymour, Indiana on March 10, 1968. Photo by R. Peters, photo part of my slide collection.

For several years in the early 1990’s, Amtrak would borrow some equipment from Chicago’s Metra to sub for Amtrak trains on the Chicago to Milwaukee “Hiawatha” corridor on Thanksgiving week... (more)

It's May 15, 1962, and train number 53, the southbound City of Miami, is at the Atlantic Coast Line depot in Tifton, Georgia, led by Central of Georgia E8 #812, in Illinois Central colors. Having ... (more)

Rock Island E8A 650 leaving La Salle Street Station of Chicago

In 2018, A former Pennsylvania Railroad E8A Locomotive had been repainted into Southern Railway colors and was on display at Grants Mill Station shopping center in Irondale, AL., along with some o... (more)

Not sure what the future holds for this gem, which spent a lot of time riding the rails after restoration 10-12 years prior. In 2021, it was moved off the property for good.

With temps hovering at 6 degrees Fahrenheit, there is an abundance of frost on the ground and on the coaches of the CN-IC Santa Train. This turned out to be the last year an IC E-Unit would be on... (more)