New York, Susquehanna & Western GP18 class unit 1800 stands in front of the sanding tower in Binghamton, New York. The 1962 EMD, which is seen in new territory on the recently-acquired Northern Di... (more)

Visits to Lamberts Point, Virginia in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s usually were rewarded with veteran Alco locomotives of several types working around Norfolk & Western’s coal piers. First gen... (more)

A pair of freshly painted former Rock Island GP18s leads a sister unit on a Chicago Rail Link drag passing through Pullman Junction. Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

Two NYS&W units are seen from the platform of the old East Syracuse station.

Not many places can you still see an GP18 leading a main line freight. Even less so can you see one leading a road freight with a caboose and a while flag special. NHN takes pride in there heritag... (more)

An unexpected Friday afternoon southbound on the GNRR with their EMD 567 leading 24/3 freight. Marble chips are booming, with 23 loaded hoppers making up the majority of the train.

The Keolis Middleboro Extra drops off a set of equipment at the layover yard in Middleboro with MBTA 904.

NYS&W 1800 brings a single C&O/Chessie System RBL east across Midland Ave in Saddle Brook. Since a trainman is riding the front steps (anyone recognize him?) the crew may have some work to do in ... (more)

Boston & Maine GP18 1750, the first of six on the B&M roster, leads its train through the yard at East Deerfield, MA, while an Alco switcher works in the distance. I always liked the slant-nose pr... (more)

A combined road freight & grain empty is laying down sand & smoke for the small hill at Woodstock. With 8/2 freight and 35 empty CSX corn covered hoppers, even this mostly empty train gives the m... (more)

The Central California Traction heads for the Santa Fe interchange at Mormon Yard. The trainman is throwing fusees out onto the side streets to warn motorists.

Chicago and Northwestern GP18 1776 at Proviso Yard January 1978. One of the longest lived Bicentennial paint schemes, the 1776 was painted into this scheme in August 1975 and finally painted back ... (more)