The late 90's for the BNSF seen them extremely power short. With the merger the power ended up scattered all over hell. A person didn't know what to expect with the passage of the next train. Here... (more)

Classic Santa Fe in the 90s. Pretty red and silver units pulling intermodal around a nice curve. The curve west of Chillicothe has always been a fan favorite for many years. Recent times, the curv... (more)

In the 90s, Amtrak actually serviced a purpose. They ran trains and hauled some mail. Here, the Southwest Chief roars east at Stronghurst on the Chili Sub with a decent size train. Scanned Slide f... (more)

A McCook to Los Angeles auto train has just passed an eastbound intermodal train near Dahinda on the Chilli Sub. Pair of blue and yellow charge west towards next crew change at Fort Madison, IA, i... (more)

I shot a lot of SP trains around Galesburg in the mid-90s. One thing I didn't get leading were these Colt Belt Dash 8s. Here, a pair of them lead a westbound SP train over the ATSF Chili Sub towar... (more)

I shot this at Wilsmere Yard near Wilmington DE on July 8, 1978. A Baltimore & Ohio SW1, circa 1940, and a former Chesapeake & Ohio NW2, about nine years newer, sit next to a boxcar with a roof ha... (more)

Conrail's ALEN (Allentown-Enola).

RPPY (Rouses Point-Potomac yard).

The EMD Model 40 was a diesel-electric industrial locomotive built by Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), and its corporate successor, General Motors' Electro-Motive Division (EMD) between August 19... (more)

As the Swift RoadRailer highballs the siding at Mott, California, it is less than half an hour from a crew change at Dunsmuir.

E9As 9913 and 9902 stabled after the evening commute.

Lehigh Valley Alco FA2 582 mated with an FB-1 and two EMD counterparts powers this NE-1 passing in front of the joint LV-RDG station with a pair of SW-8's working the locals on February 29, 19... (more)

A visit to New Jersey Transit's Raritan "deadline" reveals a pair of EMD E8A's. The 4267 was built for the Pennsylvania Railroad and 4285 was built for the New York Central. Off to the... (more)

Westbound Conrail intermodal on the Pittsburgh line.

Photo by unknown. From my collection. Relco Leasing was the grandaddy of leasing with over 50 years in business. In general they specialized in small second-hand units. Most were painted in a ... (more)