2816 pulls out of it's fourth maintenance stop of the day, on top of meeting six trains, on the marathon run of about 320 miles from Minot, ND to Glenwood, MN. Here the Hudson says goodbye to Nor... (more)

Lots going on in this Minot North Dakota scene on July 11th 1956. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The WW102 crew takes a single car down CSX trackage in downtown Winchester, Virginia to access the "Sandman Branch" where the customer, Continental, is located. The George Washington H... (more)

The NS 22H, with the Conrail Heritage Unit trailing, crosses the Vermilion River bridge in Vermilion, Ohio.

Northern Pacific train number 407 is seen departing Portland Oregon on July 29th 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

K190 with a Steamrail Victoria heritage special from Geelong at South Kensington.

Newly delivered Vlocity set 3VL117 leads the 2.30pm Geelong line service through South Kensington.

A pair Kansas City Southern GEVO's lead a southbound manifest freight as they climb the grade out of Kansas City, Missouri after departing from Knoche Yard. The train soars over a valley that East... (more)

The W&W 102 train passes my scrap yard, Hub Scrap in Winchester, VA. I largely moved my operation from Hagerstown, MD to this site in 2019. It had been the Zuckerman Company's site since the mi... (more)

Union Pacific 2-8-8-0 3604 leads 61 car freight number 258 east at 12 MPH in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Conrail's TV16a (I believe the "a" refers to a section, but not sure if it's the second and the first had no suffix, or it's the first). TV16 was a Dewitt to North Bergen trailer van tra... (more)

Two classics meet north of Minot.

A pair of SD70ACe's are on the point of loaded BNSF coal train C BKMOTM0 19A as it sits tied down on the main outside of Ottumwa, Iowa. This train is bound for the Muscatine Generating Station, wh... (more)

Although it's been a while since sunrise, the cool air still made for a good plume as 2816 rolls down the grade out of Anamoose.

2816 climbs the grade from the Sheyenne River after passing under BNSF's massive viaduct.