There is a lot to see at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. But, if you're lucky enough to get into the old Central Pacific/Southern Pacific shops nearby, there is even more to s... (more)

Waiting for crew change

Southern Pacific Railroad owned and operated eleven classes of cab forward steam locomotives. Their AC-12 class of simple articulated 4-8-8-2 cab forward steam locomotives was the last class of s... (more)

Reading 2102 rolls along the Susquehanna River at Osterhout with its passenger train on a warm June day.

A well-powered train launches from Cheyenne at sunrise to tackle Sherman Hill on its route westbound.

The Grand Rapids Eastern pulls across a wooden trestle on Flat River in Lowell, MI as it works King Milling. This is former Grand Trunk Western Tacage that the GRE keeps alive. The King Milling Co... (more)

Eastbound CN 198 passes through the scenic Swan Landing, on their way towards Edmonton with a long intermodal train, at almost 10 PM on one of the longest days of the year

Still carrying its C&NW colors, it was a nice surprise to see #6706 on the point of this eastbound Z train. The train made excellent time across CA and into AZ passing by me at 6:13am on a mild mo... (more)

BNSF 743 is only about 2 months old, with two more apparently from the same vintage. They sit over Cicero Ave awaiting their entrance into Corwith Yard.

Pair of CP Canadians at Vancouver BC

Waiting to Depart. Recently returned to service, the Mt. Jefferson trainset prepares to depart Seattle for parts south.

BNSF 715 E/B Intermodal is just starting to move after waiting for a W/B Intermodal at Rio Puerco, NM on June 4, 1998 with BNSF 8278, LRCX 8113 and a Santa Fe B23-7.

A clean SD40-2 lash-up hauls a long freight train out to the CSX interchange, passing the old silos at Gurley.

Great Northern SD45 400, "Hustle Muscle" leads the North Shore Scenic Railroad's "Two Harbors Turn". A diesel double-header with LSRX 245 leading a 5-car excursion train pas... (more)

Southern Pacific train 131 departs San Francisco. My 70's photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/