National Locomotive's rebuilt former Norfolk & Western RS36 #1800 sits at the shops that NALCO shared with the Morristown & Erie Railroad. This was to be the first in a group of RS11 and RS36 rebu... (more)

A manifest comes into West Colton Yard off the Palmdale Cutoff. Power are a pair of SD40T-2s (SP and DRGW) bookending a MK SD40M-2 rebuild. Oct 25 1995.

An intermodal train for the Harbor serpentines its way towards West Colton Yard under the leadership of a rebuilt GP40, a Cotton Belt GP60, and a grime coated SD45T-2. Image taken from Pepper Aven... (more)

The hostlers pull an outbound train forward after putting the head end power on (as seen from Pepper Ave, over West Colton Yard). They will then hop on the helper unit and take up to the other end... (more)

A trio of two kind of new and one brand new eSPee AC4400CWs head towards the Wilmington Wye south of Dolores Yard. October 15 1995.

An Amtrak San Diegan set sits in Los Angeles Union Station awaiting its next run (I assume south, as the one going to Santa Barbara was on another track). F40PH #229 was built in May of 1975 and w... (more)

Two classes of General Electric passenger power head the Southwest Chief and the Sunset Limited at Los Angeles Union Terminal on December 28, 1994.

The Delaware Valley Railway operated the former Octoraro Railroad, which included this one-time Reading Railroad branch in northern Delaware. Delaware Valley's short life was from 1994 to 1999. I ... (more)

With airfare to Newark being 50% of airfare to Philadelphia, I flew into New Jersey for a cousin's wedding in Delaware. Doing so did give me the chance to ride the train to Wilmington and to get a... (more)

Maybe a tad off topic, but by definition a "passenger train," The MGM Grand-Bally's Monorail debuted in 1995, operating between the MGM Grand and Bally's hotels (which had been the MGM G... (more)

A southbound Amtrak Northeast Direct train pulls into Pennsylvania Station Baltimore, Maryland, on March 4, 1999. Power is AEM7 #929. My family and I would take this train down to Washington DC, w... (more)

VIA Rail train #60 to Montreal pulls out of Toronto Union Station back on March 15, 1999 (as seen from the access area by Jarvis Street). Consist is a F40, a baggage car, and a string of Budds.

VIA train #53 (which had recently lost its name, York) from Montreal slows for the end of its run to Toronto Union Station a quarter of a century ago. The train was still equipped with both LRC po... (more)

Heading through the unloader.

The morning mine train nears the USG plant in Plaster City as it brings the day's first load of crushed gypsum from the quarry. The open nose door on the MLW DL535E is common operating practice on... (more)