Mixed consist going fast. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Grand Canyon Railway 2-8-0 18 leads 2-8-2 4960 in the late afternoon on a fine summer day in 1998

OKLAHOMA CITY OK Nov 16 1980 — BN GP38-2 2308 idles at the engine shed awaiting its next assignment. EMD built the unit in January 1975 for the Frisco as SLSF 453. My photo.

Philadelphia & Reading 4-6-0 "Camelback" number 600 is seen leading two cars at 25 MPH near Albion New Jersey on August 11th 1932. Thank you, Gord Young from Peterborough Canada, for the very inte... (more)

WC 586, a rare EMD SDL39, leads a freight up Byron Hill in November of 1999. The hill is being double tracked at this time and helpers are still used with current owner CN.

A rather eclectic lash up rolls east at the entrance to corn country (as opposed to cow country) near Anselmo, NE. AFSF 5009 is a 1966 SD40 that was rebuilt as an SD40u. The fuel tender and SD40-2... (more)

An afternoon Brunswick Line commuter (MARC 211) slows for its scheduled 5:23 p.m. arrival at Point of Rocks.

B&O F7A 4566 (née B&O F7A 369, built 01/1951, EMD) was sold to MK and shipped t... (more)

Q405 approaches the 58th Street crossing in Philadelphia as the head end clears the bridge over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The train is led by an impressive, colorful 6-unit consist of four axl... (more)

Operations were a bit unsettled in the months following the CSX and NS split and takeover of Conrail. Due to a backlog of trains and a shortage of crews on the River Subdivision, certain low-prio... (more)

8057 was found leading three other CSX SD40-2s on Conrail ALCS west out of Allentown Yard.

OKLAHOMA CITY Nov 16 1981 — Burlington Northern GP50 3101 is ready for its next assignment. EMD built the unit for the Frisco as SLSF 790 in December 1980. My photo.

SOO was a big buyer of the basic 40s. This one is hauling freight train Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Out in the sunflower vastness of the Nebraska Sandhills, BN 5584 leads a set of DC power on an eastbound coal train through cow country west of Mullen.

SAGINAW TX June 4 1978 — BN (CS) SD7 814 awaits a call to duty. EMD built the unit in February 1953. The SD7 is sub-lettered for Colorado and Southern. It was renumbered to 6074 before being ret... (more)

PRR 4809 leads 11 cars at 60 MPH near Stelton New Jersey on August 19th 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.