Photo Special On The Naugy. On Saturday, June 24, 2023 the Railroad Museum of New England operated a rare afternoon photo excursion that traveled all the way from Thomaston, Connecticut to ... (more)

I'm going to miss this railroad more than any other one since the Clinchfield. It was the closest big "exotic" railroad to me in the last few years. These units hark back to the days w... (more)

The Super Chief, AT&SF train 17, is seen west of Ayer Colorado in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Welcome To Honesdale. The The Stourbridge Line afternoon "Pocono Express" was near Sunrise Avenue in Honesdale, Pennsylvania on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 when it passed a neighbori... (more)

The locomotives featured at Railfest. From left: EMD F3A, ALCO PA-1, EMC SC, ALCO RS-32, ALCO 2-8-0 Consolidation and ALCO RS-3.

As passenger trains were cancelled everywhere a few classy looking units could still be captured. By the time I got to Wichita Falls later that year they were gone. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, fr... (more)

Another unspecified passenger train looking good with the Warbonnet leading the way. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Never numerous, less well known that the Fs and generally assigned to secondary trains, the Es were IMHO the height of elegance in the Warbonnet paint scheme. Here a passenger train waits to depa... (more)

Chicago, 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Manicured ballast, tell-tale poles, and The Capitol Limited, at Chicago in 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

One Night Only. On the evening of Friday, June 17, 2021 BO 51 (EA, EMC, 5/1937) was on display at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland along with AMTK 100 (P42DC, Midnight Blue) ... (more)

Modern Power At Strasburg. On Sunday, June 14, 2015, Norfolk Southern F9A 4270 (née-BO 937, EMD, F7A, 1/1952), was trailing as it was towed across Ronks Road in Ronks Pennsylvania. Along w... (more)

ACWR's freshly repainted E9 leads their passenger train consist at Pinehurst.

A pair of EMD E9A units sit in the historic roundhouse in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Hopefully one day we will see these beauties back on the rails.

Chicago and North Western 411 puffs along as it warms up on a frosty morning during the museum's 'Cabin Fever' event where equipment is run during the winter season. As you could expect, such an e... (more)