Southbound passenger train at the Station in Dwight, IL. Taken on Kodachrome II film with a Miranda G camera.

Three GG-1's run light northbound through Adams Station on the Penn Central mainline. Was there any train these motors could not handle?

For my 1,000th picture on RP.net I really wanted to do something a little special. Just about every Montreal River photo I ever took on the ACR/WC had a little story to go along with it due to the... (more)

Classic N&W steam action in Roanoke in this Summer 1954 scene as train #46 rolls through downtown behind J-class #605. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

No. 12 was sabotaged by someone removing a rail on a curve just before a fill on a downgrade at Mile 4 during the night. The 2 Canadian Pacific hoists were leased at $10,000 per day per hoist and ... (more)

Northbound Cedar River local works towards the next stop at St Ansgar as the sun peaks over the morning clouds. This job today has what getting to be an unusual consist for Iowa. IC 6201 has been... (more)

In Stanley Yard Toledo PC 6306 has done what her tri-mount trucks were known for, picking of switches on uneven trackage. En route to get their train this all Alco engine consist has tied up the... (more)

'Mornin Roanoke! 67D stopped to swap crews and add fuel while the sun began its daily ritual. The 70Ace demo, 2012, had the honor of leading the empties back towards Chicago. Thanks HankDale for... (more)

N&W Y6 2149 at Roanoke...Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.

B&O E9A 1441 looks to be ready to head out of Washington Union Station while a PRR GG-1 looks on in the background. The old B&O livery was very dignified.

Chasing the setting sun, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #17 is minutes away from its regular station stop at Provo.

A southbound Katy Mikado, built by Lima in 1923, leads its 72 car freight onto a siding in order to take on water. Its immaculate appearance is typical of Katy maintenance standards in the latt... (more)

Diehard photographers of the OLD UP will recognize this seldom seen side of Sherman Hill, the west slope so-to-speak. Late afternoons in the summer presented somewhat of a degree of difficulty get... (more)

Accelerating rapidly, a 5011 class 2-10-4, built by Baldwin in 1944, is leaving Amarillo westbound. These massive locomotives had 74 inch drivers and developed 93,000 lbs. of tractive effort. ... (more)

Recently painted units out of the Quality Rail shops .