I have long loved the big boxy Brissonneau-Lotz BB-67400 class in France. Here we see one in a photo I took at Gare de Lyon, in Paris, on May 18, 1983. These units can work in both freight and pas... (more)
Keeping with the Penn Central tradition of leasing Bangor & Aroostook power after potato season was done, Conrail utilized a BAR GP9 on May 27, 1978 in Haworth NJ to pull a ballast train both nort... (more)
Conrail #8830, weekend commuter service southbound out of Poughkeepsie, NY comes around the curve in Cold Spring, NY with Breakneck Ridge looming behind on May 20, 1978. It's led by two Penn Centr... (more)
National Locomotive was a start up locomotive rebuilder on the propery of the Morristown & Erie Railroad in Morristown NJ. They had a bunch of retired Norfolk & Western RS36s and RS11s that they w... (more)
Driving through St. Louis, I came across this surprise, and ICG GP10 waiting downtown. I am told that this was likely an ICG transfer job…either from the ex IC East St. Louis or ex-GM&O Venice y... (more)