I Love the Smell of Metal Grinding in the Morning

Viewed from the Dutch door, the rear end brakeman on a Rio Grande rail grinding train watches dome-observation Silver Sky p... (more)

After exiting one of Rio Grande’s tunnels near Lynn, Utah, a train of empty hoppers continues east toward Helper.

An eastbound Rio Grande manifest twists and turns, following the Price River near Kyune, Utah.

A Grande Gold caboose brings up the markers on an old-school Rio Grande camp train moving west through Palmer Lake, Colorado.

An old-school Rio Grande camp train moves west through Palmer Lake, Colorado. The sandstone formation on the upper left is known as Elephant Rock.

Followed Up with a Six-Pack A half-dozen Rio Grande cabooses bring up the markers of an eastbound bare table train in the sag between Spruce and Palmer Lake, Colorado.

A westbound Rio Grande manifest follows the Salt Creek toward the Colorado River at Mack, Colorado. At this point, the D&... (more)

With five assorted GP’s for power, a westbound Rio Grande manifest escapes the cloud cover just before ducking under Interstate 70 at Mack, Colorado.

Clubfoot at BD

In 1975, Morrison-Knudsen undertook a program to rebuild eight Delaware & Hudson RS3’s with 12-cylinder 251C prime movers, upgrading them to 2000 horsepower. The cho... (more)

With a solid train of product from the salt mines on the Genesee & Wyoming, the Delaware & Hudson’s “salt train” follows the Canisteo River east on the Southern Tier line at Cameron, New York.

Four Delaware & Hudson Alco models in three paint schemes congregate in East Binghamton yard.

Two Delaware & Hudson U33C’s are ready to go to work at East Binghamton yard. During this period, the Belden Hill pushers were typically a pair of the big GE’s, and that’s the assignment that thes... (more)

Another mixed bag of Guilford power passes through Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton yard. Three hastily patched recent Boston & Maine acquisitions, a former ITC SD39 and two ex-Conrail GP40’s, ... (more)

Another mixed bag of Guilford power passes through Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton yard. Three hastily patched recent Boston & Maine acquisitions, a former ITC SD39 and two ex-Conrail GP40’s, ... (more)

A visit to Delaware & Hudson’s East Binghamton yard usually yielded multiple views of multi-schemed motive power lash-ups that were different from any other power consists that had previously been... (more)