L&N eventually acquired a pretty big group of C420s, but not in the usual way. First, L&N purchased 16 new C420s from Alco, then two more were acquired with the takeover of the Tennessee Central,... (more)

A three-builder set of locomotives has an empty coal rain really rolling just a few minutes out from the yard at Corbin.

Delaware Lackawanna ALCo RS-32 number 2035 creeps down the siding at Bonduelle to pickup a Cyro-Trans reefer in Brockport, NY.

The northbound daily UPS train to Chicago battles a snow squall.

Second Generation Branch Line. On the evening of Tuesday, July 21, 2020, Genesee & Wyoming's San Joaquin Valley Railroad 2122 (BL20-2, EMD, 1992) leads SJVR 3000 (Progress Rail PR30B) and a... (more)

A single P30CH leads a passenger train across the diamonds at Wellsboro. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of Amtrak F40PHs lead the X2000 trainset as it departs Chicago for its next station stop. Tom Golden photo.

The freight train returns to FCALP / Ferrocarril Arica a La Paz: The old and historic FCALP (international railroad between Chile and Bolivia) resumed freight rail operations after 15 years... (more)

Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.

A Alco RS 1 # 5641 of the N de M railway sits by the road shop in Juarez Mexico on a Spring day in 1979. At this time there were many Alco units In use here. Two RS 1s switched the yard here

A colorful foursome of SD40s of various vintages await the next assignment at the limestone/aggregates complexes in Marble Falls, TX.

PRLX 2842 was delivered as SP SD45T-2 9399
FBRX... (more)

A duo of Livonia, Avon and Lakeville ALCos haul a long southbound train as they approach East River Road on a March evening.

LOF67 works Gemco Yard, with an assortment of freight cars including a tractor bound for the Santa Maria Valley providing the backdrop.

Union Pacific ALCO RSC-2 1289 equipped with an extra large snow plow at Council Bluffs, IA. in August, 1967. Photo from my slide collection, no photographer listed.

Vulcan Turbo. The final chapter of the "Multi-Purpose 15" book was written by the MP15T. A descendent of the SW1500, SW1504, MP15DC and later MP15AC, this model was mechanically ... (more)