A typical 1970s Union Pacific lashup passes eastbound through Colton, California. UP DD35A 76 leads a DD35 (number 75B) and a GP30 on on April 27, 1978.
A Russell-bound C&O train meets a brace of smoking L&N U-25-B's on a transfer from Decoursey to Sharonville.
TP&W's sole GP-18 leads the eastbound to Logansport
Eastbound out of Asheville NC starts the assault over the Blue Ridge Mountains via a massive loop between Ridgecrest and Old Fort
A typical early '80s Santa Fe consist is on the headend of an eastbound train as it rounds the curve into Summit at the top of southern California's Cajon Pass on March 27, 1981. GP35 3326 leads a... (more)
In the mid-1960s EMD constructed new passenger power for a handful of railroads. These units were modified freight power - SD35s, SD40s and SD45s with steam generators included. Here we see one ... (more)
Seven EMD 6-axle diesels struggle to lift their train over Stevens Pass as the Burlington Northern Railroad crosses Washington's Cascade Mountains. Six SD40-2s and a lone SD45 combine to defy gra... (more)
Neat! 4 big EMD lead a stack train through Rochelle.
Classic former Pennsy position-light signals are 'partial' CPLs, since they display a red stop indication
Those covered hoppers look pretty new
Note white flags, and run-through SP power behind
Not all rail infrastructure was in great shape during the early 1970s...
Union Station is now a boutique hotel, although the trains continue to roll by, and many change crews at Kayne Avenue, just beyond the hotel.
A Los Angeles Metro "Gold Line" AnsaldoBreda P2550 light rail train heads east down 3rd Street past the Serbian Cemetery and near the Maravilla station in East Los Angeles on May 8, 2010.