In the pre-Barringer paint scheme a SB train is rattling along on the less than great rail, probably near Greenville. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

The KATY sits at the East end of NS's Allentown Yard awaiting assignment.

BAR's F3(A) 49 and BL2 50 rests at the roads Northern Maine Junction yard at Hermon, Maine on March 03, 1980.

BN 986 rests at Harrison St. next to the roundhouse in Minneapolis. The former GN NW5 along with NW2s and Alco S-2 switchers were among the oldest power inherited by BN when the merger occurred in... (more)

Metro 1 spotting boxcars at WSI

BN 6009, an SD7, shares the Belknap Yard engine facilities with for more SD7s and SD9s was well as other EMD power between assignments they day after Christmas 1975. Located next to downtown Super... (more)

A Union Pacific West Elk coal train grinds up Soldier Summit passing by Castle Gate, UT. Its a fight for the summit as soon as trains leave Helper battling the ruling 2% grade to Castle Gate and 3... (more)

CSX's Monon and New York Central heritage units lead train M21227 north out of Nashville, Tennessee, with the state capital building and part of the downtown skyline in the background.

A fate worse than death? Maybe not but life was hard for an old unit on BS&G's makeshift railroads. One of the last truly ragtag old southern operations. Ramshackle "Snaptrack" laid on... (more)

Welcome Home In early June 2024, the Danbury Railway Museum received ex-Amtrak AEM-7 #917.

A broadside view of VIA 6921, donated to Exporail in 2004.

After a weekend of delighting crowds at Los Angeles Union Station for Trainfest 2023 and then delighting a number of photographers on the turntable at Redondo Junction, 3751 begins to make the fin... (more)

Metra's CB&Q heritage engine is seen heading into downtown Chicago as it passes the Amtrak's 14th Street Yard.

One of two GP9s in a vintage paint scheme on the SBVR (the other is Chessie colors 6240) rolls through Romney passing the boarding site for the popular Potomac Eagle excursion trains. The SBVR's o... (more)

The sixaxle 9000 kW multisystem "EURO9000" has an electric and a diesel-electric power unit and was built by Stadler. The locomotive is pulling empty tank cars from Tankanlage Rümlang via Wintert... (more)