SC 1101 brings up the rear of the Polar Express as it moves down Beach Street on its way to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Santa Cruz would not be the same without trains. Long may they run.

LTV Steel (ex-Erie Mining) 4214 is finished unloading and is about to head back to the mine with an eclectic assortment of power in October of 1993. Lake Superior looms in the background.

The Vermillion Valley Railroad's two F9s, SD-M, GP9Rm, GP-9, and crane "Erwin" sit inside their yard complex on a chilly November afternoon. Where else can you see an arrangement of moti... (more)

Via 6501 brings #72, the Point Pelee thru Bayview Jct. on a Beautiful day in May of 1988. F-units were made for passenger trains!

While half the world was chasing the Cheyenne Frontier Days train with the UP 844 in some beautiful sunny weather, severe storms in northern Illinois cancelled a scheduled night photo session. Onl... (more)

A rare weekend OCS excursion heads west on it's final miles to it's arrival to Mechanicville Yard.

On August 3rd, 2016, Norfolk Southern ran its Office Car Special over the former Nickel Plate Road between Cleveland, Ohio and Buffalo, New York. Here, the train is seen gliding across the Grand R... (more)

The WICT test train from Janesville, WI to Fox Lake, IL was supposed to end short of the bridge over the Fox River. So imagined how surprised the few of us who did the whole chase were when the cr... (more)

NS 952 with the executive F Units rolls northbound through beautiful downtown Thomasville, NC passing by the big chair.

The classy set of Norfolk Southern A-B-B-A F units head east over the Nickel Plate shortly after departing Calumet Yard in Chicago. The F9A's were originally Baltimore & Ohio while the F7B's were ... (more)

Via 6501 brings the Point Pelee thru Bayview Jct. on a splendid day in May of 1988

First thing Saturday I’d drive from engine terminal to engine terminal, taking inventory, checking to see what’s in, what’s new, what’s old. This usually took about an hour. But on October... (more)

Although the motive power and crew car are different than on its predecessor California Zephyr, which began service on this route in March, 1949, the last-ever westbound Rio Grande Zephy... (more)

Westbound NS 955 office car special deadhead move speeds past CP Delphi near Delphi, IN on the former Wabash line, 8/3/14, shortly after dawn. The train's destination is St. Louis, MO.