Two days before the Conrail takeover, a westbound freight exits the famed State Line Tunnels on a beautiful evening.
On a beautiful summer morning, the crew of the Hudson local flag Warren and 7th Streets during the busy rush hour as they ascend towards Greenport Center to the ADM Mill with 15 loads.
UP EMD DDA40X 6927 with SD40-2 3197 near Hermosa Tunnel, Wyoming. A Mike Bledsoe Photo.
The Long Island Rail Road acquired 222 owl-eyed MP54 class MUs in 1909 and 1910, and some survived in service past their 60th birthday. This riveted veteran led an outbound consist of mixed car t... (more)
Union Pacific SD40-2 3725 plus three more and two GE C30-7's at City of Commerce, California.
It's a few months after the Burlington Northern, Santa Fe merger. Things still look and feel like nothing has happened on the Santa Fe. With a pure set of red and silver warbonnets in charge. But ... (more)
Pushing to Palmer Lake Two Santa Fe SD40-2’s are pushing a Burlington Northern coal train toward the Palmer Divide at Littleton, Colorado.
In November '88, prior to ordering a batch of wide cab EMD GP60M's with desk top controls, a first for Santa Fe, the railway borrowed an CN wide cab SD60F with desk top controls for demonstration... (more)
A southbound Amtrak train lead by AEM7 936 crosses the Gunpowder River at Chase, Maryland. In just over eight months, this quiet location would become nationally known thanks to a pothead named Ri... (more)
A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection.
The Coast Starlight heads north in the shadow of Mount Shasta. When the diner goes by there will be a nice whiff of breakfast.
A southbound Amtrak train glides over the Gunpowder River at Chase, Maryland.
Stopped by an emergency brake application, a westbound manifest on the Shasta Route cools its heels in the Butte Valley.
The term “GE 70-Tonner” normally refers to an end-cab switcher, but early examples were center cabs. Here, an unnumbered 1941 example stands on Standard Slag property in Weirton, West Virgini... (more)
An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.
