A former Delaware & Hudson RS3 had found a new life on the Delaware Lackawanna (where she keeps her former D&H road number).

DRGW 5914 at Glenwood Springs, CO, Apr 17, 1983.

A Rick Schonfelder original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

Imagine you had these little beauties, a vintage freight train, several miles of track, plenty of time and a cooperative, friendly crew. Yes, it was a nice day. I’d trade 10 fantrips for one g... (more)

CN 323 with BCOL 4649, CN 2599, BCOL 4643 and only 22 cars heads west as CN 543 at left (with CSXT 3224 & CSX 468 for power) recedes into the distance as it backs up at Turcot West.

Two old warriors on the mainline today. Canadian National 324 passes the Leduc Farm as it approaches the Canada/U.S border at Noyan Qc

CN GMD/CN GMD-1u 1421

At Cantic near the Canada/U.S border, Montreal-St Abans Vermont Canadian National #324 has just crossed over to the Swanton Subdivision.

C&O F7(A) no.7004 sports an experimental paint scheme applied in 1960 to simplify the paint schemes, yet providing good visibility of the units at grade crossings. Two F7As nos.7004 and 7068, and ... (more)

"South Shore Freight" motor 805 is en route to its work assignment as it cruises down 11th street under NICTD catenary wire.

Built in May 1989, Savannah River Site's one and only B40-8 stands in a perfect setting for it's portrait at Spartanburg, South Carolina. S.R.S./D.O.E. rosters only two units, this lone B40-8 and ... (more)

A one-of-a-kind paint job on Amtrak 4316 (ex-PC nee-PRR) captured by Roger Puta in Harrisburg, PA in August 1971. The story goes that Amtrak needed something for publicity with its newly refurbish... (more)

From my slide collection. Photo by Ralph Back.

Painted nearly the same gray as the covered hoppers it switches, this Plymouth "critter" at the South Carolina Central's yard in Floyd, South Carolina, blended into the background. One would thin... (more)

A very railroad-looking 70-Tonner