By this time, with all of the new power on Erie Lackawanna, a pure A-A set was a lucky catch. Especially with an old F3 in the lead! Near a seldom seen stretch called the "single iron" by the rail... (more)

Northbound excursion behind N&W Class J #611 at Spring City, TN || October 1984

A TGV Paris-Lausanne approach of Switzerland

Just fifty years ago Gresley class A4 Pacific No 60026 Miles Beevor heads north past Potters Bar with a lunch time Kings Cross (London) to Newcastle express. This was at the start of what was to b... (more)

1994 NRHS Excursion Train with N&W J #611 makes it's way back into Atlanta.

Amtrak train No. 280 blasts out of the tunnel at Garrison, New York, on April 11, 1991.

Former PLM (Paris-Lyon-Mediterainian) four-cylinder compound Pacific No 231K8 reverses into Calais Maritme station before taking the 'Fleche d'Or' (Golden Arrow) to Amiens where an electric loco w... (more)

Even by this date it was rare to find an SNCF electric loco still in its original livery. No BB-25121 approaches the Niederrheinthal tunnel beside the Marne-Rhein Canal at Stambach with a northbou... (more)

A loaded ore returns to the UP interchange at Rock Springs WY hauled by a A-B-B-A-A set of F-units. From the Colin Gray Collection

It's just one week after the EL was absorbed into Conrail and I spot a set of E8s at Marion, Indiana on the ex Penn Central. The train tied down after arriving from Columbus, Ohio in the morning a... (more)

Less than two months before the E-L will be absorbed into the newly formed Conrail, E-L E8's take charge on a westbound freight just west of Huntington, Indiana. Collection of Victor Williamson.

Here is another photo of one of the Woodhead route electric locos. This time one of the seven express passenger Co-Co machines No 27002 seen pulling away from Penistone with a London Marylebone to... (more)

Having showcased several of the late Kenneth Field's photos taken in the Pennine hills between Lancashire and Yorkshire I thought it was time to look at the electrified Woodhead route between Manc... (more)