One of the last of the ragtag, sectional track on bare ground, rundown, dented locomotives, decrepit freight car operations around, this company was a delight to visit and generally friendly to ra... (more)

Nickel Plate Road 1500hp FM H12-44 No.153 built 4/58 one of twenty-two (134-155) owned by the NKP. Number 153 was in yard service at Toledo, Ohio on August 2,1963. Photo by Howard Ameling, from ... (more)

Running on the Colorado & Southern trackage at Sand Creek Junction near Denver on September 09, 1968, an eastbound Burlington freight is propelled by five Chinese red units with U28B 112 on the ... (more)

Livingston, Montana was Northern Pacific's major diesel maintenance facility for their entire transcontinental fleet of freight and passenger locomotives as well as the Rocky Mountain Division... (more)

Fairbanks-Morse H12-44. From a google search. This locomotive was purchased by the Southern Pacific. Not sure why it has yellow UP paint. Corrections, additions are welcome.

UP M-10001 is in charge of train 2, the City of Portland (6 cars), at Cheyenne Wyoming on July 7th 1935. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Shenandoah Valley RS-11m originally built for the N&W sits with Precision Locomotive Western Maryland SD40 7471. Picture taken with permission and with all required PPE.

Freshly painted SD60I PSUA 2020 sits outside in Hollidaysburg awaiting pickup by Norfolk Southern Local HI10, the Altoona-based local that serves the Cove Secondary. This locomotive, owned by Penn... (more)

Welcome Home PSU 2020, Penn State's demonstrator SD60I arrives at its new home, the Railroaders Museum in downtown Altoona. This locomotive was donated to the university by Norfolk Souther... (more)

The Northern Pacific Railway continued to use FT's long after other railroads had traded theirs for 2nd-generation diesel locomotives. The Tacoma Division was the home of the remaining FTs in t... (more)

Ns 8758 sit's rusting away at the local scrap yard.

Intermodal switchers at Alliance yard.

Rock Island train number 509, The Rocket, is seen at Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A 1948-built Baldwin switcher sits on display outside Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark. This engine started out as a switcher for the Sloss Furnaces before being sold to U.S Pipe & Foundr... (more)

Rare as hen's teeth, even in 1982, this unit is a little gem, somebody's bet and historical, having been a switcher at the builder's plant many years ago. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collecion. ... (more)