History at Hoboken. Erie Lackawanna Railway (EL) U34CH no. 3372 (GE, 1970-1973) and Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) E8 no. 5711 (EMD, 1949-1954) are seen side by side during NJ Transit's 40... (more)

Erie Lackawanna U34CH 3372 and PRR E8A 5711 on display at Hoboken Terminal during NJ transit's 40th Anniversary event.

The former Erie Lackawanna/NJ DOT U34CH recently restored by the URHS in Boonton, NJ shares the spotlight with one of Bennett Levin's Pennsylvania Railroad E8As. The event was NJ Transit's "... (more)

Back in 1983, Mr. John M. Gould purchased a couple of my limited edition lithograph prints of my railroad paintings. This started up a friendship in which we traded slides and photographs for yea... (more)

Warbonnets on freight became more common as more passenger trains disappeared. May have kept the silver units together due to gearing differences with blue units.

Only shot I got of passenger F3 power leading on freght is this westbound.

A long gone scene Via rails MLW FPA$ 6781 leads a set being serviced for its next trip in the summer of 1981. Everything here is gone the coaling tower the units and the yard its self Photo ta... (more)

KJRY's outbound train from the Tazewell and Peoria yard is lead by the usual A-B-A set of FP9's and a GP20 to boot. The wreath from December's Santa Train is still hanging on in mid-January.

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

The "Silver Pilot" departs Union with an exclusive dinner train for the showcase weekend, as part of an all night event.

CB&Q E5 9911-A leads the Nebraska Zephyr East on a night run at IRM. In celebration of the museum's 70th anniversary, they pulled a all-nighter and ran trains the entire night from 9/16 into 9/17.

MC 2026 shoves dinner train equipment over Cohasset Narrows after meeting the Energy Train. The vertical-lift railroad bridge is seen in the background.

A New Lease On Life. The Woodstown Central Railroad announced on Friday, September 15, 2023, that it has secured the lease of former Reading FP7 902 (EMD, 5/1950) from the Reading Company T... (more)

Sonora Baja California EMD F7A 2101 gets looked after at the pit in Benjamin Hill Sonora in April 1979

For one day, to join N&W #611's return to the rails, famed #501 was dressed to play the part of an ACL locomotive on loan to the Norfolk & Western, replicating the 1958-59 period where such a thin... (more)