One lone Simpson switcher puttered around the Shelton waterfront at Mill 3 on one of the remaining last days before the railroad would become a fallen flag.

Second 81 crosses Kiowa Creek near Bennett behind EMD-re-engined FA 141, a load of autoracks out of Kansas City headed for dealers and showrooms in Denver and along the Front Range. It’s high su... (more)

There is a narrow window of oportunity for a shot like this. This scene embraces both history and the future (possibly). The future is Tacoma Rail's hill job, powered by former EMD SD70ACe-P4s 1... (more)

The train doesn’t go there anymore — Deadwood, South Dakota. Three BN SD9s were tied up at the end of the branch on Aug. 31, 1979, and the line was later abandoned.

When passenger E units were not available, Santa Fe ran its LaJunta to Denver train with freight F7s and a steam generator car. Weather-beaten 238 takes Train 191 out of Denver Union Depot on Aug... (more)

Rio Grande’s ski train with newer equipment is only ten miles from Moffat Tunnel as it negotiates the narrow confines of Rollins Canyon near Rollinsville with three of owner Phillip Anschutzâ€... (more)

BN train 3, once known as the Pacific Zip, bends around a curve through the rock outcroppings just west of Deception Creek, high up in the ewst slope of the Cascade Mountains near Scenic. This tra... (more)

After the Rio Grande ultimately joined Amtrak in 1983, its three famous F units served the winter of 1984 on the Ski Train. Afterwards, they spent their final days in ballast work train service ... (more)

Four F7 units get a roll on westbound Rock Island tonnage (and several 40-ft. box cars) out of Wellington, Kansas on Feb. 15, 1970, ten years before the road went out of existence. The second un... (more)

Rock Island Geep 1330 leads its local over the manual CB&Q crossing on the outskirts of St.Joseph, Missouri for a customer probably waiting for his shipment in the insulated box car. October 22, ... (more)

Santa Fe F7s and a CF-7 handle a westbound freight in central Texas near McGregor on Dec. 19, 1971, eight months after the passenger unit was bumped to freight by Amtrak.

Santa Fe F7 229C leads a westbound freight (geographically southeast) around the curves in hill and dale country of central Texas at Rogers, Jan. 30, 1971.

A baggage-express car, a coach and a snack-lounge behind a lone E-unit: This is all that’s left of the once-great Rocky Mountain Rocket by late September, 1966. Hard-pressed Rock Island lopped o... (more)

Milwaukee Extra 24 West tip toes across the Hall Creek trestle on the west slope of Snoqualmie Pass with a quartet of SD40-2s. Hints of electrification remain over the ballast deck bridge, and def... (more)

An eastbound BNSF Q train passes over a beautiful waterfall east of Skykomish, WA just after passing over the Foss River Trestle.