Santa Fe FM H16-44 roadswitchers Nos. 3013, 3005 and 3012 layover at Topeka between runs in September 1968. Photo by Ed Spitzer, part of my slide collection.

Lehigh Valley F3A 520, F3B 513, RS11 402 low nose and F7A 562 at Lehighton, Pa. in March 1965. Photo by W.J. Brennan, part of my slide collection.

My father visited the MN&S a few times on one his business trips to the Twin Cities. On this day in the early 1970s, he captured MNS DT6-6-2000 21 passing under Highway 55 as it enters Glenwood J... (more)

B&O's train 10 the eastbound Washington Express has just arrived at Cumberland in October 1967. C&O E7A 1422 was on loan to the B&O from April 1965 to December 1967. Photo by Tom Peterson , ph... (more)

Baldwin AS-16's 6206 (1600hp) and 6202 (1500hp), two of 16 owned by B&O. The second unit 6202 was the first BLW AS-16's built on a DRS-4-4-15 cast underframes. Beginning in October 1953 BLW AS-... (more)

B&O Eastbound (CR Northbound) passing Conrail's South Akron Yard on the shared Conrail-B&O Akron Branch.

Utah Railway Alco RSD15 403 at Martin Yard with a Coal Empty. As the unit notches up it lets out a cloud of black smoke. typical Alco turbo lag. photo taken in the late afternoon on a nice fall ... (more)

Railroad ferries were once commonplace on the Great Lakes. Here we see Ann Arbor's "City of Green Bay" entering the Elberta/Frankfort, MI harbor with a load of freight cars. A colorful y... (more)

C&O passenger train on the B&O at Seymour, Indiana on March 10, 1968. Photo by R. Peters, photo part of my slide collection.

Southern Pacific U33C 8707, built in late 1971 by General Electric, sits in the railroad's West Colton Yard. This order, SP 8688 through 8727 (as well as the following order, 8728 through 8737), ... (more)

Here's another intermodal led by C628s...this time on the D&H. In fading light, D&H 603 leads two other C628s on a container train coming off the D&H Freight Main headed to Albany in the mid 19... (more)

How would you like to see an intermodal like this in Bound Brook today? 50 years ago, Lehigh Valley C628s 626-629 lead Apollo-2 around the super-elevated curve at Bound Brook, NJ in early 1972. ... (more)

Penn Central RSD12 6863 works the hump at the Penn Central's Morrisville Yard in Morrisville, PA in early 1976. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.

My father was out on a late 1960s winter's day chasing a Reading Ramble when he photographed Reading GP35 3624 - C424 5204 - GP30 3602 leading a coal train off of the Bethlehem Branch into Allento... (more)

The BL2s were rather unsuccessful EMD design being a cross between an F-unit and a road switcher. The C&O owned 14 (the largest fleet) and used them almost exclusively in Michigan to power locals... (more)