Led by venerable Montana Rail Link EMD GP9 No. 109, MRL’s Helena local rolls smartly eastward between East Helena and Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of September 29, 2022.

With plenty of freight to move, and a scramble to acquire used locomotives to fill its roster, early Wisconsin Central was a colorful railroad. Three weeks after its startup, WC train 42 approache... (more)

Looks like a hot day, with crickets whirring and little going on. Certainly the snow fighting equipment can rest easy. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway GP9 6064 sits amng other power and a flocl of cabeese in Star, North Carolina. She was built for the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in 1956 as CO 6064. There seems ... (more)

A local freight rattles along in this small town led by a thinly disguised ex-Chessie unit. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Finger Lakes Railway GC2 rolling into Geneva

Greenville & Western Tailway crew works the ethanol facility at Cheddar, South Carolina in June of 2014 with two locomotives built for the Baltimore & Ohio. GRWL 3751 She was built as Baltimore & ... (more)

The Townsend local shoves back to their train in the siding after making a pickup off the main and with more work to do for a customer in the siding.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad's GP9 moves a cut of cars in sub-zero degree weather.

No time to lounge around for the Cana. Gotta get back to Gene.

Cabooses. On Thursday, May 18, 2023 CSX/Pan Am Train PL-1 three gifts for the Railroad Museum of New England. MEC/BM 77 caboose flat and MEC/BM 249 a converted troop slpr, both assigned to ... (more)

Originally built for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in 1957 and rolled over in to Chessie System after the merger in 1973, GP9 #6525 sits and rots away in Athens in present day.

An MRL GP9 & SD40-2 idle away as a storm is about to roll through Logan, MT

We Come Bearing Gifts. On Thursday, May 18, 2023, CSX/Pan Am Train PL-1 brought three gifts for the Railroad Museum of New England. MEC/BM 77 caboose flat and MEC/BM 249 a converted troop s... (more)