An evening freight winds through Quivero with hopes of reaching Williams, Arizona by nightfall.

Iowa Interstate's "Americanized" QJ leads its sister #7081 and a freight train in route to Trainfest at Rock Island.

Atlantic Coast Line 4-6-2 1640 was one of 165 P-5b Class locomotives built between 1922 and 1926 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. They were designed as a dual purpose "Pacific" to take over freigh... (more)

A local freight sponsored by HTP and powered by SOO #1003 meets a 1940 Chevrolet.

With just minutes till sunset, storm clouds still persist as they had all day. The faint sunlight allows the fire box inspection holes to be visible in this broadside image.

The sunset silhouettes the grain bins and conveyors in rural farm country as the 765 pulls her train westbound.

Approaching Gary from the north, the highway and the South Shore Line cross over the B&O mainline at Miller, Indiana. As I crossed the bridge, off in the distance I saw an eastbound B&O freight re... (more)

N&W Y6 2-8-8-2 #2136 leads as southbound freight through Stoneville, NC in this September 1954 view. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection

Williams Bound. Rounding the curve at milepost 11.5, our southbound freight rolls towards Williams under a respectable smoke plume.

By The Dawn's Early Light. Before the sun made it over the horizon, GCRY 4960 storms over Espee Road with a photo freight as part of a Lerro Productions charter.

ATSF 3751 pulls a short mixed train down the UP ex SP valley line near Merced, CA on its way home from Railfair in Sacramento. It was running late, the sun was setting, the plan was to get a pictu... (more)

Almost every westbound Illinois Central freight would pause in Broadview to pick up or drop off a cut of cars from the IHB interchange. That was great from my point of view because I could sit bac... (more)

Almost every westbound Illinois Central freight would pause in Broadview to pick up or drop off a cut of cars from the IHB interchange. That was great from my point of view because I could sit bac... (more)

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)

Elsdon Yard, on Chicago's southwest side, had a roundhouse and service facilities for Grand Trunk Western steam power until the end of the steam era. We visited the yard and found a good number of... (more)