Fifties classics cross paths. In what could be a scene out of the mid-1950s on one of the Norfolk & Western's Ohio routes, the J-Class Northern #611 charges through a rural crossing as the ... (more)

Executing a "hard start". On most railroad photo shoots, run-bys are initiated out of sight of the photo line from around a curve or behind a stand of trees. This serves two purp... (more)

CSX Manifest arrives at the P&W interchange after a modest 3” snowfall.

The special train "full moon" of the Rhaetian Railway from St.Moritz to Alp Grüm, where the guests enjoyed a glacier fondue, is on its way back along Lago Bianco at about 2250 meters ab... (more)

BN E9 3 pulls the Nebraska Zephyr onto the car line for headroom in the snow.

OKLAHOMA CITY OK Sept 3 1978 — Santa Fe U28CG 7901 makes a reverse move with its train. U28CGs were delivered in Red and silver warbonnet for passenger service. With the creation of Amtrak they ... (more)

El 18 # 2243 of the Norwegian State Railways (NSB) is entering Finse on the Bergen railway, with an express train from Bergen to Oslo. The cars are of type B7 built in the mid 1980'. The El 18 loc... (more)

D&RGW train 17, the California Zephyr, is seen near Cliff Colorado in the 1960s. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

BN GP39M 2804 heads east as it's about to hit the diamond at Rochelle. The 2804 is somewhat interesting in regards to GP30's. It was one of eight GP30's built for the SP as their 7402.

The goal is to have a Herzog ditching train do work in one of the tunnels west of Crescent, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on April 24, 2007—but Mother Nature has other... (more)

On July 3, 1989, an eastbound Burlington Northern coal train rolls through a curve east Newcastle, Wyoming. Powering the train are Cascade green BN EMD SD40-2 No. 6736, leading a quartet of GE loc... (more)

Five GP60s (2 GP60M-3s bracketing 3 GP60Bs) head north on the Kettle Falls Sub leading a 59 car train towards Chewelah.

A race of sorts is occurring out of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on September 1, 2007. Lone Canadian National EMD SD60F No. 5554 powers an empty unit sulphur train eastbound, while on the other sid... (more)

Noting the number of shots I've uploaded and knowing that I had thousands of slides, I thought a "3000" was a piece of cake. My favorite would have been Clinchfield 3000 but that shot i... (more)

NS 778 with NS 8114 leading passes under the old PRR coaling tower in near whiteout conditions.