Emerging from the tunnel at Bridge Bay on Lake Shasta, 4449 will duck into one more tunnel then head out onto the double deck Pit River Bridge which carries both highway traffic on the upper deck,... (more)

On the way home to Portland, SP 4449 is crossing the large bridge over the Sacramento River in Redding, CA with the Amtrak/4449 cross country excursion. It is Friday, April 29, 1977 and on Sunday,... (more)

A fitting visitor for this election day, the UP 4141 cuts through a thick fog surrounding the area while AFXAS 06 waits at the TRRA signal for its light to get into UP's Cotton Belt Yard.

eastbound Super C approaching Summit, CA with BiCentennial red white blue paint

With Doyle McCormick at the throttle, the American Freedom Train has arrived in southern California! Engine 4449, an ex-Southern Pacific GS-4 class 4-8-4, has been restored to operatiing conditio... (more)

Amtrak power car 66 leads a six car RTG turbo eastward through Rondout. If a set was out of service (generally crossing damage to a power car) the intermediate cars would occasionally be cut into... (more)

Reading 2101, disguised as American Freedom Train 1, works northward on the old Illinois Central Chicago - St. Louis mainline bound for Chicago and a engine swap with SP 4449. An old humpbacked f... (more)

"Quad City Rocket" at La Salle Street Station in Chicago. Verne Brummel (photographer) / Dave Cramer (photo editing). Visit our websites at - ... (more)

Auto-Train U36Bs 4010 and 4011 sparkle in the sun at the A-T facility located south of Louisville, KY. This was before derailments reduced the available equipment and it was combined with Amtrak'... (more)

Not long after motorcar The Skunk departed for Willits, eager passengers watch as the next train, the diesel powered The Super Skunk, positions itself for loading. Today's train is ... (more)

The Fort Worth to San Antonio manifest sits in Taylor Yard after the LAW51 crew finished setting out cars for the locals. Can't wait for the 4141 to be brought out of it's current storage at NLR.

A works train comprising of vacuum-operated side dumps rests in the sun on the the Palmer Branch near Matanuska behind now faded Bicentennial liveried FP7s 1510 and 1512 in August 1985.

The Bridge is the St. Charles Air Line's over the South Branch of the Chicago River. Two ConRail Geeps sit on ladder tracks in the Amtack (ex-PRR) Coach Yard.

CN Train 383 through Windsor always seemed to have surprises for us, especially when new locomotives from the GMDD plant in London were on delivery. BN SD60M #1991 was en route to the BN in Chica... (more)

In service on the 50-Line on 5th St at Market. Bicentenial paint scheme lettered for Connecticut, #2275 had been built for Kansas City Public Service in 1946 as their #774, aquired by SEPTA in 195... (more)