As the Northern Lights are dancing in the sky over Northern Ohio shortly after Midnight October 11, we have one of the two Dwarf CPL's at South Deshler still standing their guard.

Uncertain Future. The CN 102 and CN 103 sit in shrink wrap behind the Woodcrest shops. An era of change for the CN Business fleet. Now primarily powered by the CN 3309. The E-9's were donated. Th... (more)

CN U70241 26 powered by CSXT 3032, UP 6203, and UP 6284 will head back to the UP at Superior, WI to head back to Roseport, MN after delivering coke. Next door CP AC4400CWM 8038 is on the point of ... (more)

SP 4-10-2 number 5018 is seen at Los Angeles California on August 1st 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Westbound works the yard

"Clean Up at Sackett Point"

On the morning of Friday, August 9th, 2024, Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 141 collided with the rear of a tractor-trailer carrying paper rolls,... (more)

Before sunrise, a loaded coal train heads east through the iconic Badlands of North Dakota. This would be the first of 3 back to back trains this morning.

A Westbound Norfolk Southern Intermodal rolls through the Tunnel Hill Cut in Ramsey Indiana

Aberdeen Carolina & Western's former AC6000 which has been converted to a rolling bar serves customers on a spur next to the golf club in Pinehurst on a Saturday afternoon in the Sandhills region.

NYO&W FTA-B 801 units with F3B-A 821 at Mayfield, PA engine yard, awaiting better times on March 23, 1957. The New York, Ontario & Western Railway operated from Oswego, N.Y. on the shore of L... (more)

A quartet of Tunnel Motors lead an eastbound Southern Pacific freight as it departs San Luis Obispo with California's Coast Range mountains (and a vineyard) for a backdrop. The power is SP SD40T-... (more)

The morning of August 19, 1967 found Santa Fe E8Ms 86 and 82A booster unit at Dallas Union Terminal after a 644 mile overnight trip from Kansas City on No.11 the KANSAS CITIAN. Photo by Hol ... (more)

A UP Challenger equipped with smoke lifters barrels down the UP mainline with a freight consisting mostly of boxcars.

MGA, Monongahela Railway caboose 68, bringing up the rear on street trackage at West Brownsville, Pennsylvania. June 15, 1990. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Baltimore & Ohio E7(A) 1421 and E7(A) 1424 with train 8 the eastbound SHENANDOAH, at Youngstown, Ohio on September 19, 1965. Photo by Dave McKay, from my collection.