The CRESCENT departs Atlanta behind a fresh green E8 and another unit. The Southern was just beginning to paint the passenger units green once again and this was before the Southern Crescent scrip... (more)

There is ample power on the front of the PIEDMONT, Southern's secondary train to Washington. This area is all developed now with MARTA running beside and over the NS main.

The Lehigh Valley heritage unit sits at Bluefield on a Monday morning in between pusher assignments. There's a glimpse of the N&W heritage unit between the GE ES44AC units.

Two Norfolk Southern GE units pull a solid covered hopper train upgrade towards Christiansburg at the Gumwood Lane crossing in Wabun.

Two westbound Norfolk Southern hopper trains snake through Roanoke simultaneously. The lead unit is one of the new GE's numbered in between some of the famous heritage units. I was there for a vis... (more)

The EMPIRE BUILDER sits at Minot on a bitter cold February night. The BN dome coach wears Great northern's Big Sky Blue .

The BN EMPIRE BUILDERS pass in winter just east of Havre, Montana.

The PANAMA LIMITED arrives in Chicago on a snowy February morning.

BN 9900 was the only E unit owned by the SP&S and was numbered 750 with that railroad. It teams up with an FP7 to lead tr. 22, the Portland connection for the EMPIRE BUILDER. I rode the sleeping c... (more)

I rode Southern Pacific's CASCADE to Portland . It is stopped at Eugene, OR.

The CITY OF LOS ANGELES arrives in that city behind an ABBA combination of passenger units.

A short SAN DIEGAN sits at LAUPT after arrival as an SP switcher noses in behind. I took an around-the-country rail trip from Virginia to beat the beginning of Amtrak and to contemplate proposing ... (more)

An MP freight is southbound behind two F7 units near Buffalo, Texas on New Year's Day.

A southbound Missouri Pacfic freight wih a mixture of units is just north of Austin on New Year's Day 1971. My future wife is learning what she's in for as she sits in my 1967 Alfa Romeo coupe. We... (more)

Two 2-10-0 locomotives are shown at Adana. The lead engine was built in Germany and acquired from France in 1955.