Running coal trains thru Galesburg Yard wasn't too common practice. Once in a while, MofW or traffic issues would force the hand, and the trains would run by the roundhouse and out thru Waterman t... (more)

I didn't see a lot of Dash 8s leading trains when I lived in Galesburg in the mid-90s. At least I didn't shoot many. A quartet of blue and yellows hammer their way towards LA. Seen here at MP 171,... (more)

A Westbound Chicago to San Bernardino passes under the classic Santa Fe signal bridge at New Boston on the Marceline Sub. These signals were retired on October 1, 2019, and the bridge was removed ... (more)

The American Orient Express (AOE) was a privately-owned, high-class passenger train that operated in conjunction with Amtrak from 1994 until 2008. A total of 11 streamlined cars were purchased and... (more)

Ex-Penn Central.

At the Nixon Power Plant. SP 6785 6840 7424 8361 unload a coal train, at a Colorado power plant. The picture really depicts how the Southern Pacific looked the last few years.

With the possible last train to ride over the CFU lead coming late 2023, I looked thru what I had from this dead end line. This was once the mainline of the Rock Island from West Liberty to Manly.... (more)

FLS/CSXT 1713 is getting a break from switching duties at Riverside Yard in South Baltimore. The former SBD 4613 (GP16) was born (12/1952) as CRR GP7 912, but rebuilt in 05/1981 and redesignated â... (more)

A Union Pacific, and a Conrail SD40-2, make their way across the plains of Wyoming on the Overland Route.

Conrail "Baby Tunnel Motor" rests between assignments at Port Newark.

CNW 8528 basks in some late evening light as it brings a loaded coal train past MP 107 (East Walker, WY.) on the joint CNW/BN coal line in May 0f 1991.

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe train number 19, The Chief, is departing Barstow California with seven cars in 1933. Otto's speed estimate was 12 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Western Pacific 4-8-2 171 is seen at Oroville California in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An eastbound manifest has stalled on the 1% grade of Kirkwood Hill and a pair of switchers from the Ewing Avenue Yard in St. Louis has been called in to help the train up the hill.

A ten car California-Nevada R.R. Historical Society Excursion is seen at Roseville California on November 30th 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.