In the endless parade of trains around Horseshoe Curve another westbound freight grinds up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies with an SD-45 and SD-40 shoving hard on the cabin car.

The SD-45 and C-636 are in notch 8 as they shove a freight up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies. The open cab windows and doors provide little relief for the pusher crew from the cloud of exhau... (more)

Climbing into Monero Canyon on the now gone Chama to Durango portion of the railroad. Note the head end brakeman standing outside the dog house on #483.

A pair of vintage CN boxcab electrics have assisted a VIA train on the "underground" portion of its departure from Montreal. The train is stopping to remove the electrics and send the F... (more)

An eastbound Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad passenger train is about to depart Chama, New Mexico, powered with double-headed 2-8-2 K-36 Mikados Nos. 488 and 487. At this point in history on the ... (more)

UP Northern 823 and Big Boy 4006 double head a freight west from Cheyenne towards Sherman Hill.

Helper pushing on a UP through caboose. A Roger Puta Photograph

Before the SDP40Fs Arrived … Or Were Even Built!

On October 22, 1972, Amtrak train #3, the Southwest Limited, arrived on Track 6 at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal behi... (more)

A Double Header on Canadian Pacific’s Train No 1. Train No 1 is running about 4-5 hours late as the third unit GP-9 8517 has failed. The ‘Canadian’ had made it as far as Kininvie, Alberta... (more)

Caboose 23512 tags along behind an SD45 helper set, westbound on No. 3 Track. The 23512 is a Conrail Class N-8B, created when the Penn Central modified their ex-New Haven Type NE-5 cabooses. The... (more)

A double header consisting of a Challenger and a Big Boy, make a run for the hill. The first car has a wing load for an aircraft. Maybe some day we'll see something of the likes of this again.

Big Boys 4003 and 4012 double head over the new Harriman Line.

Assigned to pusher service out of Rio Grande’s North Yards, Krauss-Maffei 4003 snubs up to one of the railroad’s colorful cabooses on October 6, 1963. The gentleman in the driver’s seat may ... (more)

I was passing through Chicago on my way from a Navy school in South Carolina to my ship in Long Beach. In Union Station I saw an add for this trip and fortunately last minute tickets were availabl... (more)

A VO-1000 is working as a helper to an FEF Northern pulling a solid string of stock cars. I think this may be a hog train coming out of Omaha and headed for Los Angeles.