Another classic example of a customer sick and tired of the Class 1 treatment and has contracted a small time operation to their switching. As is the case as the Saturday morning crew is busy work... (more)

Over 30000 tons worth of a double grain train meanders 'down stream' through Palisade Canyon on Central Pacific's portion of the original transcontinental railroad. The CP (SP) was later joined by... (more)

Amtrak heater car HC 12 is seen at the BN diesel facilities at Minneapolis Jct. (Harrison St.) In the early years of Amtrak BN handled servicing here for them. This heater car was originally modif... (more)

L614 arrives back in Apex with a slug set for power on a dreary day.

Looking a bit worse for wear but still elegant this special unit is leading an EB coal train on double track just east of the division point.

NYC GP9 5985, and two P&E GP7's 5623 and 5613, leads the daily train 99 from Indianaoplis to Peoria, crossing the GM&O and Monon at Bloomington, Illinois on April 29, 1959. A subsidiary of the ... (more)

Framed just south of Agricola, MS, an empty BNSF coal set breaks the silence of the cool night as they roll north on the Mississippi Export Railroad. The 135 car train has just unloaded at the Vic... (more)

Summerail weekend in Marion had most of the fans hanging out at Marion Depot. It was nice to get the group back together again for a fun weekend. Covid really sucked cancelling many events over th... (more)

A northbound CN freight rumbles and bumbles along up the CN Missabe sub passing through the control points of S. and N. Fairlane while heading to Canada as the northern lights dance in the sky abo... (more)

This boxer belonged to an A-OK employee's family who lived right beside the KCS-AOK interchange. It took a while for it to decide that me shooting 2442 was ok.

Corman's 50th anniversary painted SD70M's make their debut leading the empty sand train into Louisville. RJC 2023 was the former NS 2607. Trailing third behind the former NYS&W SD60 is RJC 1973 ... (more)

The Roadmaster told the crew there was a "big one" at MP 6. I have been running back and forth between Waterloo and Dubuque and haven't seen hardly anything, so I was alittle skeptical h... (more)

A high load on a depressed-center flat car is transported in a short Santa Fe train, led by GP303211 (ex-ATSF 1211). The two tank cars may be there as buffer cars. (La Mirada California – Augu... (more)

ATSF M-161 is seen pulling ATSF coach car 1207 near Carlsbad New Mexico on July 22nd 1935. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

BN 972500 sits in Skykomish, WA awaiting the next call to clear snow on BNSF's Stevens Pass mainline. Snow volume and traffic density will determine if the machine will be called to duty. This uni... (more)