Refurbished and ready for testing

Rock Island mail and express kept No.21, the Memphis-Tucumcari train in the timetable in November 1962, as W/B FP7 410 leaves El Reno, OK. Only a chair car was operated for the few passengers,... (more)

M394 rolls into Battle Creek with Iowa Northern power in tow destine for Canada after the CN acquisition of the Iowa Northern Railway.

ready to depart Avery

On April 12, 2019 I had a long lay-over at the airport in Panama City. I hired a driver to take me around and we set up at the bridge in Gamboa. I was nicely set for a picture of the train on the ... (more)

At its terminal in Craig, Colorado the three car all-heavy-weight lineup Yampa Valley Mail was in the care of PA 6001 on August 7, 1962 Photo by Gordon Mott, from my collection. ... (more)

GTW 5817 waits to go south from Shafer Yard at Oakwood Junction. A West bound NS train pulls across the Diamond as it departs Oakwood Yard on the old Wabash Line. The ICG 86 foot boxcar is designe... (more)

Z631 yards their train in Clifton Forge with WM 7471 leading.

Taken sometime in the 1950s. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

Eastbound leads up Pipestone Pass

B65 reverses into McIntyre yard, Sunshine North. After many years of service this loco was scrapped on 12/06/2025.

Westbound approaching Avery

A derailment caused significant track and signal damage at D Tower on the west end of CSX’s Grafton yard. A bad wheel was determined to be the cause of the derailment which caused delays to nume... (more)

Crossing the Road. In a not-often photographed vantage point, the 3x weekly local from Lugoff, SC crosses North Main Street as it heads into town toward Cayce Yard.

Big announcement this morning: Delaware-Lackawanna's PA will be leading excursions later this Summer. Also, that's 4068's numbers matching smoke (ha-ha), as it too was unveiled today in a beaut... (more)