Amtrak train 91, the southbound Silver Star, glides through Odenton, Maryland.

One of the excursions that was part of the 1979 NRHS convention was a farewell to the Western Maryland F-units. The round-trip from Washington, DC – Martinsburg, WV is seen on the Baltimore & Ohio... (more)

Returned to Chessie by the Gettysburg railway after GETY acquired its own power, Western Maryland RS3’s 189, 186, and 198 have been set aside at the B&O shops in Cumberland, Maryland.

After setting off its Ottawa cars behind the station at Brockville, Ontario, an eastbound VIA Rail has... (more)

Less than three months before an LRC/F9B set has brought an eastbound train from Toronto, a near-identical scene played out... (more)

The LRC/F9B set in charge of an eastbound train has backed the Ottawa section behind the station in Brockville, Ontario, re... (more)

Travesty From Toronto

Without a doubt, the ugliest locomotive to carry an Alco 251 prime mover was the Bombardier LRC. The 1980 introduction of the low-slung active-tilt trainsets ... (more)

Trips to Brockville, Ontario were always fueled by the desire to shoot the last active Alco/MLW cab units in service. Getting an F7A on an eastbound train was not a bad second prize.

Early Steamtown action after its move from Vermont to Pennsylvania finds Canadian Pacific 4-6-2 2317 climbing the Pocono grade near Dunmore, Pennsylvania.

Five tunnel motors pull a long piggyback train approaching Tunnel 1 at Caliente, California.

Five tunnel motors are on the point of an oil train as it starts the grueling climb to Tehachapi at Caliente, California. 48 cars back are mid-train helpers, with another 24 cars and a caboose beh... (more)

Fresh off of a trip over Tehachapi, a westbound Southern Pacific manifest passes the station in Bakersfield, California.

An assortment of Southern Pacific EMD power I visible in the SP engine terminal in Bakersfield, California. To the left is Daylight-painted SD40E 7342, which is in town to assist 4-8-4 4449 over T... (more)

A Southern Pacific GP9 passes the landmark Kern Junction tower near Bakersfield, California. This is the point where the SP and the Santa Fe come together for the eastbound climb to Tehachapi. The... (more)

A relatively short eastbound Southern Pacific perishable train descends Cajon Pass. This location is now known as Silverwood, and there is a connection between the westbound Santa Fe, seen to the ... (more)