At dusk, in the summer before Amtrak, the Santa Fe's Chicago-Los Angeles El Capitan makes its stop at Joliet, IL, behind a cowl trio of an FP45 and two F45s. By this time the all-coach El Capitan ... (more)

Amtrak E60CH 970 and its southbound corridor train are about to rattle the commuter shelter at Bowie, MD.

An eastbound Washinton-Boston corridor train crosses the Norwalk River drawbridge at South Norwalk, CT, behind an E60CH.

Nearing the end of its journey from Chicago, Amtrak's eastbound Broadway Limited sails through North Elizabeth, NJ. Note that GG1 921 bears its Amtrak number but still sports Penn Central worms on... (more)

A trio of Penn Central SD9s, representing a rare lashup for this part of the railroad, accelerate a southbound freight through North Elizabeth, NJ. These husky EMDs of Pennsylvania heritage were l... (more)

Wearing its new Chessie System colors, Baltimore & Ohio passenger GP9 6607 leads an evening rush hour commuter train out of Washington Union Station. Leased Amtrak coaches make up the consist.

Forty years ago the Washington Terminal Company employed this ex-PRR MP54 MU to shuttle employees the mile or so between Washington Union Station and the Ivy City engine terminal and coach yard. H... (more)

Boston & Maine train local freight WA-1 has tied up at Waterbury, CT, after serving customers between Waterbury and Derby on Metro North's Naugatuck Valley Line. GP9s and GP18s were the regular po... (more)

As Metro North's inspection train visited Waterbury, CT, its FL9s ran around the consist of two ex-Lackawanna Phoebe Snow observation cars. The Boston & Maine GP9 assigned to local freight service... (more)

At sunset, a U25B/GP9 duo hurries a short Penn Central freight through Warwick, RI, bound for Boston. The locomotives and the track are all ex-New Haven.

After delivering a mail and express train to South Station, a set of Penn Central E7s crosses the Fort Point Channel bridge in South Boston on its way for servicing. Most PC E7s would be retired ... (more)

In the years before LED displays, the Rock Island used these low-tech tail signs hung on the rear car to help commuters identify their trains at Chicago's La Salle Street station.

In its final year of operation, Rock Island train #6, the Rock Island-Chicago Quad Cities Rocket, makes its stop at Joliet, IL. Just two cars trail E8 655. Along with the Peoria Rocket, this train... (more)

On a bright winter day a set of standard NYCTA IRT cars running as a southbound #2 train approaches Gun Hill Road station in the Bronx. The middle track that drops down here was the connection to ... (more)

For generations, until full width cabs became standard, New York subway cars featured a "railfan window" that provided a motorman's view of the track ahead. Two kids were taking advantag... (more)