A pair of catfish lead a manifest west through Chesterton.

Gaining speed as it leaves Reno, SP 8333 is Westbound after crossing Keystone St. running parallel to 4th St.

Rio Grande GP40-2 3117 and 6 sisters squeal through the S-curve at Kyune as they climb the grade to Soldier Summit. Scanned from an original Kodachrome.

The hogger waits for a hand signal to highball. PRR Class M1a.

The train out of Mason City is made up and on the move a mile out of the yard with the class unit of the SD40-2 fleet leading, crossing the first river on its eastward trek.

A manifest rolls by fans waiting for a more inviting photographic capture, the Nickel Plate 759, to pass by on a High Iron Special. The N&W signal maintainer has done a good job of keeping the re... (more)

The midday passenger train lull presents opportunity for the DS to run some freight on the corridor. 4450 leads the march still in her Pennsy dress. (Ed. Note: this is the only view of #4450 in ... (more)

CNJ freight approaches the PRR diamond at CY Tower, while a Reading freight is seen in he distance.

At one time the towerman at CY answered to 3 dispatchers and 2 yardmasters. Here CNJ freight approaches the PRR Greenville Branch crossing.

I had climbed this hill with the hopes of a catching the Northbound freight I heard on the scanner. Unfortunately, while I was here I saw 5 consecutive Southbounds and it wasn't until the shadows ... (more)

On the way back home from picking up my daughter in Denver I ran across this manifest in Larkspur. A storm had just passed through the area and the late afternoon light was very nice.

After meeting a couple of southbound coal loads and a red signal at the top of the hill this BNSF is on the move north.

I had driven by this location more than a few times and never considered stopping for a photo until one day I saw it covered in snow.

NW tonnage moves on the H-Line, headed to the hole. This train will get a look at NKP 759 running special against them with a steam special. For more classic rail views, click Railroad: Norfolk & Western
Locomotive: EMD SD35
Location: Berrytown, Virginia, USA
Locomotive #: NW 1559
Train ID: manifest
Photo Date: November 03, 1968

Just before lunch I received a tip that southbounds were running on the northbound main. A somewhat rare event. I was able to get out of work a couple hours early and I headed north from Colorado ... (more)