It's a sign of change in Fillmore, ex-FWRY 100 has now been stenciled as SERA 100 and is receiving it's Sierra Northern "patch" with a small sticker being applied to the front of the Uni... (more)

Tucked away from the spotlights in Scranton is this gem of an operation with a very rich, noteworthy history that is often overlooked. 9880 is ex-CP 4040

Not sure what the future holds for this gem, which spent a lot of time riding the rails after restoration 10-12 years prior. In 2021, it was moved off the property for good.

A 60th anniversary Southern Aurora special from Sydney to Melbourne crosses the Moonee Ponds Creek bridge near Glenroy behind heritage locos S303-P22-T357.

Monon's Chicago to Louisville train 5 the "Thoroughbred" at Lafayette, Indiana with F3A 205 on the point, in June 1962. Photo by L.A. Marre , photo part of my slide collection.

MNTX 454A now sits in the public part of the roundhouse at the Minnesota Transportation Museum. It was on the shop side but now more easily seen as it awaits for repairs/funding.

Burlington Northern EMD E9 cab units line up on Metra commuter trains paused for the weekend at Hill Yard in Aurora, Illinois, on the afternoon of June 8, 1991.

F3(A) 6501C with F3(B) 6501B and F5(A) 6505A photographed at Seattle, Washington in August 1961, wearing NP's two-tone green and white passenger livery. Photo by H.G. Benton, photo part of my ... (more)

Lorain and West Virginia 101, just prior to boarding for the 2022 Easter Train. This unit was originally built in 1950 for Chicago & North Western Railroad.

An A-B-B set of E.M.D E-7 units lead Southern Pacific train Number One, the westbound Sunset Limited, up the eastern side of Beaumont Pass, in the early 1950s. It is only a few minutes out of Pal... (more)

D&RGW Zephyr leaving Coal creek Canyon en route to Moffat tunnel. Note the hard working F's (Diesel dust). Shot by train.

The Kansas City Southern business train, BMESH-11 rolls westbound through Tallula, LA with the classic 'Belle' consist on April 11, complete with a wave from the Road Foreman ;-). The train carrie... (more)

Union Pacific’s shiny A-B-A set of EMD E9s power a passenger special into Grimsby, Illinois, on April 26, 1993, just after completion of a complete rebuild at Paducah, Kentucky.

There were two things I learned about the Pan Am OCS when the F-units were added. 1) it was difficult to predict and 2) it was difficult to predict. Case in point, a westbound excursion run to M... (more)

There were two things I learned about the Pan Am OCS when the F-units were added. 1) it was difficult to predict and 2) it was difficult to predict. Case in point, a westbound excursion run to M... (more)