The well-known red, orange and black of "Daylight" was the stamp of approval among seasoned travellers in the West on July 10, 1949, when this flashy new streamliner took to the rails of... (more)

NS's first "Blue Ribbon Special" is heading northward from Atlanta today.

Known as the Clarkdale Arizona Central Railroad for freight and Verde Canyon Railroad for passenger, this ex-ATSF branch was also once the Verde Valley Railway. It is estimated they carry 1500-20... (more)

Rock Island E6A 630 and a drab E7B heads the Twin Star Rocket at Fort Worth, Texas in December 1960. Photo by R. Plummer, from my slide collection.

The renumbered and repainted NS F9 A-B-B-A set made an appearance in the St. Louis area shortly before they were retired. Departure towards Louisville via the Southern West District was at sunris... (more)

UP turbines 14 & 16 A units are parked at Salt Lake City near the Union Pacific station. No. 14 was built in March 1960 and No. 16 was built in June 1960. Both were retired in February 1970 after ... (more)

In front of the Michigan Central station, NYC green E-8A 4053 waited at the west end of the platforms along with a green E-8B. A total of three units, two E-8's 4053 and 4083 and one E-8B 4107, ... (more)

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy EMD E5 No. 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr Budd-built streamliner trainset climbs Byron Hill at Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of September 30, 1993. This classy... (more)

SEPTA FP7’s 4372 and 4371 (ex-Reading 902 and 900, respectively) are seen in storage in the yard at Wayne Junction, Pennsylvania. A third FP7, SEPTA 4373 (ex-Reading 903) is stored in Reading, P... (more)

An Ontario Northland FP7 waits in the servicing area at Canadian National’s Spadina roundhouse in Toronto.

Built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in October 1941, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad E6A 630 was one of five E6As purchased by the railroad. The E6s earned their keep pulling ... (more)

Crossroads of the Midwest-the diamonds at 21th Street in Chicago. Two eastbound PRR E's leading train 22 the Manhattan Limited, as it rolls out of Union Station for its journey to New York on Ju... (more)

Photographed at the Hoboken freight servicing facility in March 1961, units renumbered by Erie-Lackawanna F3A 6054 (ex-DL&W 605A), GP7 1283 (ex-DL&W 964) and F7B 6352 (ex-DL&W 635B) Photo by ... (more)

Two Baldwin RF-16's Sharks are sitting outside the Columbus, Ohio diesel shops surrounded by EMD F3's on October 5, 1957. Photo by M.S. Zak, from my slide collection.

Long and lean, these beasts shove the train over the hill while the rear brakeman glances at the onlookers from the cabin window.