Three of the four recent acquisitions by the Museum of the American Railroad here in Frisco, Texas
Bidding Farewell to 1954 Built Budd's, From a 1956-built Budd. It was a humbling moment as I snapped this picture - standing in the dome of the 1956-built, ex-CBQ dome car "Silver Splendor... (more)
MILW 101A brings a freight thru Rondout, IL in February of 1973. This unit has been saved and is on display at Cresco, IA. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.
A matched set of F7, A-B-B-A, lead by Seaboard System 118(former Clinchfield 200)descends the famous Clinchfield Loops with an excursion train bound for Spartanburg, SC.
The engineer on the Arkansas & Midland invited me inside the cab to take photographs of the old Alco number 34. The train had stopped and was waiting for clearance to cross the Arkansas River bri... (more)
During the fall of 2017, Railbox 40188 went in to the TTX freight car shop in North Aiugusta, South Carolina, looking tattered in an old tagged Rbox scheme, but emerged as a rolling cancer awarene... (more)
Recently repainted F7A/B 682 and 853 shine in the sun in front of BN's shops in August 1973.
In August of 1972, a BN transfer run heads for the bridge over the Columbia River into Portland, OR. The train is departing BN's Vancouver Yard with four ex-SP&S Alco RS3s for power.
Pulling in SP's 16th St. Station to pick their first passengers for the trip down The Valley to L.A.
Silver Basin is an ex CB&Q car that went to Amtrak but never made the cut for the HEP program. The tubes extending down in front of the trucks are the toilet chutes from the days of "direct ... (more)
In its final weeks of operation, the northbound Ambassador, Boston & Maine train 75, makes its station stop at Bellows Falls, VT, behind an F3/F7B duo (4228/4266B). This was the day train between ... (more)
MILW 117C leads a quartet of F's up Lake Hill in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1973. Bob Ferge photo from my collection.
Joe E79 eases out of Tunnel 16 nearing Missoula.
The property at Superior was still a tidy place in the autumn of 1967 on the onetime route of the Olympian Hiawatha.
Running extra #287 twists through the curves defined by the Clark Fork River valley on the approach to Alberton.
