Eastbound Virginia Blue Ridge train led by 0-6-0 #9 near Tye River, VA in Sept. 1960.
Olin-Mathieson 2-8-0 #11 leads a short train at Saltville, VA in Sept. 1960. This engine is the oldest surviving Norfolk & Western locomotive which currently sits on static display in the Town of ... (more)
N&W 2105 at Bluefield, WVa in the late summer of 1959.
Former IC 0-8-0 #3571 working for the Traxler Brothers Sand and Gravel at Crystal Springs, MS in 1960. This engine was scrapped in the fall of 1989.
A UP FEF3 is about to cross the diamonds of the CB&Q at Grand Island.
Snow was a rarity in Central Texas in the winter of 1947, but so were steam locomotives on the Sunshine Special which by this time had been dieselized. The abbreviated consist was indicative of ... (more)
UP 2-10-2 #5041 helps FEF-2 #832 into the yard on a beautiful sunny, and cold morning, 65 years ago!
Built between 1926-1930, Alco's 4-12-2s had the longest rigid driver wheelbase of any steam locomotive (until Russia built a 4-14-4). Number 9083, designated a UP-5, is seen here along the Lincol... (more)
As I remember it, this was near Kimball NE (somewhere in Western NE, at least, possibly between Kimball and Dix) in 1956.
Steam makes a pretty good smoke screen in the winter time making for poor visibility. 4020 is almost completely engulfed in steam as smoke exhaust rises very high.
A Big Boy pulls through a cut at Perkins, part of the new line. The new line was completed and opened on May 12, 1952.
A Big Boy pulling a string of reefers rolls through Harriman on the new line.
A Challenger making a run over Archer Hill. Looks like an extra passenger in the cab.
Challenger 3985 works a freight before she became famous.
A Challenger runs up Sherman Hill through fields of grass.
