Back when Northeast Corridor trains still had names...the Yankee Clipper, Amtrak 173, passes through North Elizabeth shortly after departing Newark Penn Station. This train still runs toda... (more)

Back in the day when the Santa Train was not so glamorous the consist threads it way southward through bare trees in murky weather. Only the train changes.

A pair of Burlington Northern EMD SD60Ms lays over in the Soo Line’s locomotive facility at Portage, Wisconsin, in a view from the cab of Amtrak EMD F40PH No. 357 leading the eastbound Empire Bu... (more)

Metra EMD F40C No. 601 leads a westbound commuter train past Tower B17 at Bensenville, Illinois, on March 3, 1990. Similar looking to Amtrak’s SDP40F, the F40C has unique corrugated side panels ... (more)

Yet to be patched CNW 8651 rests in the hole at Seacliff on the former Southern Pacific Coast line on a typical "June Gloom" day.

It’s a stark winter day in central Illinois as a westbound Santa Fe intermodal train, powered by five EMD GP60Ms, rolls west of Chillicothe on the short climb over Edelstein Hill on February 16,... (more)

Two BNSF Coal Trains are lined up waiting for their time to shine. This photo was captured by Henry Vitz.

EMD’s SD90MAC-H locomotives head through Leyden, Colorado, for some testing at Plainview on January 30, 1998. Leading is EMD No. 8504 that is painted in a special scheme for EMD’s 75th anniver... (more)

Sunday was light engine move day on the River Line. Conrail ENS-102 heads north across Overpeck Creek with a typical consist of 15 light units. This move was a regular occurrence on Sunday after... (more)

Conrail ALSE passes the former Lehigh Valley EASTON tower in Easton, PA with a pair of SD60Ms in the lead. The train will soon be crossing the Delaware River into New Jersey. The tower would b... (more)

To commemorate the sixty-six Union Pacific employee/reservists who were called to active duty for "Operation Desert Storm," Union Pacific painted SD40-2 3593 (ex-UP 8084) into this disti... (more)

Reading T-1 No. 2102 leads a special train commemorating the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company (LSRR) past Pulpit Rock, where preacher... (more)

The crew of the long-range local backs down a city street to deliver a load of lumber. That C39-8 and ex-N&W C36-7 seem downright exotic now.

BN 9500 leads 2 more SD60MACs on a Soo Line train headed north toward La Crescent, MN having just passed through Bellevue, IA. BN had EMD demos numbered BN 9500-9503 and testing of these units led... (more)