I always wanted to watch these working but most I've were dead. Originally B&O, ex C&O. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Side shot of BNSF 9604 at 1/80s ISO 100

There's black and white and there's black and gray. CSX had no monopoly on yuck, though this does seem somewhat more "tasteful". I tell myself "Cheer up, it's not Fishwicky Icky&q... (more)

Photographer unknown, from my collection.

Classic locomotive passing a classic car... the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight was produced from 1952-1996 and was their flagship. Also a flagship, GE's C44-9W was in production from 1993-2004, however t... (more)

I've always wondered why railroads chose colors like this and Brunswick green. Why both? But that's just me. Anyway, in good sunlight, it's not so bad. And they were very hospitable. Photo by... (more)

Union Pacific train M-WCML-25 originated in West Colton Yard and is headed to Mira Loma (what the UP calls their yard in Jurupa Valley CA). Now heading east, the train departed West Colton westbo... (more)

CN finally found some people and power today to run an extra plow job out of Waterloo. The crew is working drifts on the Dubuque Sub to Manchester and the Cedar Rapids Sub to Cedar Rapids. The dri... (more)

Remnants of snow fences can still be found along the line. These fences were designed to control the wind-created snowdrifts, keeping them away from the railroad, and not allowing them to drift ac... (more)

B&O 6405 hands out with some EMD siblings at the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum.

Nothing quite like a big Alco Century... these were the most lovely of brutes, even a former Penn Central one that had been patched for Conrail. Regarding the black dirt, this was the Pit at Meado... (more)

Railroad Museums Group Pic. Recently rebuilt NAUG 859 (née-NW 859, GP9, 6/1959) was the venue for the group shot on Sunday, March 26, 2023 at the former New Haven Railroad Thomaston, Conne... (more)

A CP switch run handled by a pair of SW1200RSs rolls by CN 4406 which heads up the Sioux Lookout Mixed which is about to depart CN's former Port Arthur station in eastern Thunder Bay. The train wi... (more)

MILW 988 leads a trio of GP20ms sitting at BN's Rice's Point Yard, the former main yard of NP in Duluth. These "GP20 Uglies" were recently rebuilt from MILW GP9s. MILW used NP/BN's line ... (more)