The 1975 Memorial Day holiday found me wandering around the Cumberland, Maryland area and searching for trains, but none were to found! I decided to cross the border and see what was happening ov... (more)

N&W 693, 2903 (former NKP 903) and one other unidentified EMD unit kick up the dust as they pound across the DT&I diamond at 40 MPH. The dark signal is the train order signal that flashed either r... (more)

A fast running westbound TOFC train is just about to hammer the T&OC diamond at Ridgeway interlocking on its way to Indianapolis and beyond. This was my first and only visit to Ridgeway, but I rec... (more)

A westbound mixed freight slowly starts to accelerate through Swan Creek interlocking after a brief delay. The open door suggests the crew is just trying to bring any kind of a breeze into the cab... (more)

With the knowledge that Romulus tower was not long for this world, I stopped by one afternoon to record its presence before it "bit the dust." While I was there, I was treated to the passage of t... (more)

First and former Erie Lackawanna SDP45 3635, now wears a Conrail number and has received the hasty "CR" restenciling job that was so typical during this time period. Today's assignment is to lead ... (more)

Anyone who remembers the startup of Conrail on April 1, 1976, will recall the colorful consists that existed as a result of this union. It didn't take long for motive power of all the predecessor... (more)

Less than a week old and pulling the DT&I's "hottest" train, our southward run to Springfield, Ohio was interrupted briefly for MofW work just north of Delta. Lucky for me, the sun and sky was per... (more)

Amtrak #8, The Empire Builder, is running about 10 minutes late as it glides over the spectacular Flathead River bridge near Java East, which is located about four miles east of Essex, Montana.

Two-year-old SDP40F's 573 and 561 are in charge of the westbound Empire Builder this evening as the train makes a brief stop at Belton (West Glacier) Montana.

We're at the east end of the Essex snowshed as an eastbound mixed freight stops while the helper engines (BN F9-A 810, F9-B 809 & GP9 1765) are placed in the train down at Essex proper. This is a... (more)

We're just east of the snowshed at Essex as this eastbound mixed freight throttles up after the helper engines have been cut in down at Essex proper. Behind the two U33C's is former Great Northern... (more)

A bird's-eye view of BN's Alliance engine servicing facilty as seen from the steps of the Motive Power Supervisor's office. How I made my way to this elevated office located in the middle of this ... (more)

BN SD40-2 7287 leads five GE six-axle units and a loaded coal train into Alliance Nebraska. The threatening skies to the west would soon bring a gusty (although brief) thunderstorm to Alliance and... (more)

The semaphore blade falls at Java East as a westbound BN freight works it way towards Essex and Whitefish. This classic lashup of three builders, a GE U33C, EMD F45 and ALCO C-425 (4259 ex-SP&S 3... (more)