What became America's sweetheart as a holdout from joining Amtrak, D&RGW's westbound "Rio Grande Zephyr" was just doing its thing delighting passengers in remote and rugged Gore Canyon, Colo. on ... (more)

Santa Fe's northbound Train 16 "Texas Chief" with a mixture of hi-level and regular cars arrives capitol Oklahoma City, Okla. on a dingy Feb. 19, 1968, behind two GE U30CGs. Only six such units w... (more)

Why are unit train coal hopper cars painted a color on one end? The color itself has no significance. The end with a color denotes that end of the car has a rotary coupler, to enable the car t... (more)

In case of a line-blockage derailment, there was nothing like a ready-made shoofly around it!! Such was the lucky case when the rear cars of a northbound ATSF freight derailed adjacent to a lim... (more)

Aftermath after Amtrak Train 6, "California Zephyr" struck a rock slide in Fraser Canyon between Granby and Tabernash, Colo., and slid down into Fraser River, apparently before that section of tra... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlights Nos. 11 and 14 meet on the mountainside of Cuesta grade at Chorro, Calif. on Oct. 8, 1996 as southbound No. 11 exists Tunnel No. 11, the last of six tunnels on the descen... (more)

Two F40s and two P40s hustle the 12 cars of Amtrak's Coast Starlight No. 14 northward near Narlon, Calif. on Oct. 8, 1996. The sixth car in the consist is the wine tasting and lounge for passeng... (more)

Amtrak Train 72 races south along the beach at San Clemente, Calif. on Sept. 4, 1976 as hundreds enjoy the sun, sand and salty water when the track was still owned by the AT&SF Ry. and there were ... (more)

Besides along Lincoln Avenue in Santa Ana, Calif., where else do trains run so fast so close to private homes? Here was former UP E9 No. 912 racing Amtrak Train 770 at maximum authorized speed o... (more)

Alco RSD-4's 303 and 305 lead Utah Railway coal empties back to the mines over D&RGW trackage rights at the horseshoe curve at Gilluly, Utah

Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern's westbound train strains over track in need of tamping and alignment a dozen miles east of the state capitol of Pierre, S. D. The rain on Sept. 18, 1995 doesn't help ... (more)

The passenger cars number out of sight as GG-1 4926 slips Pennsylvania RR's Train 111 "President" into Washington, D. C. at Ivy City on Saturday, Feb. 22, 1964. The dependable GG-1 probably neve... (more)

While it looks like a Pennsy E-8, on Oct. 7, 1968 the 4274, looking the worse for wear, was actually Penn Central leading 4-car Train 14 from always-busy Chicago Union Station en route to Detroit... (more)

Across Santa Fe's former Parker District at M.P. 173.4 at Chubbuck, Calif., six Arizona & California units handle westbound tonnage from Arizona to hand back over to the AT&SF at Cadiz, 16 miles a... (more)

Central California Traction has picked up its interchange from the BNSF (their yard in background) and with GP-18 1790 is running down a street back to its yard in Stockton, Calif. on a stormy Mar... (more)