Montreal was crawling with RDCs in the 1970s, but they served in smaller Canadian cities, as well.

Before there was Iowa Interstate, there was Iowa Railroad. They did not enjoy the success that IAIS later had, but they did preserve service over an extensive section of CRI&P. Their power was ... (more)

GP30s still in the early L&N gray-and-yellow scheme (slanted letters and numbers/black outline on numbers and letters) get a little attention.

Train 213 has just traveled Atlanta-Montgomery via the A&WP/WofA West Point Route. In a few minutes an L&N crew will board 2743 and head for Mobile as L&N train 413.

Back when Birmingham was still Pittsburgh of the South the sky was never clear, as can be seen in this photo from the mid 1970s. But, while it might not have been obvious, the steel industry in B... (more)

WofA 213 - a runthrough in cooperation with L&N - rolls by behind three U23Bs. The GEs were common on this train, but to see it without at least one or two GP38s was not.

Four elderly geeps are powering the long-distance local on the line between Montgomery and Birmingham. In the photo, the crew is working the sidings at Elmore, where the branch to Wetumpka split ... (more)

On L&N's line across the flatness of the Gulf Coast, tonnage ratings for locos were high, and long trains behind one or two mid-size B-Bs seemed fairly common.

5004 digs in with a heavy cut that includes several Frisco boxcars.

SW1500 with new, or newly-repainted, cab in Boyles Yard. This newer section of the yard must have been expensive, considering how much rock was removed.

Oddballs on Clinchfield's EMD-dominated roster, the U36Cs were disliked enough that a trade with SCL for a like number of SD45s was arranged. I never thought CRR's gray and yellow looked as good ... (more)

An L&N switcher/slug snake curves down toward Tilford Yard's main classification area.

Headed south on KCS, the UP diesels on an empty coal train have just clumped across UP's Wagoner Sub.

With a manned GP30u fore and aft, the A-OK crew left Howe with 19 gons loaded with old crossties bound for Nevada Railroad Materials (NRM). At Wister, lead unit 2442 was cut-off and run into a si... (more)

GPs rebuilt at Uceta Shops are heading out of Bennett Yard with one of the local trains based there.