Maintenance team, preparing the old GE 2-C + C-2, A.K.A. V8, to a long trip between Luz Yard where it were parked for more than 20 years, and Cruzeiro São Paulo, where it will receive a cosmetic ... (more)

The Rio Grande Zephyr is on time, continuing its ascent of the Wasatch at Narrows, Utah on a brisk March morning.

Western Pacific F7A 919-D, F7B, GP20, F7A prepare to head west out of Keddie yard in October, 1969. Photo from my collection, the photographer was not specified.

The eastbound Rio Grande Zephyr has begun its climb over the Wasatch Mountains at Rio, Utah.

Clinchfield 800 sits at SARM getting its 92 day inspection.

The Southern California Railroad Museum (formerly the Orange Empire Railroad Museum) has assembled a nice collection of diesel locomotives that have been nicely restored, including to operating co... (more)

Frisco's standard black and yellow freight livery suited Alco and EMD carbodies very nicely. This westbound freight, with in the lead an Alco FA-1 5217 and four EMD F-units, rolls over the N. Can... (more)

Farewell to the FL9: A passenger special from Stamford, CT to Canaan, CT offered rare mileage to passengers as they bid farewell to the Metro-North/Connecticut Department of Transportation ... (more)

For Amtrak's inauguration day, May 1, 1971, PC 4316 nee PRR was chosen to wear this unique, one of a kind experimental paint scheme. Shown here at Chicago six months later in November 1971. Phot... (more)

Streamliners at Baltimore: The 2021 "Diesel Days" event allowed the B&O Museum showcase its small - but impressive - fleet of cab units side by side. In addition to the stunning a... (more)

A former BN E9AM, MARC 91, which was originally built as a CB&Q E8A, rests away abandoned coupled onto an abandoned coach car at an industrial park in Bensenville under the moon, planes landing at... (more)

A Burlington Northern commuter train, also known locally as a “dinky”, ducks under the signal bridge at Naperville, Illinois, on the afternoon of April 15, 1989. We are 26.2 miles west of Chic... (more)

The first diesel locomotives that helped end the 'Empire of Steam' in the United States are commonly overlooked, when compared to locomotives like the E8, GP9's and so forth. One of these firsts w... (more)

S307 and S312 stabled at Ballarat East loco depot.

Amtrak E8(A) 1327 ex UP leading out of Chicago's Union Station, the westbound Southwest Limited in October 1972. Jim Ward photo, from my collection.