The Northern Pacific Railway continued to use FT's long after other railroads had traded theirs for 2nd-generation diesel locomotives. The Tacoma Division was the home of the remaining FTs in t... (more)

CNW caboose 10367 trails a southbound freight thru Oak Creek, WI in July of 1987.

Warbonnets on freight became more common as more passenger trains disappeared. May have kept the silver units together due to gearing differences with blue units.

Only shot I got of passenger F3 power leading on freght is this westbound.

Rock Island train number 509, The Rocket, is seen at Wichita Kansas in 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A couple of Little Joes and a box-cab at the beginning of the Montana electrified Milwaukee mainline. E-78 has the EMD cab, unlike the rest of the Little Joes.

The morning sun hasn't had time to burn off the hoarfrost as GBW 313 leads train #2 north of Arcadia, WI. in October of 1986.

Nothing on the slide but I'd guess around 1982 before much had been repainted.

PALMER LAKE CO — Rio Grande SD40T-2 5398 leads a coal train in this undated photo. The slide is completely unlabeled and the Kodalux slide mount doesn't contain any indication of month-year of d... (more)

An Atlanta & West Point road freight from Montgomery, led by Georgia Railroad GP7 #1021, passes the College Park switcher, using Western Railway of Alabama GP40-2 #708, while an Eastern Airlines L... (more)

As a huge coal train is entirely over the top of the grade its large helper set is still attached, which is somewhat unusual. Looks like the conductor is stepping down with his grip. As the coal... (more)

Sometime in the late 1960s a couple of units in the original "Southern Belle" scheme share duties. KCS 25 was a "rebuild" of an E6A which had apparently been wrecked. As I un... (more)

Oh, California, America's parsidse lost, you affect us all, especially when we have lived there. We long for what you once were. Here a westbound ore train whines down Beaumont Hill for Fontana, ... (more)

Northern Pacific FP7 6510C leads train number 2 near Dickinson North Dakota in 1956. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A crew member enjoys some fresh air from the window on NP F-9A Extra 7004A West. The tonnage freight makes its way upgrade near milepost 121, about five miles west of Livingston, on June 5, 19... (more)