A great operation for railfans but somewhat unfortunate for the principals, now long since defunct.

A Southern Pacific freight heads east along the "beautiful" Los Angeles River on the Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub, which it uses to head south ("railroad east") through this part of downtown Lo... (more)

A trio of switchers await the call to duty at the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's Hobart Yard, not far from downtown Los Angeles. These three SW9s – ATSF 2423, 2425 and 2428 – are among ... (more)

Monon F units photographed inside the Monon Railroad Lafayette, IN shops on 08/02/59 using ASA 10 Kodachrome. Original Kodachrome slide. Photographer unknown, John E. Troxler collection.

Monon Shops, Lafayette, IN, 08/02/59. Original Kodachrome slide, photographer unknown, John E. Troxler collection.

I previously posted a roster shot of this former MP unit switching the paper mill and I found another putting more context to the scene. I like those classy classification lights.

Somewhere in the area of Concord or Salisbury or the vicinity a SB special is racing along. I wish they still used that full length dome. Photo by Jim Satterwhite.

Sprinting toward Duplainville
A pair of Milwaukee Road GP40s sprints Soo Line train 211 westbound toward Springdale Road grade crossing just east of Duplainville, Wisconsin, on a hazy A... (more)

Conrail EMD GP40-2 No. 3378 leads an eastbound CR freight out of Gallitzin Tunnel at Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, on October 23, 1988. In 1995, the Gallitzin Tunnel was abandoned in favor of an adjoin... (more)

In transit on the SP. Previously owned by Phelps-Dodge. Note the dynamic brakes.

Santa Fe run-through power, led by AT&SF GE B23-7 No. 6370, pulls Conrail’s ELSF freight into a lowering sun at New Carlisle, Indiana, on September 10, 1988.

How the mighty have fallen. By the time of this shot this former SOU 6913 had been sold, evidently to a fan as the old logo has been applied. It got worse, but I think this classic still is in e... (more)

In a truly inspired application of irony someone named this place, desolate, cold and presided over by one lonely buzzard hungry for a meal and unlikely to find one. A coal train trundles its way... (more)

ARGENTINE KS May 2 1982 — Santa Fe slug 129 was built by EMD (s/n 25408) in July 1959 for Union Pacific as SD24B 420B. UP retired the unit in April 1978 and sold it in August 1978 to Naporano Ir... (more)

PURCELL OK (July) 1977 — Amtrak SDP40F 509 is on the point of train #16 The Lone Star. The train has completed its station stop and is on its way north to its next stop in Norman OK. To the left... (more)