Crossing US Highway 6 on the east side of Council Bluffs, IA.

Eastbound along the Arkansas River during the last year of operation. The last train over Tennessee Pass would run three months later.

SP5011 is one of 18 GP30's delivered to the SP and SSW. The units were based out of Houston working on locals at the time this photo was taken.

Westbound on the Overland Route at Schuyler, NE.

RSSX LEAF Genset is switching the Cargill plant in Blair, NE. This former GP30 was originally DRGW 3016, and then acquired by the Hartwell RR as well.

A pair of GP30's as helpers are shoving on the rear of a westbound that originated in Philadelphia. CR2231 wears Conrail lettering instead of the usual CR initials that we would normally see on a... (more)

An eastbound train passes PRR K4 #1361 at Horseshoe Curve. The K4 would be removed from the curve in 1985, restored, and ran a few trips before suffering a main bearing failure. Hopefully the engi... (more)

An SD40 leads 3 SD45's up the hill and around the curve. I'm only guessing that the lead 2 units are the helpers that will come off at the top of the hill.

B&M 300, built 12/1977, is on train and ready to depart the Mechanicville Yard. This unit ended up on the Ontario Northland as ON2201 in 2005.

Conrail RDC's on the Harmon to Poughkeepsie shuttle stop at Peekskill, NY on a gray winter day.

Here's a view of an early Metro-North Poughkeepsie-Harmon shuttle. The motive power is beginning to change with the B23-7 in service, and the FL9 appears much cleaner than when CR/MTA operated the... (more)

Westbound on the Oyster Bay Branch.

A yard crew on an SW10 is moving the DD40X and it's special train from Fox Park in Council Bluffs across the Missouri River to Omaha Union Station, where passengers will board the special train fo... (more)

PC4427 leads a freight onto the Northeast Corridor just south of Lane Tower on a snowy January day.

A patched NJT E60 leads a train that has just departed Newark's Pennsylvania Station, as seen from the location of the PRR South St. Station platforms.