BN 9804, former NP 6701A built in August 1956, has been pulled from passenger service and is seen here at Minneapolis mated up with a former GN GP20. Amtrak did not acquire this unit.

BN 6473, an SD45 ordered by NP but delivered to BN in July 1970, leads train 3, the Pacific Zip out of North La Crosse through Onalaska, WI on the beginning of a quick run to St. Paul, and ultimat... (more)

Livingston, Montana was Northern Pacific's major diesel maintenance facility for their entire transcontinental fleet of freight and passenger locomotives as well as the Rocky Mountain Division... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train meets an westbound SP train at Soldier Summit, Utah, on September 7, 1995. During this era, SP AC4400CWs were common on this former Rio Grande main line.

Big blue Conrail GE No. 6040 leads an eastbound CR freight through New Carlisle, Indiana, at 1:35 p.m. on March 16, 1991. CR No. 6040 is one of 25 4,000 hp C40-8's bought from GE in 1989, assigned... (more)

A fine example of the ill-fated "Kodachrome" paint scheme this unit also has something called the "5 Cab" for cabooseless operation on locals. Photo by Dave Petke. From my co... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train H-KCRI1-23 rolls into Barstow, where the crew that has handled this train across the Needles Sub, having boarded in Needles, will get off to allow a fres... (more)

VANCOUVER WA Oct 2 1978 — Retired Burlington Northern RS3 4082 (Northern Pacific paint for lawsuit) sits in the sun at the engine facility. Alco built the unit (b/n 81155) in March 1955 as NP 85... (more)

Chicago & North Western EMD SD40-2 Nos. 6907 and 6901, running through on the Conrail main line to Elkhart Yard in Indiana, power eastbound CR ELPR through the long curves at New Carlisle, Indiana... (more)

Not sure of the actual location. Not on the slide. I was a furious chase from Redlands. They must have held him somewhere because he had a good roll on at the orange groves. It's all morphed s... (more)

A Northbound West Point Route freight heads past the depot in downtown Auburn, Alabama lead by A&WP 425 in July of 1952. Photo by J. Parker Lamb.

Actually somewhere on Christiansburg Grade the Queen shows why that first chill in the air makes steam special, so please think outside the summer box. Has it been forty years?!

New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) R40 no. 4341 is seen at Enola Yard in Enola, PA in April 1969 in the process of being delivered to New York. The sign in the middle window of the car says: ... (more)

D&RGW train 18, The California Zephyr, is seen at Dotsero Colorado in 1952. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

How many men does it take to wash a 567 engine? BN 6110's engine gets a bath at Belknap St. Yard in Superior, WI, July 1973. Superior was once a location of major locomotive shops for the Great No... (more)