Engines wait for assignment at East Deerfield RR Yard on Monday afternoon.

Late on a summer evening, an eastbound heads for Oregon over the west flank of Mt. Shasta.

SP 4-8-8-2 4101 leads 69 cars of the first 813 west with SP 4103 helping, at Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

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

Power Up 307! The site of so many many great restorations, the N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer, North Carolina has recently announced yet another. Former Amtrak 307 (F40PH, EMD, 5/197... (more)

Using a Dumptrain developed by Georgetown RR NS is moving Westmoreland Coal Co. product on a short haul to the processing plant. We're up the creek from Mud Lick Junction. The train ran backward... (more)

Midcoast Rail Service RB-2 is seen crossing the Kennebec River in Bath. The remains of the old Route 1 bridge can be seen directly above the rails. The modern replacement bridge can be seen to the... (more)

CSX's "Chessie System" heritage unit leads train M64825 by the Tyson feed mill at the north end of Bartlett, near Oglethorpe, Georgia.

That Bridge, That Train. A common phrase heard while chasing the NYSW SU-99 today was "wow, what a great railroad to shoot, if only they ran in daylight more often." With an 0630 OD time fo... (more)

Mixed to Mt. Union. A young couple pauses to take in the passage of an East Broad Top mixed train that is passing under the iconic McMullins Summit Bridge, on a northbound run to Mt. Union,... (more)

An array of power is seen in CSX's Cumberland Locomotive Shop.

A freshly painted UP 6900, sporting UP's new paint scheme, leads a loaded rail train up the Palmer Divide towards the summit at Palmer Lake.

A neat looking A-B-A F7 set is seen at the Handley West Virginia yard in 1953. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The cleanest set of UP power i've seen in years comes in the form of two North Little Rock repaints. These have the smaller flag on the nose and lack the winged shield.

Cass Scenic Railroad's Moore Keppel & Co Climax gets some TLC at the Cass Shop. Participants in the Cass Rail Heritage Photography Weekend got a tour of the shop as part of the weekend.