A westbound freight bound for Waterloo has just top the grade at Beth Siding in 1998. Hard to believe in 1998 a class 1 mainline train with 7 units, and not a one has dynamic brakes on it. IC mana... (more)

A loaded grain train from Western Iowa rolls thru the fog at New Hartford. This train is about 20 miles from Waterloo. Back in the late 90's the batch of IC SD70's were fairly new to the IC system... (more)

One of Santa Fe's unique U30CGs sits in the engine facility at Cleburne, Texas, on March 3, 1973. Originally purchased for use on the Santa Fe's passenger trains, the General Electric U30CG featu... (more)

Until the 1989 purchase of C40-8's for coal service the CNW had a very limited amount of success with GE products. The handful of 1968 U30C's were not held in high favor on the CNW. Most of the ti... (more)

Seaboard RS3 #1648 idles outside the diesel shop at Hialeah Yard, Miami, Fl. in May 1966.

Seaboard RS11 #106 idles at Hialeah Yard, Fl. coupled with RS3 #1638 in May 1966.

A mixed freight out of Barstow with a gaggle of four axles begins it's long descent off the Summit of Cajon as summer thunderheads build over the desert.

Just after sunrise, an eastbound intermodal charges up out of Alray on the north track for Summit on a crisp morning in the pass. Getting a clean grouped set of the GP60Ms was always a highlight... (more)

A westbound Southern Railway freight enters the Nantahala Gorge in October 1979. This location is within a few hundred feet of where the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad trains now make their stop a... (more)

Operating as Extra 515 South, SAL No. 27 is approaching the Raleigh Roundhouse where a crew change will take place "on-the-fly". Tucked in behind the trio of GP30's are two brand new GP40's, in t... (more)

After a crew change two EMD's hustle a loaded coal train away from Danville headed north.

Blue cowls under a big sky
All three of Montana Rail Link's EMD F45s (390, 391 and 392; 393 was an IMRL unit at this point) are at Louisville, Montana, with train LM (Laurel to Missoula... (more)

SCL No. 115 is in full stride just south of Middleburg, NC with a "split-image" locomotive consist led by GP40 1565 followed by a GP35, 2 more GP40's and a GP9. No. 115 picked up the majority of ... (more)

BLS Veteran engine Ae8/8 leading an auto train over the Kander river, coming down from the Bernese mountains of Kandersteg

CNW 1768 on the PM switch job crosses a small trestle as it heads from the roundhouse to the yard for an evening of work. The nice looking unit in good paint was rebuilt and renumbered in November... (more)