The hometown Interstate Railroad was known for owning a rather eclectic fleet of steam locomotives--some bought new, but most second hand acquisitions from here and there. A prime example was 2-8-... (more)

Heavy frost coats the ground and bridge ties and the cold morning air accentuates the engine's exhaust as VBR 8 takes the day's train from Piney River to the Southern Railway interchange at Tye Ri... (more)

Fans on the west end of the 7107 foot new Elkhorn tunnel helped clear engine exhaust ahead of slow moving east-bound trains. N&W also maintained ventilation fans on the single-track Cowan tunnel,... (more)

The new Elkhorn line had been in service only six years. Working hard with clear stack, sanders and rail-washer working, N&W 2198 is about to enter Elkhorn Tunnel. Sister 2181 is pushing on the re... (more)

Norfolk and Western Class J 605 sits next to her sister J 603 at Shaffers Crossing. Roanoke, VA

Norfolk and Western K2 122 passes the Norfolk and Western general office building at Roanoke, VA

Norfolk and Western Y6b is Preparing to take on coal at Shaffer's Crossing. GP9 #729 is sitting on the opposite track.

Where narrow gauge teakettles once simmered between runs, Colorado & Southern 634 absorbs the afternoon sun alongside the roundhouse at Denver’s Rice Yards. One of dozens of humble B-4R class Al... (more)

Colorado & Southern 809, just arrived in Loveland with the Fort Collins local, has set out with three cars for lineside businesses. That accomplished, she’ll haul the rest of her train -- boxcar... (more)

Portrait of a classic: C&S 629’s engineer is leaning way out, looking back to the brakeman’s signals as he backs a cut of livestock cars across the South Platte River and into the labyrinth of... (more)

Colorado & Southern’s Globeville Branch snaked through Denver to serve the historic Globe Smelter and the city’s extensive stock yards, both of which in January, 1959, still provided enough tr... (more)

Colorado & Southern 809 is rolling into Loveland with the local from Ft. Collins on a pleasantly warm November afternoon, 1958. The heavy U.S.R.A. 2-8-2 was, until recently, Chicago Burlington & Q... (more)

The profile is classic USRA but that fat stack says Union Pacific. Some 625 light 2-8-2’s were turned out for American railroads under control of the United States Railroad Administration during... (more)

Southern Ry. F7 4151 idles next to N&W’s roundhouse at Bristol, Va. where the two roads interchanged trains, especially notable passenger trains over the years.

Just in from the east, Extra 3949 eases through the Cheyenne yards past construction of a new yard tower. A high-railer paces the train on the adjoining track. Soon, a Big Boy will take over for t... (more)