A variety of power at Pot Yard
Its hard to believe everything in this photo of Potomac Yard--terminal, yard and humps are gone-replaced by big box stores and town homes. Almost nothing remains of what once was one of the busies... (more)
Classic lines in blue and grey! Two of the RF&P's finest idle at the Bryant Park terminal on a bright spring afternoon waiting on their next run to Potomac Yard.
A string of four axle GEs motor across the James River Bridge in the last light of a June evening.
The regular assigned switch power at the base of the Comandau Incline pulls a load of dimensional lumber off the incline. Note "engine shed" in background! The cable hauled incline connected two ... (more)
Hand braking and link and pin coupling at the turn of the 21st century. The brakeman rides between the massive fir logs. A US safety inspector may faint at this sight.
The regular assigned switch power at the Comandau Incline shuffles some empty log bogies. The Covasna-Comandau line, a 19th century logging railroading relic lasted but a few months after this ph... (more)
CFF Forestry loco 763.247 has a very unusual 4-6-0T arrangement
The overnight train from Asuncion stops at a rural station with not a house in sight. The first car is an wood fuel tender. At the time the national system regularly scheduled train featured a fu... (more)
East bound manifest runs through Glenwood Springs
A GP40 leads larger power on a east bound manifest past the DRG&W Glenwood Springs Depot.
A trio of ex-CSX SD40s idle at the Utah Railway's Helper terminal.
Leaving a rural wayside station near the Hershey end of the line.
Double headed cane train on the Mal Tiempo 3 foot gauge line. The locos are 1903 and 1909 Baldwin products.
Two variants of the Russian TEM 3 Road Switcher rest at the Havana engine terminal. The highly successful TEM models trace their linage to Alco RSD-1s supplied to the Soviets during World War 2. T... (more)
