When I climbed on top of this hill, I saw for the first time the Santa Fe derailment that happened just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass, and at first glance it looked like it was from an HO mod... (more)

CNW caboose 11043 trails an eastbound freight under the old coaling tower at Nelson, IL. on frigid day in January of 1985.

A good number of BN's business car fleet was housed at the BN station in Minneapolis between uses back in 1973. Office car Red River poses at the end of a platform on a rainy day in March 1973, fe... (more)

BN F45 no. 6607 shows off its fresh BN paint job in the company of F45 mate no 6616 at North La Crosse, WI in March 1973. The unit was built as GN 434 in June 1969, while BN 6616 was built for BN ... (more)

Conrail trains swap power at La Porte, Indiana, alongside the railroad’s busy Chicago to Elkhart main line on September 11, 1988. New Conrail B40-8 No. 5085 is only four month old, built by Gene... (more)

Powered by a pair of Rio Grande EMD GP60s, a summer run of Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train works upgrade through Clay, Colorado, on the morning of July 15, 2000.

Powered by CSXT EMD GP15-1 No. 1523 and trundling down the old Rock Island line from Bureau Junction to Peoria, is a short three-car CSX freight train heading southbound at Putnam, Illinois, on a ... (more)

MARTIN UT Aug 22 1981 — Utah Railway RSD-4 302 is tied down at the engine facility. Alco built the 302 (b/n 78956) in March 1952 and delivered it on March 1952. The unit was placed into service ... (more)

The "Tip Up's" entry into the great Bicentennial paint job field was this beauty.

An empty coal train rolls west on Union Pacific's line from North Platte to the C&NW connection at Morill, WY headed back for another load in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. At this time C&NW/U... (more)

MARTIN UTAH Aug 6 1981 — Utah Railway RSD-4 301 is tied down and awaiting its fate. Alco built the unit (b/n 78948) in February 1952 and delivered it on Feb 29 1952. It went into service on Mar ... (more)

A variety of New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) equipment is seen laid up at Coney Island Yard on October 13, 1968, including R16 no. 6482 (ACF, 1955), R32 no.s 3949 and 3540 (Budd, 1964), an... (more)

CR 7869 & 8275 lead a welded rail train through the remnants of the Lehigh Valley Station in Easton, PA. Photography by Tim Howeter, from the collection of Colin Kund.

PBNE 43 sits among other power at Bethlehem Steel's engine house in Bethlehem, PA. Tim Howeter photograph, collection of Colin Kund.

CR 4020 heads up the OCS consist as it travels westbound over the Delaware River. In the background is the former CNJ Phillipsburg Union Station, which has not seen a passenger train in quite some... (more)