The Battle Rages On - Thomas Fire, Day 6. As the Fillmore & Western Railway's first westbound train since the start of the now 155,000-acre Thomas Fire trundles along as part of the 10AM C... (more)

With the afternoon lunch train a success, the F-unit sandwiched train pauses in Fillmore as the crew prepares for the evening's run of the dinner train.

As the sun quickly heads for the horizon to bring another short, December day to a close, FWRY 100 leads the afternoon's run of the "Murder Mystery" lunch train back to Fillmore as it pa... (more)

Passing through the newly planted orchards just east of the town of Fillmore, FWRY 100 leads this afternoon's edition of the "Murder Mystery" home following a pleasant trip to Piru.

Pausing for a stop at Bennett's Honey Farm in Buckhorn, FWRY 100 waits patiently on the point of this afternoon's "Murder Mystery" lunch train during the return trip to Fillmore. For thi... (more)

The last F7 ordered by CGW looking worn and weary by 1967, 18 years into service.

My father made many business trips to the Twin Cities in the early 1970s and made the most of those opportunities to photograph rail operations in the metropolitan area. One of his favorite place... (more)

New Jersey Transit acquired several F7A’s from the Chicago & North Western for use on former Lackawanna commuter branches. Here former CNW 417 brings a train into Hoboken, New Jersey. The EMD su... (more)

A flock of photographers gather to the right of Hughes Branch tunnel as the Santa Train blasts out of the 101 year old tunnel.

Santa Train number 75 makes it's way through the signal at Booty as it reduces throttle to make a stop in St. Paul.

The 108 year old tunnel at Miller Yard yet again sees a Clinchfield painted F-Unit. The 800 poses in it's original CRR gray and yellow paint scheme.

Hundreds of children and adults alike gather around the CRR 800 as it creeps through Ft. Blackmore as the only Christmas that some children will is on the rear of the train.

CRR 800 pokes out of the tunnel as it will coast to a stop at Berta Jct so that tons of gifts can be thrown out at the Santa Train stop at Haysi.

History At Clinchco- The 75th Anniversary Christmas Train Special departs Clinchco, Virginia with it's special guest leader, the original 1948 built EMD F3A Nº800 which was recently restored t... (more)