BN 2033 shows off its rear end and its new BN green paint as it awaits its next assignment at Staples, MN along with two other former Great Northern units. As GN 2033, this high hood GP20 was one ... (more)

SCL was loaded with high-horsepower B-B diesels in the early 1970s when it - maybe because of sister road L&N's success with the model - decided to purchase 56 GP38-2s in 1973. They'd get four mo... (more)

On a blustery April 4, 1966, F7A 5734 and a companion shove hard at Simms Street in Arvada, boosting a freight toward the distant mountains. In about 43 miles, at the Moffat Tunnel’s East Portal... (more)

Eastbound grain empty Plumas Lake

The Jersey Central’s last purchase of new freight power was twelve SD35’s in 1965. Nine secondhand SD40’s from the B&O rounded out the CNJ’s second generation freight roster, and together ... (more)

One of the Maryland Midland’s four ex-Burlington Northern SD24’s stands by the Highfield, Maryland office. The EMD is on the former Western Maryland main line to Baltimore, while the track on ... (more)

The Farewell to the Jersey Central excursion poses on the bridge across the Delaware River between Easton, Pa., and Phillipsburg, N.J. Interestingly, the train is on the former Lehigh Valley bridg... (more)

Westbound Western Pacific freight with in the lead GP35 #3014 and GP40 #3525, GE U23B #2264, GP35 #3006. Photo part of my slide collection, photographer unknown.

Former Rock Island, then Grand Trunk Western GP38-2s DWP 5853 and DWP 5850 head a transfer through the west end of Duluth towards downtown for interchange with Duluth connections. The train is on ... (more)

BN 1977 and caboose BN 12353 serve as local power at Rochelle on a snowless December 28, 1995. BN 1977 began life in June 1956 as Spokane, Portland & Seattle 152. The BNSF merger was 3 months old ... (more)

My most most frequently sighted - and least favorite - locomotive when I started fanning in the early 1970s in east Alabama was the Southern GP38 (or GP38-2). Square, black, run-of-the-mill blah.... (more)

Shoo-fly, Don't Bother Me...

In June 1976, two-month-old F40PH 223 leads Amtrak San Diegan #773 (San Diego to Los Angeles) as it threads its way around the newly installed sho... (more)

Eastbound B&O train near Deshler

Santa Fe’s Train 201 behind E unit 81 zips through Fowler, Colo. on its way to Pueblo and on to Denver on April 15, 1967.

Great Northern’s Train 31, westbound Empire Builder, was descending Marias Pass when it met eastbound Train 28, the Western Star near Blacktail, Mont. Anticipating the upcoming merger to create... (more)