The North Coast Daylight rolls through the redwoods on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend 1985.

Georgia Northeastern GP38 9708 is the day's south facing unit for the grain train, 9708 is noted for having the extend cab feature from it's time as a Penn Central ordered unit with dual controls.... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is just pulling into Manly. Manly is the end of the line on the north end of the railroad. The crew will interchange cars with the Union Pacific before heading back ... (more)

The Iowa Northern's North Crew is working towards Manly with a Union Pacific potash train out of Waterloo. The train is seen here between Cedar Falls and Shell Rock on a snowy February day. When t... (more)

The CCP was an all geep railroad the years it was in existence. Once the IC bought bought the CCP back the 6 axles IC units started showing up. If I remember right this was the 1st grain train out... (more)

It’s late afternoon on a March day, and Conrail’s North Penn local is headed into electrified territory to work SEPTA’s North Penn line. The commuter traffic on the line dictated that it be ... (more)

A westbound grain train is just arriving at Waterloo. The Chicago Central started in 1985, and was bought back by the IC in 1996. 4 of the GP38 the CCP had are seen here. The units came from diffe... (more)

ELS 400 crosses the CN diamond on its way to the freight car repair facility in Escanaba. Pentax KX, Kodak Portra 160.

A pair matched New England Central Railroad 'heritage' GP38s - 3855 and 3845 - are seen pulling by the picturesque White River Junction, Vermont station on Friday afternoon, January 6.

Connecticut Southern GP38 2021 and SD40-2 3398 lead a short CSO-1 south through Wallingford. The four gondolas are loaded with steel and will be interchanged at CSX's Cedar Hill yard in North Have... (more)

Fallen Flags

Evident in this photo of Conrail’s Cement Secondary local are assets that have belonged to five different post-1960 railroad companies that have disappeared since th... (more)

Conrail’s Cement Secondary local passes a local farm as it approaches Steuben. This job usually had two or three locomotives, but a light weekend as-needed call only warranted a single GP38.

Running on a Saturday, which was an “as-needed” day, Conrail’s Cement Secondary local makes a run for Bethlehem at Steuben.

CP 3004 leads a westbound Mission City Turn through Ruskin, BC in the Fraser River Valley on its way back to Pt. Coquitlam after a day of chores along CP's mainline on a snowy February day.

Just a few short hours into the Nor'easter snowstorm that is forecast to dump up to 2 feet of snow over portions of New England, New England Central train 600-29 is seen passing the north end of t... (more)