Ever so often, something very bad would happen on the Santa Fe transcon. The main would get blocked, and Santa Fe was forced to run it's hottest trains over the Union Pacific. It was an awesome tr... (more)

Lots of Ex CEFX bluebirds at the shop.

A loaded Utah coal train, after topping Soldier Summit, is heading downgrade towards Provo. The late afternoon light highlights the magnificent scenery and colorful consist, which includes both t... (more)

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

A fate worse than death? Maybe not but life was hard for an old unit on BS&G's makeshift railroads. One of the last truly ragtag old southern operations. Ramshackle "Snaptrack" laid on... (more)

Kuala Lumpur monorail No 2208 (left) heads away from KL Sentral with a service to Titiwangsa. The red unit 2725 (right) is exiting the depot (some sidings are visible below the train).

On my way home one night in January, I decided to go home following some back roads just to see if I can catch a train. I figured it was going to be too dark to get a picture, but it's still good ... (more)

The Auto Train crosses the bridge over the Rappahannock River on a cool morning in northern Virginia. The aging P40s on the point are near the end of the trip at Lorton.

Union Pacific ALCO FA1 1610 and B unit mate lead 114 cars east at 55 MPH near Alda Nebraska in 1958. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

CSX's OCS, led by all three F40s, rolls south into Manchester for a crew change after coming off the Manchester Subdivision from Atlanta.

Three Locomotives of R.J. Corman prestige are parked on a siding in Powell, a suburb of Knoxville. The Locomotives are operating on Corman's Knoxville & Cumberland Gap line, that was formed in 202... (more)

A Union Pacific eastbound train, operating on BNSF's San Bernardino Sub, with an eclectic mix of early merger power: Southern Pacific SD45R 7453 (ex-SP SD45 8887), Union Pacific SD40-2 3915 and a... (more)

SD80MACs 4100 and 4125 head west on the Boston line.

Retired Power Pack. LI 3100 (né-WM 304, FA-2, 1/1951) had already been retired, but after conversion served as a cabless HEP generator/power pack. During an Electric Railroaders Associatio... (more)

Trailing units on this westbound manifest are Dash 9-44CW 621, GP50 3811 and SD40-2 5158.