On October 26, 1968 the annual fall sugar “campaign” is under way in Northern Colorado. Branch lines swarm with extras, light engine movements and caboose hops. Here at Dent, junction of the D... (more)
Minutes out of Rio Grande’s North Yard, Rock Island GP35 315 leads a collection of second-generation EMD and GE units on train 82 at Brighton Boulevard on Denver’s Belt Line, headed for the UP... (more)
In steam days, Union Pacific was one of Alco’s best customers, turning to the Schenectady, New York, builder for the Northerns, Challengers and Big Boys that were the epitome of modern power. Wi... (more)
The Southern Railway was notoriously conservative in matters of steam, but if the road had acquired modern Lima superpower, here’s what it might have looked like. On July 29, 1977, we are alongs... (more)
Fans argue over the yellow, vermillion, and blue paint scheme, but there is nary a discouraging word May 8, 1977 as Reading 2101 thunders north of Bucklodge, Maryland on one of the first of some 4... (more)