Built by EMD in June 1946, Commonwealth Edison SW1 14 sits at the Chicago & Illinois Midland facility in Springfield, IL, 37 years later, on June 25th, 1983. This engine would eventually be sold ... (more)

San Diego & Imperial Valley NRE 3GS21B locomotive 702 trundles through the yard just south of downtown San Diego on March 14th, 2013. The catenary on the adjacent tracks are for the MTS trolley s... (more)

A pair of former Santa Fe GP60Ms switch cars in the yard in downtown San Diego on March 14th, 2013.

A westbound BNSF Railway train threads its way through the curves at the "natural crossover" at Frost; just south of Victorville, California. Leaning into the curve as it crosses over the eastbou... (more)

A Burlington Northern freight passes through Dallas, Texas, on June 6th, 1983. SD40-2 6926 is on the point.

A trio of Burlington Northern and Missouri Pacific SD40-2s lead an empty coal train through North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 28, 1983.

Amtrak train #55, the Mountaineer, makes its station stop in Suffolk, Virginia, on a bright April 1975 day. The lone SDP40F, #604, can easily handle this five car train.

Seaboard System was a US Class I railroad that was created after the consolidation of the Family Lines System railroads (Louisville & Nashville, Seaboard Coast Line, Gerogia Railroad, Clinchfield ... (more)

A colorful assortment of power sits at the Ivy City Engine Terminal in Washington DC on a September day in 1975. Front and center is Southern Railway E8A 6905 (ex-SOU 2928, built 9/51), still in ... (more)

One of Santa Fe's unique U30CGs sits in the engine facility at Cleburne, Texas, on March 3, 1973. Originally purchased for use on the Santa Fe's passenger trains, the General Electric U30CG featu... (more)

A pair of Amtrak SDP40F diesels are in charge of train #53, The Floridian, stops at Union Station in Montgomery, Alabama, in October 1974. Montgomery Union Station was built by the Louisvi... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #768 (Goleta to San Diego) descends Rose Canyon in the northern part of San Diego on December 9th, 2012. The train has F59PHI 454 on the point, followed by six ... (more)

A hot Santa Fe eastbound is led by GP50 3833, SD45-2 5858, SD40-2 5099 and C30-7 8157. Alray, Cajon Pass, California - April 18, 1992.

Consecutive Numbers on Adjacent Trains Amtrak Pacific Surfliners meet in Rose Canyon, in northern San Diego, California. F59PHI 456 is leading train #774 (San Luis Obispo to San Di... (more)

A six-car BNSF Railway business train skirts Interstate 5 as it approaches downtown San Diego, California, on May 15th, 2012. Brand new ES44C4 6967 brought this train to Los Angeles the previous ... (more)