Eastbound excursion more or less drifting after the tough pull into Bluefield. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Westbound coal hoppers returning to the mines. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Helpers giving a shove on an EB grain train. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

PALMER LAKE CO — Rio Grande SD40T-2 5398 leads a coal train in this undated photo. The slide is completely unlabeled and the Kodalux slide mount doesn't contain any indication of month-year of d... (more)

Back when Norton was used as the yard for mine runs a returning set of empties has held short at the small community just east of town. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Presented here is one of the most colorful consists I recall seeing on a Susquehanna stack train (or any train for that matter). SLN-4 was appropriately led across Midland Ave in Saddle Brook by ... (more)

An Atlanta & West Point road freight from Montgomery, led by Georgia Railroad GP7 #1021, passes the College Park switcher, using Western Railway of Alabama GP40-2 #708, while an Eastern Airlines L... (more)

A northbound single stack rounds the curve and is about to enter the most reconstructed portion of the CNO&TP. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

As a huge coal train is entirely over the top of the grade its large helper set is still attached, which is somewhat unusual. Looks like the conductor is stepping down with his grip. As the coal... (more)

Probably among the last of the "big hook" work trains to ever run on NS before the Cormans and Hulchers took over departs westbound and is now on the Clinch Valley Sub, allegedly traveli... (more)

Boston & Maine SW9 1223 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in January 1952. EMD built 815 of these 1200 horsepower switchers – 786 for American owners, and 29 in Canada for ope... (more)

ALAMOSA CO Oct 21 1977 — The last vestiges of the below-the-horizon sun illuminate Rio Grande GP40 3077 as the moon climbs skyward at right. My photo.

A southbound freight is slowing for the small yard. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

An eastbound work train is in the hole for a meet.

CASTLE GATE UT Aug 22 1981 — EMD built this GP9 (b/n 20525) for the Rio Grande in June 1955 as DRGW 5923. In January 1977 Utah Power & Light Co. purchased it, repainted it and it became UPLX 592... (more)