Amtrak train #73, the Piedmont, passes through Raleigh, North Carolina, on September 8, 2018. The train, heading from Raleigh to Charlotte, is led by Amtrak F59PHI 470, and has RNCX F59PH 1... (more)

Chciago & Illinois Midland SD9 51 was found in Springfield, Illinois, on June 25, 1983. Built in November 1955, this engine was no longer a part of the railroad's roster by this day (- note the m... (more)

Burlington Northern GP38-2 2276, the former Frisco 421, shows off its new paint job in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on April 23, 1983. Just two months prior to this date, this engine was still wearing... (more)

BNSF Railway train O-SDGSDG2-12 (Officer Speical; San Diego CA to San Diego CA) climbs Miramar Hill as it departs San Diego, California, on November 12, 2018. This special is taking shortline rai... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 579 traverses San Diego's Rose Canyon as it heads north from San Diego to Los Angeles on November 9, 2018. As the Surfliner's F59PHIs are slowly sent east t... (more)

Skirting the Pacific Ocean on May 17, 2018, is an 11 car passenger special, operated by the BNSF Railway for automotive customers. It should be fairly obvious why this was known as the Santa Fe's... (more)

Amtrak's train #13, the Coast Daylight, led by a pair of Southern Pacific SDP45s and consisting of just six cars, is seen at San Luis Obispo, California, in March 1973. The Daylight... (more)

Amtrak train #73, the Piedmont, passes through Cary, North Carolina, on October 25, 2016. The train, heading from Raleigh to Charlotte, is led by RNCX F59PHI 1797, and has RNCX 1755 on the... (more)

A string of Baltimore & Ohio I-18-class cabooses sits in Hagerstown, Maryland, on August 31st, 1975. Painted in Chessie System colors, the cabooses are C-3040, C-3004 and C-3036. These cars were... (more)

Southern Pacific Railroad's corporate headquarters was located at 1 Market Street in San Francisco, California. But for the average San Franciscan, they only knew the SP at Third and Townsend, wh... (more)

Missouri Pacific owned over 300 SD40-2s, but the locomotive that really defined the MP in the 1970s and beyond was the EMD GP38-2 - The MoPac owned 264 GP38-2s (along with 6 GP38s). Built in Augu... (more)

A trio of Missouri Pacific SD40-2s (3205, 3215 and 3190) maneuver through the yard in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 2nd, 1983. Meanwhile, a coal train led by Burlington Northern C30-7 5006... (more)

Shuffling a cut of coal cars in the Norfolk & Western's yard in Norfolk, Virginia, in December 1982 is a trio of T-6 switchers: 32, 43 and 11. Of the 57 T-6s built by Alco, 40 of them were owned... (more)

Departing the Texas & Pacific yard in Longview, Texas, is a train led by Missouri Pacific GP38 856, MP GP18 430 and T&P GP9 398. This view, taken on March 3rd, 1973, shows a yard full of "cl... (more)

Looking like a model railroader's kitbashing project, Rock Island GP40 4710 sits in the deadline in North Little Rock, Arkansas, in May 1985. The deadline is made up of former Rock Island and Wes... (more)