UP 3985 makes a run on Sherman Hill in the days before she became a show horse. Cold winter days really accentuate steam exhaust.

UP Big Boy 4019 leaves Cheyenne with a great plume of smoke. Steam leaks can be seen surrounding the boiler.

A UP Challenger equipped with smoke lifters barrels down the UP mainline with a freight consisting mostly of boxcars.

A UP early Challenger speeds through Willow Island station with a long freight.

Fairbanks Morse Erie-built 6000hp A-B-A passenger locomotive No. 90 was at the LA Union Passenger Terminal on August 9, 1954, Built in January 1947, "Notable Ninety" was notable onl... (more)

The Santa Fe Super Chief is seen at Albuquerque New Mexico in 1943. Note the wartime headlight visor on the EMC E6. Jack Delano photo, from the Library of Congress collection and my collection.

Central of Georgia F3(A) 901, GP9 163, SD9 203, F3(A) 907 at Atlanta (East Point), Georgia in March 1957. Photo from my slide collection, no photographer listed.

Central of Georgia EMD GP9 164. Numbered (160-170) Photo from my slide collection.

Upon stepping off the train at Union Station on my first trip to Chicago, Bill Rosenberg and I trekked up to the CNW terminal to catch the afternoon rush. I knew steam was still in service there.

This is a K2a 4-8-2 Mountain, not a J class 4-8-4. I shot the unusually dirty 126 below the 5th St. bridge.

This is a rare Baldwin AS16 built in April 1953. A Roger Puta Photograph

Westbound Erie Railroad train 5 The Lake Cities with in the lead Alco PA-1 856, with EMD E8(A) 823 in two-tone green Erie Railroad passenger colors,crossing the Nickel Plate Road tracks at Cresto... (more)

Baltimore and Ohio GP7 No.3400 proudly shows off what is generally regarded as B&O's finest paint scheme, in October 1953 at Bayview Yard Baltimore, Maryland. Photo part of my slide collection, n... (more)

UP Big Boy fulls a string of reefers over Sherman hill.

A Big Boy heads toward Hermosa on Sherman Hill with a long train. The train is running on the Harriman cut off which is now the number three track. This is the locomotive that is now on display at... (more)