'The Spirit of Union Pacific' arrives in to Cheyenne, WY leading a 12 car passenger special from Council Bluffs, IA bound for Coeur d'Alene Jct, ID.

Ready for the Christmas holiday

A Canadian Pacific newsprint car in the green pine tree with script lettering scheme rolls through Valley Junction, Pennsylvania.

”Better By A Dam Site”

Southwestern Georgia’s Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad survived part of its early (1960’s) existence by transporting materials for the construction... (more)

The Alturas Turn heads east on the Modoc Line, with lumber empties to interchange with Great Western.

Eastbound with APL train OAAP5-24.

Westbound Santa Fe freight with merger painted C30-7 8146, SD40-2 5212 and (2) SD45's 5321 and 5314 a Abo, New Mexico.

An eastbound Conrail train, most likely CGAL (Corning – Allentown)in about to duck under the Hamilton Street overpass in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Ahead is the last tangent before entering Allent... (more)

Eastbound No.18, the Super Chief/EL Capitan with FP45 105 and 104 at Crookton, Arizona on March 16, 1969. No photographer listed on slide.

MILW 362 is about to hammer the Soo Line crossing at Duplainville, WI in February of 1984. The tower and the Milwaukee Road are gone but this is still one of the busiest crossings in Wisconsin, no... (more)

Steel Tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania controlled interlockings on the east side of Allentown Yard. Although its name may imply a proximity to the sprawling Bethlehem Steel complex, it was actuall... (more)

Back in the late 90's the BNSF got really power short around their system with the new merger railroad. Alot of older geeps and SD got pushed into regular service on the mainlines. It was kind of ... (more)

Talk about the Baltimore & Ohio in West Virginia will often center around coal traffic, but there was also a good deal of products carried for the pulp and paper industry. Here two SD60 demonstrat... (more)

We’re Here to Fix Your Mistakes

After EMD’s SD50’s developed a reputation for being trouble-prone, the builder quickly introduced the improved SD60. Four demonstrator units w... (more)

A westbound Rio Grande freight drops down the steep 3% western grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell, Colorado, on July 20, 1990. Leading the train is EMD SD40T-2 “Tunnel Motor” No. 5349, which ... (more)