AT&SF train number ninety three is seen at Amarillo Texas on April 17th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe M-190 Mail Express Motor car built in 1932, had a 900 hp gasoline-electric power plant it was replaced with a diesel-electric engine in December 1949. The M-190 was assigned to pull no... (more)

CNW 6720 brings a loaded ore train into the yard at Escanaba, MI in August of 1984. These CNW Alco's were always a favorite of mine and were beasts considering their 2750 HP. Unfortunately, the o... (more)

Peabody Short Line was owned by the Peabody Coal Mine. The PSL ran from the River King Mine near Belleville, Illinois to the Peabody Coal Docks on the Mississippi River, directly across from th... (more)

Seaboard GP40's 600-650 built between 1966-1967. The GP40's brought a new color scheme to the Seaboard, but one that would last only two years. Photo of five Jolly Green Giants units taken at H... (more)

Seaboard E4A #3009 is working train 4 in this January 12, 1960 view from the Raleigh Tower at Raleigh, North Carolina. Seaboard EMD E4A's were built between October 1938 and November 1939, numb... (more)

The westbound #17 Rio Grande Zephyr runs through Range on the Dotsero Cut-off line.

The westbound #17 Rio Grande Zephyr approaches Dotsero on the Cut-off line.

Seaboard Baldwin DRS6-4-1500 baby-face styling numbers 2700-2702 operated mostly on Florida secondary runs. Zipping along at 65MPH, train 8 with #2700 is near Coleman, Florida on this November ... (more)

Originally ATSF. Photographer unknown. From my collection.

IC's great Paducah shops turned out many excellent rebuilds over many years. Among the lesser known models was this one. I like the Baldwinesque look of the hood. This one is handling local swi... (more)

So here comes the 5586 Westbound down the Clark Fork valley between Spring Gulch and St. Regis, MT. At the time, there was a section of track warrant territory between Superior and Paradise, MT th... (more)

The"Nancy Hawks" was a popular Central of Georgia and later Southern Railway passenger train in Georgia. Running a distance of 294 miles between Atlanta and Savannah. It was named after a race... (more)

I was on my way to Phippsburg and Craig, CO to work vacation vacancies as a D&RGW agent/operator and stopped at Orestod, CO. A coal train down from Phippsburg joins the mainline along the banks of... (more)

The Clinchfield Railroad was primarily a coal hauler, although not as big as B&O, C&O, N&W and others. The gray and yellow 3010 was one of 24, SD40s such units in the Clinchfield, seen here at E... (more)