My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

I originally started “Red sky at morning………..” then something didn’t look right and I knew someone would correct me. I was wrwrwrong! “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight” is mo... (more)

The 2102 reverses across the Lehigh River and backs down to the yard in Jim Thorpe.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

Atchison, Topeka& Santa Fe 2-10-2, number 3876, had a total engine and tender weight of 687,000 lbs., and a tractive force of 81,500 lbs. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, where my gre... (more)

Shunting at Jingpeng station brought "old" and "new" together. While the diesel locomotive of the DF8B class will surely still be in service today, the QJ steam locomotives has... (more)

The famous photo-spot along the JiTong line: the Siminigyi-bridge! In the future it will be replaced by a new electrified shortcut through the mountains from Reshui all the way to Jingpeng station... (more)

The engineer of QJ7038 talks to the dispatcher at Jingpeng station on the radio. Soon he will move his big machine to do some shunting. See more of my pictures at https://www.clickasnap.com/profil... (more)

Train 463 with locomotives 476 and 473 pauses for water at the new Needleton Tank. However, the old wooden tank is still standing and visible midway through the train.

Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3802 leads a 15 car Gold Coast Express (UP 2nd 24) near Hermosa Wyoming in 1952. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Rolling through Anacoco southbound

The first of the rambles for 2024 is led back to Reading by the 2102. It is seen crossing the high bridge in Hometown PA.

Light snow falls over the BNSF yard in Golden, Colorado. BNSF Executive Grinstein 9709 (SD70MAC) was a long time fixture of the beer train that ran between the Coors refinery in Golden and Denver... (more)

Thar She Blows! DMIR 332 was used for some switching moves and created quite a scene along Railroad Ave. near downtown Duluth, MN.