The GP59 was similar to the GP60, except that it had a 12 cylinder prime mover instead of a 16 cylinder. The GP59 had a 3000 horsepower rating compared to the 3800 of the GP60. Only 36 GP59's were... (more)

Santa Fe did some experimenting with warbonnet schemes after the Amtrak takeover. Since the red warbonnet was affiliated with passenger service, it was too attractive to just throw away. This was ... (more)

Back in 1978 Morrison-Knudsen rebuilt four GE U25B's with Sulzer prime movers. They gave it a nice flashy daylight type paint scheme never to be repeated. The horsepower was uprated to 2800 and th... (more)

An unidentified Conrail freight train passes through Metropark in Iselin NJ on February 11, 1979, under the power of a pair of E44 electrics. I had no idea at this time that these motors only had ... (more)

Amtrak's train #171, The Colonial, speeds through Metropark station in Iselin, NJ, on a sunny February 11, 1979. Bound between Boston, MA and Washington DC, it is pulled by an E60CH locomotive, an... (more)

Looking fresh, with the just the right amount of patina, this N&W alumnus probably came in on #466 from Winston Salem.

N&W, Norfolk Western SD40-2 6073, leads a eastbound grain train, GR12 in early spring snowfall at mile 8.5 on the ex-P&WV at, Chaintown, Pennsylvania. April 9, 1982. Jack D kuiphoff © photo

Norfolk Western, N&W 2514-4119-538-1382 and a P&WV caboose in tow are running light west on the ex-P&WV out of Connellsville PA. They are crossing over the B&O Keystone sub, the Youghiogheny River... (more)

Definitely unloved and probably sold south of the border this one sits in a long line of its fellows, doing nothing.

An EB loaded coal train in meeting WB hoppers at the east end of the yard. In the background some of the old steam-era buildings remain. My favorite structure though, is the old switchman's shan... (more)

In the dying sunlight an empty WB hopper train heels into a curve on the upgrade along the East River, down between the many ridges of the Appalachians.

N&W, Norfolk Western GP9 903, with a transfer train at Detroit, Michigan. November 24, 1979. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Norfolk Western, N&W GP9 503, is crossing the C&O diamond at Romulus, Michigan. November 24, 1979. Jack D Kuiphoff photo

Following the East River between the ridges the Norfolk & Western had a few squiggles to negotiate to reach the easy grades along the beautiful New River. Just east of Oakvale this train, its dy... (more)

A common visitor to the Seaboard System yard due to the joint ownership of the Winston Salem Southbound line from Winston Salem, NC.