BN 1790 along with F9B 807 and GP9 1799 have attached to the rear of an eastbound freight at Skykomish as manned helpers to shove the train up the grade through the Cascade Tunnel, and on to Wenat... (more)

BN 6110, former Great Northern 583 and F9B 9819 are paired up at Superior, WI being serviced for their next assignment in July 1973. The B unit was NP 7010C/6709B and although repainted for freigh... (more)

A pair of PNC leasers, are backing up to IC crew office from South Yard in Mc Comb waiting on Amtrak.

N&W U30C #8000 at South Yard in Roanoke, VA in this May 1977 scene.

Eastbound N&W train at Roanoke, VA led by SD35 #1578.

The D&H sure was a colorful railroad after the formation of Conrail. At the summit of Ararat grade, a GP39-2 in painted-out Reading colors, a GP38-2 in painted-out Lehigh Valley colors, and anoth... (more)

A TM unit rested at TM's Laredo facility

The daily train from Aberdeen has dropped three cars and its caboose on the main, and is taking an empty gondola on a side track to a scale to be weighed.

No work in Auburn on this day, so the local is really rolling. Looks like a pretty big train (common in those days), so the old EMD probably had a tough go on the 12 mile climb from the Tallapoos... (more)

The new and old at Enola; a 5-year old GP38 leads a 23-year old GP7 into the yard. This was a day when three young railfans parked by the yard office, asked the secretaries inside if we could see... (more)

Looks like a New York Central inspired paint scheme. The IHB was the connection between all the railroads that came into Chicago.

BN 770, an x-NP passenger F9A mates up with a former NP F7B and F7A along side the Staples, MN roundhouse and shops late on a June afternoon isn 1974. 770 is carrying its new freight number while ... (more)

Encountering a three-builder lashup has always been unusual, and by the 1980's it was quite a rarity. If you did encounter one, it would have at least one locomotive from each of the two surviving... (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)

An A-B-B-A set of GP9's pulls a train over Sherman Hill. Photo by Jack A Pfeifer.