Set of power DTSL Lang yard

A westbound D&H train waits to go west from Binghamton. Three ex-Reading GP39-2's are joined by a B&M GP38-2 to take this train to Buffalo.

UP yard engine North Platte

UP GP9 No. 139 accelerates west from Huntington, Ore. with a work train on UP's mainline through the Blue Mountains. Note the jointed rail still in use on this busy line in 1979.

A pair of Western Pacific cabooses, 444 and 474, were found in the railroad's yard in Oroville, California, on September 3rd, 1973.

DMIR SD9 no. 130, one of two boiler equipped units on the railroad leads an empty ore drag from the Duluth docks into Proctor Yard. Showing off the freshly re-painted Arrowhead scheme, these 20 ye... (more)

F7B disguised as a passenger car so the public would not notice it when it was used with the little 4-6-0 steam engine they had.

The crew is waiting for the traffic to clear before they shove across this road crossing.

802 was a F5 when the CRR got her in 12-16-48 later upgraded to a F7A. Retired in 8-79, was painted black in 1974. Shipped to EMD 2-15-80 on an SCL order.

The CRR employees were very friendly. This hostler invited us into the cab of F7A 802 as he moved the engines along the ready track for fuel and sand.

GP 7 915, GP 7 909, F 7A 805

GP 30 3031 & GP9 6062 rumbles toward Shelby. This picture brings back fond memories for me as I lived in a apartment building behind the Coleman's ma and paw store. Many a times, I would lay in my... (more)

Like an oracle for the future, WP GP40 3514 is in tow of a UP SD24 already in 1975. Unfortunately, the WP has gone for ever.

The Cleveland skyline has changed quite a bit since this 1979 view. Terminal Tower remains pretty much the same, but a lot of new buildings have sprung up. The upper level N&W (NKP) yard is gone a... (more)

DMIR 166, a Phase IV SD9, and the last high nose SD9 to operate on the Missabe joins with SD18 No. 181 to compare notes at Proctor, Minn. in July 1976. Note the subtle difference between the units... (more)