In 1973, you rarely had to wait long to see railroad action in Opelika. There were lots of local rail customers, Southern and Western Railway of Alabama interchanged daily, and a Southern branch ... (more)

Crew members grabbed Cokes from the machine in the depot before starting their work on the Western Railway of Alabama interchange. This scene is so reduced, simplified and sterilized in 2021 that... (more)

On one of many former CofG secondary mains in South Georgia, this Southern train is headed for Columbus.

A Reading GP35 and a Penn Central GP30 run light near Steel Tower in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

A Reading Company trainman checks his waybills as his power passes through Saucon Yard in Hellertown, Pennsylvania. Soon he will be on his way west toward Reading.

Housatonic NX11 with #3600 and Caboose 654 at the Airport Spur.

BN GP35 2525 former CB&Q 979, BN U25B 5410 former GN 2510 and GN GP20 2015 leads a BN freight train at St. Joseph, Missouri in September 1974. Photo part of my slide collection, no photographer l... (more)

Spring rains have flooded the open-air inspection pit, so the pumping begins.

I was on the way to set up for band job, but took a few minutes to run into West End Yard to see what was around. I had almost no cushion for the job, but when I saw this neat power set - two GM&... (more)

Southern had 76 GP35s. Most had AAR Type B trucks, but five purchased for Central of Georgia had Blombergs, as did two units numbered in low 2700s. Here, one of the CofG units is powering the Ro... (more)

With fog from Mobile Bay, the usual Deep South summer haze, and emissions from huge nearby paper mills, it can (or could back then) be tough to get even slight color in the sky. This day was shap... (more)

Southern went in big for the GP35, eventually owning 76. Five, including 244, were purchased for Central of Georgia, and stood out by having three-digit numbers and Blomberg trucks. The other 71... (more)

A Southern freight - with three GP35s and a single GP30 - gets to Chickasaw just ahead of the shadows. All those AAR Type-Bs make the GP30 with its Blombergs the oddball in this scene. That is B... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s local out of Logan switches the grain elevator at Harrison, Montana, after a trip up the Harrison Branch out of Sappington on September 10, 2011.

On this very special day, HRRC 3600 was hitched to caboose 654 in the rail yard. While I had come down to chase the NX13 job I noticed the caboose and GP35...and later found out that a dear frien... (more)