Best. Paint. Scheme. Ever.

Amtrak San Diegan #78 makes its stop in Santa Ana late in the day on an August 1971 afternoon. Amtrak was just over three months old at this time, ... (more)

A Splash of Color in a Drab Yard

On July 24, 1986, the Interstate Commerce Commission would put the kibosh on the proposed Santa Fe-Southern Pacific merger. At Santa Fe's San Bernar... (more)

Amarillo Warbonnet

In June 1972, the Santa Fe debuted the first two locomotives in the new Yellow Warbonnet paint scheme: SD45 5524 (painted in the shops at San Bernardino, CA) and ... (more)

GRAND JUNCTION CO March 9 1980 -- Workers service the Rio Grande Zephyr during its eastbound station stop. This was on my return trip to Denver. Our group consisted of four railfans and we had a g... (more)

Wabush Lake Railway Automobile Carrier delivering cars at the QNS&L's Schefferville yard in Northern Quebec December 29, 1969.

Farewell, Old Friend

The Lehigh Valley Railroad was the local mainline road when I was learning photography in the mid-1970's. While the newer GP38-2’s and U23B’s drew the hot... (more)

Top of the Loop

A Santa Fe westbound freight rounds the Tehachapi Loop on September 4, 1978. The crew aboard SD45-2 5653 will shortly pass underneath the rear section of their train ... (more)

Bloody Nose and Kodachrome

A pair of EMD SW1500s trundle through Dolores Yard in Carson, California, on November 3, 1986. Besides the obvious difference in paint schemes (2575 is on... (more)

One of the classic spots to see locomotives in Duluth was at NP's Rice's Point Yard roundhouse. Of the few visits I was able to make there, this has to be my favorite shot, with GP9s, Alco RS11s a... (more)

In November 1969 while scouting out deer hunting spots in the Nelson bottoms along the Mississippi River, I happened to time a shot of an eastbound Burlington freight approaching Trevino, the junc... (more)

SD45 BN 6406, x-NP 3606 is parked at Harrison St., the former GN roundhouse next to a former NP F9B. It's a cool day, but not too much snow. I recall being too excited about shooting new BN green ... (more)

TENNESSEE PASS Southern Pacific AC4400 #164 claws at the 3% grade and rounds Kindig's Curve. The big GE is less than 1 year old and still has a very shiny "Rudolf" nose. A storm front is appro... (more)

Only Two Units? How Very Un-SP-Like!

A Southern Pacific westbound train arrives at the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on January 5, 1980. SP SD40T-2 8529 a... (more)

Frisco power is sharing the MP ready tracks on the south side of the diesel shop in Missouri Pacific's Centennial Yard, formerly known as Lancaster Yard, and now called Davidson Yard.

A Lot of Horsepower for a Transfer Run

A quartet of six-axle Alco diesels (C628s and C630s) heads east out of the Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on a... (more)