CR1776 pulls a westbound NJDOT train thru the West End interlocking plant minutes after departing Hoboken Terminal.

A family photo passed down through the generations, this is one I am glad wound up in my hands. I remember being in awe seeing this photo as a young child, knowing someone in my ancestry was at t... (more)

Baltimore & Ohio SW900 9407 spends the weekend with another EMD switcher at the Arlington enginehouse on Staten Island. Within a few years, declining freight business on the island would spell an ... (more)

A mix of Hill lines power awaits their next assignment at Minneapolis in July 1973. A former GN GP7 and X-NP GP9 compare notes with X-CBQ GP40, BN 3021, and a repainted X-GN GP9M. The IC boxcar to... (more)

A BN crew makes a light engine move in front of the Wenatchee, WA yard office as they grab power for local. The late afternoon timing would lead me to expect this power was for the turn to Omak. A... (more)

Still in Washington, D.C. commuter service, B&O “torpedo boat” GP9 6603 gets its train ready for the afternoon rush hour on July 21, 1978.

L&N 3005 sits at the head of its train at the south end of Union Station's trainshed. As passenger service shrank, L&N used the trackage around Union Station more and more to accommodate freight ... (more)

An eastbound Frisco freight heads for St Louis along the parallel Missouri Pacific near Eureka.

Eastbound Santa Fe Barstow to Texas train 805 climbs Goffs Hill eastbound into the sunrise on the first morning of a great trip.

Frisco caboose 1260 trails behind SLSF 866 on an eastbound for St Louis along the parallel Missouri Pacific near Eureka.

A "Crandall Cab" CNW E9 is in charge of a Kenosha bound scoot at Clybourn, crossing an MILW branch. CNW 502 was originally an E9B purchased from the UP and shop forces fabricated the bo... (more)

An eastbound Milwaukee Road freight with a pair of leased Southern SD24's hugs the banks of the Mississippi River between Pleasant Valley and Le Claire. The SD24's eventually received Precision N... (more)

Grafton is transitioning to the CSX era

A six unit consist alternating between Geeps and Fs races along the Columbia River, passing underneath WA state Hwy 14 near Underwood, WA as it makes its way towards Vancouver, WA from Wishram. Th... (more)

Eastbound C&O train waiting for clearance to pass through Pullman Jct while IC interchange job comes up the connector track from IC main.