Missouri Pacific E7A-B pairs 7016 resting between runs of the Colorado Eagle at D&RGW's yard in Denver, Colorado on June 10, 1960. The 7016 was part of an order for four A-B pairs delivered in Jun... (more)

The Clinchfield Railroad was primarily a coal hauler, although not as big as B&O, C&O, N&W and others. The gray and yellow 3010 was one of 24, SD40s such units in the Clinchfield, seen here at S... (more)

Missouri Pacific 4602 is at the headend of a trio of RS-11s running westbound through Kirkwood, Missouri on August 14, 1960. After purchasing something near a legion of GP7's and GP9's the order... (more)

Missouri Pacific GP7 4210 performing the local duties near Lincoln, Nebraska on July 17, 1958. Photo by Lloyd Keyser, from my collection.

Missouri Pacific bought a batch of 18 PA-3's in 1952 numbered 8019-8036. One of the MoPac pair leads the Southerner out of Little Rock, Arkansas for its overnight run to St. Louis, Missouri on ... (more)

In the last year of Monon's small passenger business, high-nose Alco Century 420's 501, 502 and 503 took over for the twenty year old F's. On May 25, 1967 Monon's number 5 departs Chicago's IC ... (more)

C&EI GP35 263 and 244 roll past the depot at Villa Grove, Illinois with a long string of hoppers in tow on May 7, 1966. The C&EL bought four batches of GP35's and the 263 was part of the third ... (more)

Missouri Pacific Baldwin DR-4-4-1500 #207 babyface style carbody built in late 1948 at Omaha, Nebraska on March 31, 1951. These units would not m-u with any other power, and so were destined to... (more)

One of Missouri Pacific's most bizarre purchases was the acquisition of four A-B-A sets of Baldwin DR-4-4-1500 in the Babyface style carbody in late 1948. The units would not m-u with other powe... (more)

Chicago & Eastern Illinois GP7 211 leads a string of 40ft tank cars at Bongard, Illinois on August 22, 1956. Photo by Paul Moffitt, from my collection.

The eastbound PHOEBE SNOW powered by DL&W E8A 818 and 812 at Stroudsburg, PA on June 6, 1954. The Phoebe Snow ran between Buffalo, New York and Hoboken, New Jersey a three hundred and ninty-six ... (more)

C&EI GP7 71 (originally numbered 206) with a lone ERIE 40ft box car and C&EI Caboose 438, crossing the Chicago 21st street diamonds on June 2, 1968. The C&EI had 30 GP7's (203-232) easily their... (more)

BN's test of its former Frisco GP50's proved they were the right locomotive for the job, and made the decision to purchase 53 more. They rolled out of La Grange in BN's new high-visibility orang... (more)

On the Joint Line between Denver and Pueblo, Colorado is a freight led by Santa Fe merger painted SD40-2 5022 near Castle Rock on August 24, 1988. ... (more)

Four Southern Railway (FTA-B-B-A) with 6902 leading a northbound freight through downtown Atlanta on March 3, 1959. The two left side of the screen tracks belonged to the Nashville, Chattanooga... (more)