After leaving its last stop at Topeka, Ks. with three E7s, Rock Island's Train 4 Golden State Limited is eastbound passing by "Calhoun Bluffs" on Union Pacific trackage rights en route Kansas City... (more)

Less than two months before the E-L will be absorbed into the newly formed Conrail, E-L E8's take charge on a westbound freight just west of Huntington, Indiana. Collection of Victor Williamson.

Erie-Lackawanna ticket windows at Hoboken, New Jersey, in this 1981 scene. Photograph by John F. Bjorklundmore)

Amtrak’s No. 3, the Southwest Chief, slams over the east switch at Simpson, Colorado, on February 26, 1999. Trailing the three GE P42DCs is a baggage car, eight Superliners, a former F40PH rebui... (more)

The 500 made a special trip to Michigan to power the upcoming testing of commuter equipment between Pontiac and Jackson, Michigan by Amtrak.

Great Northern Railway passenger power lays over at the roundhouse next to St. Paul Union Depot in the early 1960s. The F3As and E7As pictured here were used on the GN's premier trains, including ... (more)

Amtrak's 'Desert Wind' awaits a late evening departure from Salt Lake City for Los Angeles. Amtrak purchased 20 B32-8PW units from General Electric in 1991. Today they serve primarily as yard swit... (more)

A dark Southern Pacific searchlight gazes out into the dark November night. This signal may be counting it's days as many fellow searchlights have been removed from this line do to copper theft. H... (more)

With an E9 and two E7B units, the 17 car eastbound Golden State sprints at track speed across Arizona about 62 miles east of Tucson at Tully siding.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight MDENABQ (Denver to Albuquerque manifest) takes the siding at Levy, New Mexico, to meet Amtrak No. 4 on the afternoon of February 26, 1999. General Electric Das... (more)

On December 16, 1963, Santa Fe Train No. 2, the eastbound SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF struck a cattle truck just west of Clovis, New Mexico, derailing five F-units and 10 cars. Two days later, on a cloudy... (more)

Santa Fe U28CG 355 stubs its toe on a switch outside the Argentine Shops on August 21, 1968. Argentine derrick 199792 comes to the rescue.

Santa Fe 12L-11A-12A-13L (E6A-E3B-E6B-E6A) await their next assignment behind the Clovis roundhouse on May 3, 1964. At this time, the E3s and E6s spent most of their time in storage at Kansas City... (more)

Rock Island ran whatever it had as evident in May 1965 when EMD F2 No. 40 led an Alco FA-1, an EMD BL-2, an F-7 and the newest of the bunch, No. 1348, a GP-18, off the Kansas River bridge at Topek... (more)

A westbound U.P. freight with Alco RS-27 678 in the lead is northwest of Topeka, Ks., headed for Marysville and on to North Platte, Nebr. on July 9, 1967. A DD35B and two GE units are in the cons... (more)