BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)

BN 1524, x-GN GP7, pokes its nose out of the Interbay roundhouse, sharing space with a GP35 & F9A. The stripes on the long hood identify it as the front, typical of all GN road switchers (as deliv... (more)

The Santa Fe Super Chief is seen at Albuquerque New Mexico in 1943. Note the wartime headlight visor on the EMC E6. Jack Delano photo, from the Library of Congress collection and my collection.

Raton New Mexico Super Chief station scene four days after Christmas in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

MILW 60A, an FP7 built as 90A in June 1950, mates with an F7A and moves away from the MILW engine terminal at Pig's Eye Yard, St. Paul. After a career of handling Hiawatha's and other MILW passeng... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande Western's Rio Grande Zephyr is making it's station stop and crew change at Grand Jct., Colorado. Date is not known. Scanned from a color print.

Santa Fe had visions of a company museum, and was wise enough to hang onto a variety of locomotives with that in mind. It never happened, of course, and the collection was donated to the Californ... (more)

AMTK 408 gets serviced at its station stop at North La Crosse, WI on the point of the North Coast Hiawatha. The E9 was built as MILW 31A in April 1956.

Amtrak Empire Builder power sits at Harrison St., Minneapolis between assignments. AMTK 101 is former BN 9774, originally NP 6508C built in April 1949.

Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad's B&O F7A No. 722 pauses on the bridge over the South Branch of the Potomac River in Moorefield, WV.

The "Georgia Express", on display along the Columbus riverfront on Georgia Southwestern trackage, during its statewide tour in May of 1991.

The Santa Fe still lives on in the Museum these days.

Amtrak FL9 No 484 heads north along the Hudson near Breakneck Ridge with the Niagara Rainbow, in the Fall of 1992.

One of the few occasions I got out of my technical school to do some railfanning. Here the "Crescent" is on its way to New Orleans back when it went by the multi-road route. Shows how ... (more)

An ABBA set of what was once common freight power leads a Santa Fe freight through Oklahoma City on the elevated portion of track over the Rock Island and Frisco. Taken by Frank Tribbey. Patrick M... (more)