A shiny pair of Reading & Northern F units prepare to make their first publicized trip along the RBMN mainline.

NS's first "Blue Ribbon Special" is heading northward from Atlanta today.

The NS OCS: set up for use and display at the bulk commodity facility at Youngtown Yard in Louisville, for the 2011 Kentucky Derby.

The renumbered and repainted NS F9 A-B-B-A set made an appearance in the St. Louis area shortly before they were retired. Departure towards Louisville via the Southern West District was at sunris... (more)

The Aberdeen Carolina and Western business train rolls off into the sunset passing the Perdue Farms feed mill in Candor, NC.

Arriving at Pinehurst, ACWR's passenger train will be on display for the day before returning back to Candor in the evening. Aside from the 2 ex-NS F units, ACWR has quite an array of passenger eq... (more)

ACWR's passenger train rounds the bend at Eagle Springs, having just passed a group of photographers, as evidenced by the vehicles parked on Eagle Springs Rd.

Under beautiful Carolina sky's ACWR's OCS train eases past a grain elevator and silo just outside of the shops in Eagle Spring's NC. The train is heading to Pinehurst where it will be displayed by... (more)

Don't let the blue sky mislead you, it's January in the Pacific Northwest and the reflection pond reveals the truth about precipitation at this time of year. Former NP F9, BN 842, reflects on its ... (more)

EMD 462 and its traveling locomotive test set were in Auburn, WA in fall 1977 doing test work on their SD45-X on Stampede Pass. The pass was a favorite location for EMD to test mountain grades on ... (more)

BN 800, a former NP F9A, gets some attention in the Interbay shops in Seattle, WA. This area tended wheel/axle changeouts as well as traction motors (one to the left). A former Burlington Route SD... (more)

BN 766 leads a 5 unit set of power at a snowy service area in BN's Belknap Yard near downtown Superior, WI. The former GN facility became BN's main yard for the Twin Ports for non-iron ore traffic... (more)

A westbound drag freight climbs the Chumstick cutoff grade west of Leavenworth with a pair of F9s on the point and vintage Geeps supporting, with more old EMD power on the rear as helpers. The gra... (more)

The bast paint scheme on the face of any F9A

NS's first Blue Ribbon Special cuts thru the twin bores at Roderfield.