The photographer's first trip to Altoona after the mating of the worms in February, 1968, and no signs of changes at the former PRR car shops in Altoona..yet.

QNS&L C40-8M #403 working mid-train helper on a southbound iron ore train at Oreway, Labrador MP186.6.

A Browns Yard to Freehold local crossing Lake Manalapan.

Sometimes the engines aren't the most interesting thing on the train. The Produce Express has just left the Rotterdam, NY Railex facility bound for the west coast. These new Cyro Trans refers caug... (more)

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: High and wide loads run around the hump in Selkirk Yard; following the DO NOT HUMP placards on each of the loads. SD40-2s 8850 and 8851 slowly navigate th... (more)

With three GEs on the point and two more bringing up the rear, all working hard to keep it's battle with gravity in check, a Roseville bound manifest negotiates the most famous portion of rail on ... (more)

Two QNS&L EMD GP9's #132, and #126 with caboose #44 and a Jordan Spreader number 27 as the snow plow, stopped at the Schefferville, Quebec train station MP 357.6 on a cold December 1969 morning.

RLK 4003 drills some cars in the yard while CEFX 1569 sits dormant in AA02 and VIA 97 with AMTK 714 shoots by on the hot track.

SPMW Jordan Spreaders #4031 and #4030 sit in Union Pacific's snow service yard in Truckee, CA. While they are owned by Union Pacific now, the Spreaders retain their SPMW reporting mark, which indi... (more)

Using a pry bar, sledgehammer, and alot of muscle, the loadout crew closes a few open discharge doors before coal can be loaded.

What I did on my Summer vacation, redux: A quick pause before continuing up the hump in Selkirk yard.

A long Union Pacific XCLX (Xcel Energy) coal empty wraps around the curves while climbing the Front Range of the Rockies at Eisele (formerly Clay), Colorado. The lead locomotives are rattling over... (more)

Formerly a Rock Island boxcar, this LaSalle and Bureau county wooden transfer caboose is seen passing the distinct water tower at Pullman Junction on Chicago's south side. Tom Golden photo.

CSXT Q372 enters Selkirk Yard with two UP GEVO's on the lead while another westbound manifest heads out. K012 with the Erie heritage was shortly behind this 372.