RJC 2008 charges eastbound loaded sand train at the Highway 12 crossing in Mulberry. This was the inaugural run of this locomotive which was imported from China in late 2007/early 2008. There are ... (more)

Hopefully, we'll get another chance soon to see two 2-10-2s romping through Iowa on a revenue freight. Watching the QJs cross over Route 59 was an unforgettable experience.

Although it has been springs for a month, trees have yet to bloom in Central Michigan as PM 1225 'races' north with her northbound freight.

A pair of QJ's steam literally and figuratively into the sunset on a fast-moving freight. There were two minutes of daylight left in the deep valley, and less than two years of steam on the reve... (more)

QJ-led freight highballs the yard at Iowa City.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 rounds Cajon Pass' famed Sullivan's Curve as it heads to Sacramento on June 13, 1999.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 departs San Bernardino with a short freight on as it relocates from San Bernardino to its new home in Los Angeles on January 12, 1999.

Pere Marquette 1225 pulls her freight at a good clip, passing through the Riley Road crossing on what is recently changed to the Great Lakes Central instead of the TSBY

1225 clears her cylinders out and is preparing to continue her trip north to Carland on a photo freight.

1225 leads a photo freight through Carland. Pulling historically accurate cars and even being physically altered, this scene looks like it could be right out of the 1940's.

Santa Fe "Northern" 3751 is rolled slowly down temporary track and out of Viaduct Park in San Bernardino, where it has resided since 1958, and back onto Santa Fe rails for the first time in years,... (more)

Santa Fe "Northern" 3751 is rolled slowly down temporary track and out of Viaduct Park in San Bernardino, where it has resided since 1958, and back onto Santa Fe rails for the first time in years,... (more)

Downhill freight patiently waits 'in the hole' at Gala as a westbound charges past uphill. Both trains are headed by the standard configuration of a brace of QJs.

QJs 6988 & 7081 hammer through Atalissa, Iowa with a westbound Iowa Interstate freight.

The Santa Fe 3751 (along with 2 diesels) pulls a string of empty intermodal flatcars across the Los Angeles River enroute to Hobart Yard from San Bernardino. The following day, the engine would d... (more)