Assigned to pusher service out of Rio Grande’s North Yards, Krauss-Maffei 4003 snubs up to one of the railroad’s colorful cabooses on October 6, 1963. The gentleman in the driver’s seat may ... (more)

I was passing through Chicago on my way from a Navy school in South Carolina to my ship in Long Beach. In Union Station I saw an add for this trip and fortunately last minute tickets were availabl... (more)

A VO-1000 is working as a helper to an FEF Northern pulling a solid string of stock cars. I think this may be a hog train coming out of Omaha and headed for Los Angeles.

A nice matched trio of Santa Fe SD45's were pushing away on the rear of the joint DRGW-UP-ATSF Utah to Kaiser Steel coal train at Hesperia, CA. This train orginated on the Rio Grande then was forw... (more)

N&W’s regular Train 5 from Bluefield, W. Va. to Norton, Va. was double-headed with 4-6-2’s to accommodate several extra excursion cars from as far away as Washington, D.C., sponsored by the NR... (more)

This is another great photo by the late Jack Fravert of Louisville. This is probably about 1950, and it's most likely a section of southbound train 73 (perhaps first 73, although it could be a sec... (more)

On this day in 1957 the threat of the demise of the narrow gauge seemed remote, so I was not surprised that I had K-37 No. 493 and its helper all to myself as they labored toward the summi... (more)

K-37 No.494 drifts across Lobato Trestle on its way back to Chama after helping a hill turn to th... (more)

A freight of fifteen cars is being helped across Lobato Trestle toward the summit of Cumbres Pass by No.491, a K-37 2-8-2. This locomotive was built by Baldwin in 19... (more)

With a crescendo of sound two Santa Fe types lead a freight of some thirty cars out of Raton. Another 2-10-2 is pushing. Raton Pass lies ahead.

Double your pleasure, double your fun. The GG1 has been swapped out and a pair of K4's take this outbound train the remainder of the way.

The westbound Grand Canyon is assisted by two Alcos as it leaves Trinidad and begins its assault on Raton Pass.

Ten-wheelers were usually required as helpers for northbound freights ascending the grade out of Austin in 1947.

An eastbound Union Pacific freight train has just exited one of the Hermosa tunnels on Wyoming's Sherman Hill on August 17, 1957. Road power is 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" no. 4019, assisted by 4-8-4 no. 82... (more)

A photograph I know little about showing a trio of 2-8-2s. A pair of NYC engines, with H5 No 1555 nearest, looking like they are about to push a coal train whilst partly hidden is Louisville & Nas... (more)