One of the early UP challengers in service. No information on slide as to who took the photo.

A mighty challenger pulling a reefer string over Sherman Hill. Photo taken by Jack Pfeifer.

Not too far from Peach Creek, C&O had a string of 2-6-6-6’s condemned to scrap in the yard at Hinton, W. Va., such as 1624 on Aug. 5, 1956. I was too late to see and hear the brutes in action.

N&W Class A 1207 at Columbus, Ohio Aug. 20, 1957 as a hostler moves it to servicing. Cylinder cocks are open to clear out accumulated moisture.

Late in the steam era on Southern Railway, Ls-2 simple 2-8-8-2 4050 works the Bristol local upgrade just west of the crossing at Sunbright, VA. The grade is nearly two percent at this point. Both ... (more)

Westbound N&W empty hopper train at track speed through Elliston, VA in February 1955. Bob Drake photo, Collection of Tom Sink.

After an overnight bus ride from Roanoke, the photographer spots an A-class 1209 demonstrating articulation as it threads through a crossover under the coal dock at Columbus. Like John, the engin... (more)

No.600, the first of 70 Texas type locomotives which served the Texas and Pacific, is seen westbound nearing Dallas Union Station.

An eastbound 2-10-4 pulls its train onto a siding near Abilene.

A battle-worn 4-12-2 is seen speeding eastbound between Fremont and Omaha with the 91 cars of extra 9506.

Things are relatively quiet at Dallas Union Station as No.601 moves east. Lima delivered 10 locomotives of this wheel arrangement in 1925, and by 1929 a total of 70 were in service. Hence the... (more)

Union Pacific 4-12-2 9514, Class UP-5, was built by ALCO in 1930, one of eighty-eight locomotives. As built, she was numbered 9077, later re-numbered to 9514. These three-cylinder locomotives had... (more)

N&W Y6 2-8-8-2 #2136 leads as southbound freight through Stoneville, NC in this September 1954 view. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection

Baldwin EM-1 Yellowstone 2-8-8-4 in Painesville, OH. My dad took this picture on the B&0 Fairport Harbor to Warren branch near the NKP crossing. This line has was abandoned in the early 1980s ... (more)

Challenger X3966 is serviced and is backing up to it's train, impressive even on the dark side. For more color views from that day, click here... (more)