Pan Am's lastest SD40-2's to join fleet are former QNS&L units with their distinct 5000 gallon fuel tanks. Pan Am has acquired 5 of these from GATX and two of them are pictured here (3404 and 3402... (more)

Reading & Northern's shiny 4-6-2 takes a spin on the turntable at Jim Thorpe in preparation for the return trip to Port Clinton. Thanks to Mitch Goldman for getting me here! (Long story, but it... (more)

A pair of GP's rest by the sanding tower in Willmar on a clear but chilly November morning. This was the first Utah Railway locomotive I've ever seen in person. I have no clue what it was doing ... (more)

A rebuilt GP30 wears fresh BNSF paint, but luckily retains its iconic look as it idles in Willmar on a clear fall morning.

A westbound Santa Fe freight passes through Basta, in western Fullerton, California, in October 1985. Lead engine SD39 1559 was built in May 1969 as ATSF 4001.

Pan Am recently received 5 GATX owned SD40-2's in fresh Pan Am paint. One of them leads an old Guilford painted unit, MEC 316, into Rotterdam Jct with the East Deerfield, MA to Rotterdam Jct. mixe... (more)

When Guilford Transportation Industries acquired the 6.5 mile Springfield Terminal, it acquired much more than a run-down ex-interurban with a GE 44-tonner. The real value in the acquisition was t... (more)

Norfolk Southern 5642 poses outside the Juniata Paint Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The EMD GP38-2 has been painted into a scheme similar to SD60E number 9-1-1, but will be assigned to the "... (more)

Norfolk Southern 5642 poses outside the Juniata Paint Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The EMD GP38-2 has been painted into a scheme similar to SD60E number 9-1-1, but will be assigned to the "... (more)

The first Conrail EMD GP8 rebuilt by Paducah Shops leads an eclectic consist on a westbound train departing Conway Yard. This unit was later renumbered CR5800.

Freshly painted RCP&E local power sits by the former C&NW roundhouse in Rapid City, SD.

U34CH No. 4176 has just finished powering the "Farewell To the U34CH" excursion sponsored by the United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey. It shares the yard with GG1 No. 4877.

The conductor working Union Pacific's Los Angeles to Denver Z-train flags freshly painted C40-8 No. 9253 across Orange Street west of downtown Salt Lake City the morning of Sept. 17, 1994.

U34CH No. 4172 pauses at the Ridgewood station with the "Farewell to the U34CH" fan trip sponsored by the United Railroad Historical Society. The locomotive had been freshly painted, but... (more)

Fresh from the paint booth, Metra #97 sees sunlight for the first time in new dress.