Santa Cruz, Big Trees & Pacific No.2641, converted from a F7 to a road switcher by Santa Fe, leads the annual Holiday Light Train down Beach Street.

The Indiana Harbor Belt has had several hirail vehicles numbered as HR-1 in its fleet. The earliest was this late 1960s Dodge van, seen sporting the OSHA Orange scheme, which is seen passing by a... (more)

As a result of a Chicagoland blizzard, the South Shore lost electric service along part of its territory from Chicago to South Bend. To keep commuters moving, the railroad borrowed several diesel... (more)

Before the SDP40Fs Arrived … Or Were Even Built!

On October 22, 1972, Amtrak train #3, the Southwest Limited, arrived on Track 6 at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal behi... (more)

EMDs Muscle Through Fullerton

Six big EMD diesels hustle a Santa Fe freight eastbound on February 25, 1975. Santa Fe SD45 5564 leads a consist that continues with another SD45, an S... (more)

Time-travelers meet at The Pass. Passing through the yard at Cumbres Pass, the time-travelers aboard the Cumbres & Toltec's Train 216 experience one of the many flash-backs they'll have thi... (more)

Need a facelift? CNW 402 needs a crane and a forklift to re-rail the front truck after a minor derailment near the enginehouse in Marshalltown, IA in May of 1985.

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad's recently restored consolidation No. 1702 splits downtown Bryson City as the first Nantahala Gorge Excursion of the day departs on its westbound run.

Thursday night, I ran out to KC to photograph the UP 844 coming into town with the PCVKC2 27 before going out to watch the Sporting KC-Seattle playoff match. The train in tow may have been lacklus... (more)

Having just entered the former Monon Road (presently, in 1983, L&N) mainline from Chicago on trackage rights, a southbound Terre Haute to Louisville manifest tiptoes along J Street while obeying t... (more)

A Pennsy pickup trucks sits alongside a GG-1 during the URHS night photo shoot at their Boonton restoration facility.

Santa Fe SD45 5324 with two SD40-2s and another SD45 at Fullerton, California Nov. 17, 1987.

A venerable Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 glides silently past a PRR Maintenance-of-Way truck as it pulls into the yard. Actually, truck owner Ken Briers graciously drove this 1950 Ford F-1 up to B... (more)

Antique trains, tractors, and vehicles are highlights of the annual threshing show at Rollag, Minnesota.

At a dusty grade crossing somewhere in the Colorado mountains, a brand new Model A Ford grinds to a halt. A golden glow reflecting on shiny railheads from around the curve is soon joined by the sh... (more)