Just a hint of fall color remaining. Although most of the autumn leaves had been ripped from the trees by a wind-storm just 24 hrs earlier, a few sheltered trees still retained a bit of fal... (more)

Freshly Restored

November 17, 2019 marked the unveiling of WCRA's 6520, freshly restored and released from the paint shop in the iconic 1961 CN orange, black and white paint sch... (more)

The Deseret Power Ry. has just finished unloading its 44 car trainload of coal at Utah’s Bonanza Power Plant. It is just getting up to speed heading east back to the loading and shop area in wes... (more)

Deseret Power Ry's afternoon loaded coal train has just exited Mormon Gap Colorado. Actually most of the train is still in this narrow cleft in Raven Ridge. Upon exiting the Gap, the rails turn ha... (more)

Freshly delivered! In a scene reminiscent of the way in which small railroads once celebrated the arrival of new power, the crew of Moore-Keppel Climax #6 poses with their newly delivered.... (more)

I found this beauty while passing through Helper, Utah. It’s an ex. D&RGW Scale Test car. If you enlarge and zoom in you will learn that it weighs 80,000 pounds, has no air brakes, and must be h... (more)

Ready to board! After a fall evening rainstorm in the mid-1940s, the passengers are ready to board their luxury pullman car for the journey to their destinations. I'm sure the young family in the ... (more)

One Last Kiss. Illuminated by a dim platform light, a couple is about to embrace one another for one last kiss prior to the gentleman helping his lady up the final steps of the vestibule an... (more)

Can I get a light? The crew of the UP 9000 peers below as a gathering of military and civilian personnel converse as they wait for their passenger train to points east to back into the depo... (more)

An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

Posing for her portrait like a prom queen, Deseret Power Ry. #DPR-4 is just out of the shop with new paint and a new name. #4 was the first of the railroad’s 4 active locomotives to get the new ... (more)

Resting on a sunny Saturday afternoon, FEC 436 sits on the Motiva lead in Port Everglades. This was an unexpected find because there were three other Geeps tied down in the Ft. Lauderdale Yard pro... (more)

BN 9503 is one of 4 AC drive demonstrator locomotives built in 1991-92 for Burlington Northern RR to test an AC drive system in heavy haul service. These 4 locomotives were the ancestors of the th... (more)