On the last day of 1966, Burlington’s Longmont local out of Denver trundles along north of Broomfield, as faithful and reliable as an old dog. Led by SD9s 326 and 363, cars for cement loading, p... (more)

On the next-to-last day of summer, 1981, the last rays of sun bathe the 1902 Philadelphia & Reading Railway station in Lansdale, PA. Conrail still operates all Philadelphia commuter rail service, ... (more)

In mid-summer, 1966, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy train number 10, the Denver Zephyr, remains the most successful passenger operation to and from Denver, beating out even Union Pacific’s feet of... (more)

Two passenger trains preparing to depart Denver, headed south down the Joint Line to Pueblo, on April 4, 1967 — AT&SF Train 191 at left and C&S Train 7 at right. Both will be manned by AT&SF cr... (more)

This was the engine of my youth, CB&Q’s handsome O-5 Class Northern, which I watched from my grandmother’s backyard in Denver’s Globeville section. And just about the time I thought I would... (more)

In early morning light Rayonier 14, a Baldwin 2-6-6-2 compound articulated mallet, heads south from Crane Creek reload toward the tide water log dump near Hoquiam some 40 miles away. This was the ... (more)

The day was overcast as we traveled east on Route 66 on our way home from California. You can imagine how excited I was when an AC-9 caught and passed us while I watched through the right rear wi... (more)

"You're not from around here are you?" With a seemingly endless array of loco models and colors flowing through the area, it was still a unique surprise to have a high-hood GP30 lead a D... (more)

A perfect set of EMD F7's A-B-B-A in the lead F7(A) 564. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

Early October, 1964, word is out among Denver railfans that something new is coming to town. Fresh off the GE erecting floor at Erie, Pennsylvania, four of Burlington’s new U25Bs are making thei... (more)

On Thanksgiving morning, 1965, the Denver Zephyr hustles past Cudahy siding near the Denver stockyards, running a little late for its scheduled 8:30 a.m. arrival at Union Station. Today’s train ... (more)

On a sunny November morning in 1968, the annual sugar “campaign” is at its height, and railroads are busy bringing in the beets all over northern Colorado. Rambling along Burlington’s Buckwh... (more)

Those accustomed to Rock Island in maroon or red were startled in 1975 when the road’s new president John Ingram started painting cars and locomotives in white and blue. But Ingram had come out ... (more)

Union Pacific 3095 West, train CLS (“California Live Stock”), pulls through the siding at ironically-named Dry Lake, Nevada, to drench and wet 18 triple-deck cars of hogs en route to customer ... (more)

Once upon a time, the HIgh Line connecting the Golden State Route at McFarland and the Omaha-Denver line at Belleville, Kansas, saw four passenger trains (including a Rocket) and a half dozen frei... (more)