RPCX #316 sits on display at the Galveston Railroad Museum. This unit was never actually owned by the Santa Fe, but was painted in the Warbonnet scheme in 2011 in honor of the railroad's Texas Chi... (more)

A strange visitor to the MBTA/Keolis "Commuter Rail Maintenance Facility" (aka BET), PAR 1 sits silently on Storage West. This EMD FP9A was built in September 1954 as CN 6505, and also w... (more)

Former MILW unit awaits its next assignment.

Rob, of the Sierra Railroad Mechanical Department looks over one of his engines, EMD F7A no 100. The engine leads a photo special for officials of the Ventura County Transportation Commission.

In the beautiful morning light, the Reading & Northern's F-Units prepare to depart the station at Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania for an Office Car Special to Pittston. Although I'd still rather have ... (more)

Led by venerable Burlington Northern EMD E9 No. 9913, a westbound BN “Dinky” commuter train storms into Lisle, Illinois, on the afternoon of March 3, 1990.

This is a picture my father took in the early 1960s on the Erie Lackawanna. This train is led by FT(A) 7011 - FT(B) 7012 - F7(B) ? - F3(A) 7141. I don't have much information on this, but I'm gu... (more)

Waiting for maintenance in front of Conway Scenic RR shop on a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

After westbound train 17 arrived at Grand Junction, the trainset was turned to become the next day's train 18. Available light plus fill flash from Tom B., Dave B., Neal P. and others caught a ni... (more)

B&O's train 10 the eastbound Washington Express has just arrived at Cumberland in October 1967. C&O E7A 1422 was on loan to the B&O from April 1965 to December 1967. Photo by Tom Peterson , ph... (more)

SCL E6A poses at Denvers Union station

Just Trying It Out. In response to substantial construction on Interstate 95 in 1990, the Connecticut Department of Transportation decided to institute temporary local service along the Nor... (more)

CMStP&P No. 32A retraces a route it took many times across Minnesota on the Milwaukee Road's main line to the Pacific. This was the "Gourmet Express" excursion from Minneapolis to Bonga... (more)

C&O passenger train on the B&O at Seymour, Indiana on March 10, 1968. Photo by R. Peters, photo part of my slide collection.

For several years in the early 1990’s, Amtrak would borrow some equipment from Chicago’s Metra to sub for Amtrak trains on the Chicago to Milwaukee “Hiawatha” corridor on Thanksgiving week... (more)