Amtrak F40PH 231, OLS leads the Baseball Special on the Arizona & California at Parker, Arizona, April 17, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

I like roster shots and this is the whole dang thang! Well not really, but close, and all butt heads. Some MU, some not, some Flexicoils, some not. All in the freezing cold. I'm shivering just... (more)

Look closely, and you can tell if Iowa Traction Railway Company 50 is pulling or shoving these covered hoppers at the AGP elevator. Note that the trolley pole at the front of the locomotive is ra... (more)

Reading & Northern #2102 shuffles down the former Lehigh Valley Railroad "Water Level Route" along the Susquehanna River at Falls, PA on June 22, 2024 in route for Tunkhannock. This piec... (more)

"Tank Hollow Close-up": Reading & Northern #2102 thunders north to Tunkhannock, PA as seen from the Tank Hollow Overlook on June 22, 2024. #2102 traveled along former Lehigh Valley Railr... (more)

Norfolk Southern, Monongahela heritage unit ES44AC 8025 NS 8016 on the former Monongahela Railway with a northbound at, Brownsville, Pennsylvania. November 8, 2012. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

"Tank Hollow": Located just outside of Jim Thorpe, PA nestled in the high plateau of the Lehigh Valley Gorge lies the overlook at Tank Hollow. Here, Reading & Northern #2102 hustles nort... (more)

P&LE, Pittsburgh and Lake Erie GP38 2030 leads a northbound coal train off the MGA, and onto the P&LE at Brownsville, Pennsylvania. October 11, 1985. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

The historic electric locomotive EU07-241 hauling a freight train from Lazy LA to Herby Stare.

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway F3A 22C was built by EMD in March 1948. Twenty-four years later, it was selected to get extensively rebuilt and was released from the Railway's Cleburne TX shop... (more)

A long delay in the siding at Cobden meant this train didn't make it as far west in daylight as we had hoped. This shot of them working toward the US Highway 59 crossing at Garvin in some of the l... (more)

A large sign featuring the town's railroad heritage welcomes travelers on US Highway 14 to Lamberton, MN while in the distance a westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern train utilizes the former Ch... (more)

A westbound Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern trackage train has departed the Union Pacific yard just north of here and is seen rolling along the riverfront in downtown Mankato. Just out of frame to th... (more)

Halfway up its climb onto the Caprock in the Texas Panhandle, BNSF 3959 handles a mixed freight. Beginning its climb in Sweetwater (2170'), this train is approaching Post (2605'), and soon the tra... (more)

A Twin Cities & Western train rests on the Minnesota Prairie Line east of Morton, MN. The train was completely stopped and shut down near a grade crossing, waiting for a new crew to take it east t... (more)