AAPRCO held their annual convention in Chicago this year, one of the excursions was a trip to IRM. Here the excursion train, lead by Metra's C&NW heritage unit, is paced by IRM's C&NW 411 and the ... (more)

Beautifully-restored Baltimore & Ohio EA 51 on display at the B&O Railroad Museum. The 1937-built EMD looks as good as the day it rolled off the assembly line at LaGrange, IL.

Waiting out the night
A Metro-North commuter train, led by EMD FL9 No. 2002 in New Haven colors, waits overnight at Danbury, Connecticut, on May 19, 1993.

Awaiting assignment, a real classic. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

Streamliners of the diesel and steam variety rest side-by-side at the B&O Railroad Museum. While steam locomotive C&O 490 was technically built before the diesel, it wasn't streamlined until 1947... (more)

The annual CN-IC Santa Train running with the IC 101 for the last time.

Steamtown's Cresco excursion has slowed to a crawl passing a work zone just east of the station at Moscow, PA. The Roatry Club gazebo adds a nice touch to the small mountain town scene.

Steamtown's excursion to Cresco is now on the westbound leg back to Scranton, PA as a pair of "Lackawanna" F3s lead a 4 car train over the causeway across Larsen Lake.

Shortly after departing the Steamtown station, the Cresco Excursion is crossing the Roaring Brook on the Delaware Lackawanna Pocono Main. In just seconds the train will duck into the west portal o... (more)

Dressed as "Illinois Central 4035" to recreate the "City Of New Orleans" consist, a special charter train heads south over what is now Grenada Railroad.

At the height of the IP's adventures in tourist trains, they had a brief presence in Santa Cruz.

The Reading and Northern F units lead the gorge train across the Lehigh River.

BN-3 (EMD E9AM), SLGR 515 displayed at IC 4035 (EMD E8A), BN-1 (EMD F9A rebuilt) and MILW 118-C (EMD F7A) are all lined up in yard five, under the stars.

An 88' 10" General Electric freight motor is seen working a switching move on the South Shore Line at Goff, around 0900 hrs.

Another Reading Northern: After spending the morning observing 2102 put on a grand performance in the second-to-last of the year's "Rambles", it was bittersweet to find myself sta... (more)