- Algers, Winslow & Western (Oakland City, Indiana; June 4, 1975)
- One of the joys of a cross-country auto trip is the unexpected discovery of rail lines. There's not much to see in this photo but track, but at least ...
- Arcade & Attica (Arcade, New York; August 16, 1970)
- Back in 1970 it wasn't all that common to be out driving in the country and stumble across a steam-powered excursion train. The Arcade & Attica, diese...
- Arcade & Attica (Arcade, New York; August 16, 1970)
- One of the Arcade & Attica's two cabooses (no. 303, although the number is not visible) is seen here near Arcade, New York.In 1880 the Tonawanda Valle...
- Arcade & Attica (Java Center, New York; August 16, 1970)
- That the Arcade & Attica was a freight railroad well before entering the tourist business is evidenced here by this quartet of boxcars at Java Center,...
- Arcade & Attica (Java Center, New York; August 16, 1970)
- The Arcade & Attica station at Java Center, New York seems to be doubling as a Ford Dealership (an even larger sign remains in place in 2018). The hig...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Arizona (Crozier Canyon); November 25, 1995)
- One of the scenic obstacles on the Santa Fe between Kingman and Seligman, Arizona is Crozier Canyon, which follows the Truxton Wash through a narrow p...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Arizona (Crozier Canyon); November 25, 1995)
- Another Santa Fe freight, eastbound this time, approaches Crozier Canyon with no less than four warbonnet units on the head end. This time it looks li...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Arizona (Crozier Canyon); November 25, 1995)
- Again seen from Old Route 66, but from below grade this time, an eastbound Santa Fe freight approaches the west end of Crozier Canyon.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Arizona (Crozier Canyon); November 25, 1995)
- The other (east) end of Crozier Canyon is a bit harder to get to, involving a dirt road and a number of gates, but it is accessible (or at least was i...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Arizona (Crozier Canyon); November 25, 1995)
- Once out of Crozier Canyon Santa Fe freights had a relatively free run across the high desert towards Truxton, Arizona. This segment was double track ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Arizona (Pan Canyon); November 12, 1995)
- The next obstacle encountered by eastbound Santa Fe trains out of Seligman was short but narrow Pan Canyon, just west of the Old Route 66 Crookton bri...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Arizona (Pan Canyon); November 12, 1995)
- Approaching Pan Canyon from the west is an eastbound Santa Fe freight out of Seligman, Arizona. This sweeping curve has been a photographer's favorite...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Arizona (Pan Canyon); November 29, 1996)
- The high desert is by no means always hot; in fact, winters can be pretty fierce here. The photographer can testify that getting this view of the curv...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Corva, Arizona; September 22, 2000)
- The Santa Fe's Arizona mainline between between Williams and Ash Fork, where the "Peavine" (Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix) branched off to head south t...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Corva, Arizona; September 22, 2000)
- Completion of the Crookton Cutoff in 1960 left the Santa Fe's double track main between Ash Fork and Williams, Arizona with far more capacity than was...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Corva, Arizona; September 22, 2000)
- Here we see the abandoned westbound Santa Fe main at Corva, Arizona. Even after many years the Santa Fe's distinctive reddish ballast makes the grade ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Crookton, Arizona; November 22, 1997)
- Wonder how long it took for newly-created Burlington Northern Santa Fe to replace or redo this classic set of Santa Fe crossbucks, just a mile and a h...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Crookton, Arizona; October 23, 1998)
- The former U.S. Route 66 bridge at Crookton, Arizona (now part of Arizona State Route 66) provided an ideal vantage point for train-watching, particul...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Crookton, Arizona (East Crookton); November 22, 1997)
- One of the largest railroad construction projects in the United States during the latter half of the twentieth century was the Santa Fe's Crookton Cut...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Crookton, Arizona (East Crookton); November 22, 1997)
- The Santa Fe spared no expense in making the Crookton Cutoff a high-speed raceway, including bidirectionally signaled CTC. At this time the classic Sa...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Crookton, Arizona (East Crookton); November 22, 1997)
- An eastbound Santa Fe freight led by three units in Santa Fe's longstanding blue and yellow freight scheme passes the camera on the Crookton Cutoff, b...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Crookton, Arizona (East Crookton); November 22, 1997)
- An eastbound freight passes the second of the two signal bridges at East Crookton on the Santa Fe's Crookton Cutoff. The road's concern for the safety...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Crookton, Arizona (West Crookton); November 12, 1995)
- At West Crookton, Arizona, the "old mainline" that descended a curving, heavily graded line from Crookton to Ash Fork can still be faintly seen diverg...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Crookton, Arizona (West Crookton); November 12, 1995)
- Another view of the "old mainline" further east of West Crookton, looking downgrade in the direction of Ash Fork. This was the steeper of the two line...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Grand Canyon Village, Arizona; June 10, 1970)
- Starting in 1901 the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe ran passenger trains between its main line station at Williams, Arizona and Grand Canyon Village, o...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Grand Canyon Village, Arizona; June 11, 1970)
- Shortly after entering Grand Canyon Village the Santa Fe's Grand Canyon line split via a wye, with one leg leading to the station and the other servin...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Grand Canyon Village, Arizona; June 11, 1970)
- The north end of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's Grand Canyon Village yard, looking towards the wye. The Canyon itself itself is beyond the trees in...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona; November 29, 1996)
- Just east of Seligman, on the climb out of Chino Valley, is a short rock cut through a small outcropping on the Santa Fe mainline which provides super...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona; November 21, 1997)
- Another view from "Vista Cut," this time looking west towards Seligman, Arizona, as an eastbound freight works uphill with a load of piggyback trailer...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona; September 22, 2000)
- One of the unfortunate effects of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe merger of 1996 was the replacement of the classic Santa Fe signal bridges with the ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (Chino Point); November 22, 1997)
- Chino Point, located a few miles west of Seligman, Arizona, is a rocky outcropping overlooking the Aubrey Valley and accessible via a rather precariou...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (Chino Point); November 22, 1997)
- Looking east from Chino Point we see the small town and division point of Seligman, Arizona. In the distance the mainline begins the long climb out of...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (East Seligman); November 12, 1995)
- Amtrak's eastbound Southwest Chief roars upgrade out of Seligman, Arizona; the signals of East Seligman are visible near the train's rear car. Note th...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (East Seligman); November 12, 1995)
- Another view looking west along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe mainline towards Seligman, Arizona, this time without a train in sight. The right-hand...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (East Seligman); November 12, 1995)
- The original Atlantic & Pacific line that eventually became the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's Arizona mainline was built quickly and cheaply, as was p...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (East Seligman); November 30, 1996)
- East Seligman marks the eastern end of Seligman's modest yard trackage, with the signal at far right controlling the entrance of eastbounds onto the m...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (East Seligman); November 22, 1997)
- The Santa Fe (by now Burlington Northern Santa Fe) signals of East Seligman and a further set beyond are about all that break the darkness below the h...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (West Seligman); November 29, 1996)
- In this winter view we see a westbound freight about to pull onto the double track main at the west end of Seligman, Arizona. From here on it's double...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (West Seligman); November 29, 1996)
- Another view from the same bridge (the I-40 access road at the west end of Seligman, Arizona) this time looking west into the snow. Chino Point is bar...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (West Seligman); November 29, 1996)
- The skies are beginning to clear as an eastbound container train passes below the signal bridges at West Seligman on its way into town. Even the sun i...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (West Seligman); November 29, 1996)
- This eastbound container train arrived simultaneously with a ray of sun to provide a spectacular view of the three warbonnets on the lead, seen from t...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (West Seligman); November 29, 1996)
- No sooner had the eastbound container train passed under the I-40 access road bridge when a westbound, led by at least four "blondes," headed out of S...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (West Seligman); November 29, 1996)
- Hard on the heels of the previous westbound was this one, particularly interesting for the presence of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe "grasshopper" mo...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (West Seligman); October 23, 1998)
- West of Seligman, Arizona the Santa Fe's right of way has to cross a small hump along the south end of Chino Point. Evidently Santa Fe found this an a...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Seligman, Arizona (West Seligman); October 23, 1998)
- Not long after, an eastbound appears using the newer cut west of Seligman.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Williams, Arizona (Crookton Cutoff); November 26, 1995)
- Another look at the Crookton Cutoff just west of the Airport Road bridge north of Williams, Arizona.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Williams, Arizona (Crookton Cutoff); September 22, 2000)
- Here on the Crookton Cutoff, just north of Williams, Arizona, an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight approaches one of the remaining "old-s...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Williams, Arizona (Crookton Cutoff); September 22, 2000)
- An eastbound freight on the Crookton Cutoff, north of Williams, Arizona, approaches the junction with the Phoenix line at Williams Junction.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Williams, Arizona (Williams Junction); November 26, 1995)
- At Williams Junction (about 3 miles east of Williams, Arizona) the Santa Fe's Crookton Cutoff returns to the original alignment of the pre-1960 main, ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Williams, Arizona (Williams Junction); November 26, 1995)
- Williams Junction (located just east of Williams, Arizona) marks the eastern end of the Santa Fe's Crookton Cutoff, which eliminated numerous steep gr...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Williams, Arizona (Williams Junction); November 26, 1995)
- Looking west at Williams Junction, the "peavine" line to Phoenix can be seen branching off to the left as an eastbound freight coming off the Crookton...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Williams, Arizona (Williams Junction); November 26, 1995)
- A westbound freight led by Santa Fe no. 557 and three more units in full "warbonnet" paint passes the camera at Williams Junction, just east of Willia...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Yampai, Arizona (Yampai Summit); October 22, 1998)
- Yampai Summit is the highest point on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe between Kingman and Seligman, Arizona and is approached by relatively steep grad...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Yampai, Arizona (Yampai Summit); October 22, 1998)
- Another look at the Santa Fe's approach to Yampai summit, this time looking west and downgrade from the Hyde Park Road grade crossing. The beginning o...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Yampai, Arizona (Yampai Summit); October 24, 1998)
- A westbound freight, led by Burlington Northern Santa Fe unit no. 4838, works upgrade towards Yampai Summit. When first introduced, these units were f...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); November 1981)
- An eastbound Union Pacific freight, tenant on the Santa Fe's Cajon Pass line, climbs towards Summit.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); November 1981)
- An eastbound Union Pacific freight, tenant on the Santa Fe's Cajon Pass line, nears Alray as it continues towards Summit. The Southern Pacific's Colto...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); November 1981)
- In this view looking north from the adjacent hillside, a Union Pacific freight ascends the Santa Fe's Cajon Pass north track after crossing California...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); November 7, 1981)
- This Amtrak train is taking the Santa Fe's north track up Cajon Pass; the south track is in the foreground. The Southern Pacific's Colton-Palmdale Cut...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); November 7, 1981)
- An eastbound Santa Fe freight emerges from Blue Cut near Cajon as it climbs towards the summit of Cajon Pass.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); November 7, 1981)
- This eastbound Santa Fe freight, sporting several GP30s in its consist, continues its climb towards the summit of Cajon Pass. The Southern Pacific's C...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); November 7, 1981)
- This northbound Santa Fe freight has just left Blue Cut as it works its way up Cajon Pass.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); November 7, 1981)
- An Amtrak train takes the eastbound main at Cajon as it climbs towards the summit of Cajon Pass.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); November 7, 1981)
- A westbound Amtrak train heads downgrade at Cajon towards the Los Angeles Basin; the eastbound main is in the foreground.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); May 15, 1988)
- A westbound Union Pacific freight prepares for the downhill plunge through Cajon Pass as it passes through Summit.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); May 15, 1988)
- Another westbound freight, Santa Fe this time, crests the grade at Summit and prepares for the descent of Cajon Pass.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); May 15, 1988)
- A westbound freight passes through Summit, bearing the "kodachrome" paint scheme intended for the ill-fated Santa Fe-Southern Pacific merger. And ther...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); May 15, 1988)
- This westbound freight is about to hit the descending grade of Cajon Pass as it passes through Summit.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); May 15, 1988)
- Although this looks like one of those Pictures You Should Never Take, those are actually helpers moving away from the photographer at Summit.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); May 15, 1988)
- Here at the west end of Summit is the actual beginning of the Cajon Pass downgrade.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); May 15, 1988)
- Yet another westbound freight arrives at Summit.This view would be very different today, with floodlights and security fencing everywhere. The Souther...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Cajon Pass); May 15, 1988)
- Here, just west of Summit, one gets an actual idea of the challenge faced in building over Cajon Pass. The two tracks will soon separate, with the ori...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Tehachapi Pass); June 17, 1982)
- Although Techachapi Pass is best known for its various loops and tunnels accessible via back roads, there are also some decent views from along adjace...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (California (Tehachapi Pass); June 17, 1982)
- Tehachapi Pass needs no introduction to railfans, having been the subject of countless articles, books and videos. Here a Santa Fe freight traverses t...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Colton, California (Colton Crossing); 1988)
- At Colton Crossing, located in Colton, California, the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific mainlines cross at grade. Here we are looking south along the San...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Daggett, California; May 14, 1988)
- Daggett, California is located on the Santa Fe's mainline just east of Barstow; it is also the site of the junction with the Union Pacific's Los Angel...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Daggett, California; May 14, 1988)
- Another look at the Santa Fe's mainline at Daggett, California, just east of Barstow, this time looking east. The junction with the Union Pacific's Lo...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Los Angeles, California; July 29, 1983)
- A Santa Fe freight is about to exit Broadway interlocking, named for the boulevard crossing over the tracks, northeast of Los Angeles Union Station. T...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Los Angeles, California; July 29, 1983)
- This Santa Fe freight is heading south along the Los Angeles River towards Mission Junction, having just left Broadway interlocking. In the distance i...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Los Angeles, California; July 29, 1983)
- Fresh from its Pasadena station stop, this Amtrak run is crossing the Los Angeles River en route to Los Angeles Union Station. Taken looking north fro...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Needles, California; October 22, 1977)
- In addition to being the site of a large passenger station, Needles, California was also a major refueling point for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Needles, California; October 22, 1977)
- Thirsty diesels needed plenty of fuel oil, as the size of this storage tank along the Santa Fe at Needles, California testifies. Larger locomotive fue...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Needles, California; October 22, 1977)
- In this view looking west down the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe mainline at Needles, California we get some idea of the massive piping needed to delive...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Needles, California; October 22, 1977)
- An eastbound freight makes its appearance at the Santa Fe's Needles, California station and refueling rack. The tail end of the passenger platform is ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Needles, California; October 22, 1977)
- This eastbound freight at Needles, California turned out to consist of piggybacks (TOFC) as it bypassed the fueling rack, an ominous sign of things t...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Needles, California; October 22, 1977)
- This eastbound Santa Fe piggyback freight at Needles, California concludes its act in fine style, with classic red caboose no. 196 bringing up the rea...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Needles, California; October 22, 1977)
- Somewhere west of Needles, California this searchlight signal stands watch over traffic on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's Southern Transcon.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (San Diego, California (Santa Fe Depot); January 3, 1978)
- San Diego's rail station, the Santa Fe Depot, is located in downtown San Diego (Centre City) and today serves Amtrak, the state-run San Diego Coaster ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (San Diego, California (Santa Fe Depot); January 3, 1978)
- One of Amtrak's San Diegans waits at San Diego's Santa Fe Depot, with Broadway in the foreground. At the far left is the Santa Fe's line to National C...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Santa Ana, California; June 2, 1970)
- About all I can tell you about this shot is that it's Santa Fe's San Diego line and that it was taken somewhere around Santa Ana, California.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Topock, California; October 22, 1977)
- This massive Santa Fe bridge over the Colorado River at Topock, California, was the third one constructed, in 1945. An earlier (1890) bridge just sout...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Topock, California; October 22, 1977)
- A view from deck level of the Santa Fe's bridge over the Colorado River at Topock, California. The river is out of sight below.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Canon City, Colorado; June 3, 1996)
- The story of the Royal Gorge "war" and the Denver & Rio Grande's ultimate victory has been told many times. Less well known is that the Atchison, Tope...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Canon City, Colorado; June 3, 1996)
- This wye at Canon City, Colorado connected the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's Canon City branch to several mines south of town. This view is loo...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Canon City, Colorado; June 3, 1996)
- This appears to be end of track for the Santa Fe's Canon City branch. The line used to parallel the Rio Grande's Royal Gorge line for a few more miles...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Castle Rock, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- This southbound Southern Pacific freight is passing the Castle Rock Kampgrounds of America™ refitted caboose on Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Castle Rock, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- Another view of the refitted caboose in Frisco colors at Castle Rock, Colorado. Part of a Kampgrounds of America™ facility, it directly adjoined...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Castle Rock, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- A Burlington Northern southbound freight passes the grade crossing into the Castle Rock, Colorado Kampgrounds of America™ facility on Joint Line...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Larkspur, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- This southbound train on the Joint Line isn't going anywhere, not a difficult deduction to make considering the open nose door and crew member killing...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Palmer Lake, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- A southbound Santa Fe freight passes alongside Palmer Lake, Colorado's namesake body of water on the single track portion of the Joint Line between Pa...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois; July 26, 1971)
- The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe apparently kept a small fleet of Alco RS-1's to handle its passenger car fleet south of Chicago's Union Station. This ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois; July 27, 1971)
- This view is from Chicago's South Damen Avenue bridge looking east, as a short Santa Fe transfer run passes a long freight headed for downtown. The Il...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois; July 27, 1971)
- The Texas Chief left Chicago in late afternoon, as seen from the South Damen Avenue Bridge in Chicago, Illinois. Although Amtrak has been in charge si...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois; July 28, 1971)
- The Santa Fe's downtown Chicago engine terminal, here seen from West 18th Street, was used to service the road's passenger fleet entering and leaving ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois; July 28, 1971)
- The advent of Amtrak on May 1 has not yet impacted the appearance of this Santa Fe passenger train, the head-end consist still in classic warbonnet pa...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois; July 28, 1971)
- This is probably the Texas Chief, based on the time and the Fs on the front (by this time the Super Chief was usually pulled by cowl units), heading i...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois; July 28, 1971)
- Here seen looking south from West 18th Street is the Santa Fe's Chicago coach yard, for now an Amtrak facility.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois; July 28, 1971)
- In another view looking south from West 18th Street the Santa Fe's coach yard is at left, with the car washer at right. Just visible at the far right ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois; July 28, 1971)
- A closer look south from West 18th Street at the Santa Fe's car washer in its passenger equipment servicing facility in Chicago, Illinois. At right i...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's eastbound Texas Chief clatters through Chicago's Ash Crossing on its way to Union Station. Although operated by Amtr...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- These warbonnet-clad F's leading the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's eastbound Texas Chief through Chicago's Ash Crossing will soon be replaced by units...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- One last look at those gorgeous F-units leading the Santa Fe's Texas Chief through Ash Crossing.
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- One of the better things Amtrak did was to take the Santa Fe's idea of high-level long-distance passenger cars and run with it. These cars, seen on th...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- With the inception of Amtrak and Santa Fe's relinquishing of all passenger service to that carrier, blue and yellow will soon reign supreme for severa...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Not all Santa Fe cabooses were bright red and yellow. Caboose no. 1708, seen here at Chicago's Ash Crossing on the end of an eastbound transfer run, i...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); July 26, 1971)
- Chicago's famed 21st Street Crossing was clearly past its peak of greatness when this shot was taken from Amtrak's unnamed New York-Chicago train no. ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); July 28, 1971)
- The inbound Texas Chief (by now operated by Amtrak) heads north to Chicago's Union Station, seen from Roosevelt Road looking south. The CB&Q commuter ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- By 1973 Amtrak was using Santa Fe cowl units in freight colors for the Super Chief, here seen inbound at 21st Street Crossing. In the past Santa Fe pa...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- Amtrak was already over two years old when this was taken, but service over Santa Fe routes could still be counted on to host Santa Fe power. That the...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- With all of the former Santa Fe's passenger trains operated by Amtrak by this time, and Amtrak using Union Station exclusively, a certain amount of ju...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- Having made its station stop at Union Station, the former Santa Fe (now Amtrak) Super Chief is making a backup move via the former Pennsylvania mainli...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- The Texas Chief is heading out of Union Station on its way to the Southwest, and in spite of early Amtrak operation still looks elegant. The tracks be...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- Having crossed the Chicago River (South Branch) the Texas Chief has turned onto Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (former Alton) rails and will shortly cross over t...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Chicago, Illinois (Union Station); June 3, 1973)
- Two years after the inception of Amtrak the Super Chief has been relegated to Santa Fe freight diesels, although a few warbonnet units remain in the c...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Joliet, Illinois (Joliet Union Station); June 1, 1973)
- Joliet Union Station was, to put it mildly, a great place to watch trains in the early 1970s. Whether today's safety/security conscious railroads (or ...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Joliet, Illinois (Joliet Union Station); June 1, 1973)
- Any doubt that Joliet's Union Station was a semaphore-lover's paradise in the early 1970's should be dispelled by this view. Here the Atchison, Topeka...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Joliet, Illinois (Joliet Union Station); June 1, 1973)
- It may be Amtrak by this time, but those warbonnet units (probably fresh from the car washer at Chicago's 18th Street facility) still look fantastic i...
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (Joliet, Illinois (Joliet Union Station); June 1, 1973)
- This train (probably Amtrak's former Santa Fe eastbound Texas Chief) on shared Santa Fe and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio trackage is about to cross Rock Island...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); May 31, 1973)
- Baltimore & Ohio covered wagon no. 4607 (trailed by Geep no. 6406) is looking mighty good as it approaches Blue Island Crossing in the south Chicago s...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois; July 28, 1971)
- One of the railroad landmarks of the area south of Chicago's Union Station is the pair of massive lift bridges and viaducts over the Union Station tra...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Grand Central Station); July 28, 1971)
- Grand Central Station's train shed was gone by the time this 1971 slide was taken, but a careful look reveals that the iconic bell tower was still in ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Grand Central Station); June 3, 1973)
- Yes, there was a Grand Central Station, but in 1973 it weren't there no more, as this shot attests; the historic station was demolished in 1971. This ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- A Baltimore & Ohio transfer run is seen here passing Chicago's Western Avenue station. The tracks in the foreground belong to the Milwaukee Road, with...
- Baltimore & Ohio (South Chicago, Illinois (South Chicago Crossing); June 2, 1973)
- At one time the Baltimore & Ohio's passenger trains followed a tortuous route into Chicago, taking an hour to get from @BO_IL.CH_GCS_71.07.28.01_R{Gra...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- At State Line Crossing (just over the Illinois state line from Hammond, Indiana) the Baltimore & Ohio crossed the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern, Chesapeake ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- This Baltimore & Ohio transfer run, led by Geep no. 6477, has just finished bumping over the multiple diamonds of State Line Crossing and is approachi...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- At Hammond, Indiana the Baltimore & Ohio crossed Hohman Avenue at this grade crossing featuring an elevated crossing watchman's tower in addition to t...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- An eastbound Baltimore & Ohio freight is about to pass the color position light home signal for State Line Crossing. The first crossing encountered (t...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- The tangle of roads in the Chicago metropolitan area begins to sort itself out at State Line Crossing, straddling the Indiana/Illinois border just wes...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- The Buffalo Creek, although owned by the Erie and Lehigh Valley, was also used by transfer runs of the Baltimore & Ohio and Nickel Plate as well. Here...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- Another look at the Baltimore & Ohio transfer run on Buffalo Creek rails, just south of FW Tower. The semaphore (missing a lens) is probably a fixed d...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- This Baltimore & Ohio transfer run has almost reached the junction at FW Tower on Buffalo Creek rails. The Pennsylvania's tracks (at far left) have he...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Akron, Ohio (Akron Union Station); July 29, 1971)
- Akron's Union Station, built in the 1950's, served trains of the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads; the Erie had its own station to the sout...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Athens, Ohio; May 27, 1974)
- It's highly unlikely that this bored Ohio University student is awaiting a train home, as the Baltimore & Ohio's Athens, Ohio depot has not seen a pas...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Athens, Ohio; May 27, 1974)
- The Baltimore & Ohio's Marietta & Cincinnati mainline across south central Ohio at one time passed through the town of Athens, home of Ohio University...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Athens, Ohio; May 27, 1974)
- Passenger service to Athens was one of the many casualties of Amtrak, leaving this attractive station inactive. As late as 1968 two passenger trains a...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Athens, Ohio; May 27, 1974)
- The Baltimore & Ohio's former Marietta & Cincinnati main line in Athens, Ohio. This view is looking east.
- Baltimore & Ohio (Athens, Ohio; May 27, 1974)
- This shot was taken on the other side of the bridge in the preceding shot, this time looking west at an approaching eastbound. Soon this freight will ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio; March 27, 1970)
- The Cuyahoga River curled through the Cleveland Flats without regard for the railroads' convenience, creating one obstacle after another. The result w...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- By its nature a bascule bridge has to have somewhere to come down to, and this abutment on the Baltimore & Ohio's line to the Cleveland lakefront was ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- Although the signage over the main entrance of this building clearly reads "B&O R.R. Freight Office," this building, located in the Cleveland Flats al...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- The Baltimore & Ohio maintained a line which headed north out of Clark Avenue Yard, following the Cuyahoga River almost to its mouth where it intercha...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio (Clark Avenue Yard); August 28, 1970)
- Truly Cleveland's Clark Avenue viaduct was one of the prime attractions for a railfan visiting Cleveland, Ohio, as it provided a front row seat for mu...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Cleveland, Ohio (Clark Avenue Yard); August 28, 1970)
- Shot from almost the same spot as the preceding slide, but on the other side of the Clark Avenue bridge looking south, another switcher is pulling a c...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Girard, Ohio; December 30, 1971)
- Taken from Girard's Liberty Street Bridge looking north, this view is of is one of those "funnels" in which multiple railroads run side by side to gai...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Girard, Ohio; December 30, 1971)
- Seen looking south from Girard, Ohio's Liberty Street Bridge, a Baltimore & Ohio freight is emerging from the tunnel under the Pennsylvania's Erie & A...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Girard, Ohio; December 30, 1971)
- Quite a bit of the Baltimore & Ohio's Lake Subdivision traffic was handled by F-unit lashups like this one, heading north on the Lake Subdivision (pro...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Kent, Ohio; March 28, 1971)
- In the college town of Kent, Ohio the Baltimore & Ohio and Erie mainlines ran north and south through town along the Mahoning River (on the left), sep...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Kent, Ohio; March 28, 1971)
- Another view of the two-level rail/water corridor through the northeastern Ohio university town of Kent. The Baltimore & Ohio's mainline runs along th...
- Baltimore & Ohio (McDonald, Ohio; September 2, 1973)
- This aerial photo view (taken from a private plane) is approximately halfway between Niles and Girard, Ohio looking east. The Mahoning River runs thro...
- Baltimore & Ohio (North Warren, Ohio (BO Crossing); August 1981)
- Warren, Ohio in the mid-twentieth century was a railfan paradise, with multiple rail lines running in every direction. The Baltimore & Ohio's Lake Sub...
- Baltimore & Ohio (North Warren, Ohio (BO Crossing); August 1981)
- This view is looking south along the B&O's Lake Subdivision (Girard to Painesville, Ohio) at BO Crossing in North Warren, Ohio. The tracks in the fore...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Ravenna, Ohio; March 28, 1971)
- In 1899 both the Baltimore & Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroads began planning new lines between Niles and Ravenna, Ohio. The Pennsylvania needed a throu...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Warren, Ohio; June 2, 1970)
- Another aerial photograph taken from a small private plane, this time just northwest of Warren, Ohio, The large plant in the center is Copperweld Stee...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Warren, Ohio; June 20, 1970)
- A Baltimore & Ohio way freight pauses at the Warren, Ohio Erie station, apparently while working the steel mills on the south side of Warren. The two ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Warren, Ohio; June 20, 1970)
- The Erie station at Warren, Ohio was always a busy place in the early 1970's, before the coming of Conrail. Between the Erie Lackawanna's many through...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Warren, Ohio; July 18, 1970)
- The Baltimore & Ohio's former Pittsburgh & Western main ran from Ohio Junction in Girard, Ohio to re-join the B&O mainline in Newton Falls. The sectio...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- This killdeer does not appear to be very happy at the attention being given to this Baltimore & Ohio siding in Wooster, Ohio.
- Baltimore & Ohio (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- The Baltimore & Ohio's branch in Wooster, Ohio featured this interesting combination switch and double trestle over Apple Creek. The track to the righ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- Another look at the Baltimore & Ohio's double curved trestle over Apple Creek in Wooster, Ohio. At times space was sufficiently limited (and traffic s...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- A look in the other direction across the Baltimore & Ohio's double trestle over Apple Creek in Wooster, Ohio. Although this appears to be the end of t...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- Although Wooster, Ohio was primarily a Pennsylvania Railroad town (located on the Pennsy's Fort Wayne line between Pittsburgh and Chicago), the Baltim...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- The Baltimore & Ohio's mainline followed the Mahoning River through Youngstown, Ohio. In this view from the Wick Avenue bridge looking west, the B&O i...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- Both the Baltimore & Ohio and the Erie had small freight facilities located in the bend of the Mahoning River just south of downtown Youngstown, here ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- The Baltimore & Ohio's mainline bypassed downtown Youngstown by hugging the opposite bank of the Mahoning River. Above to the right is the Lake Erie &...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- For a while these curved steel top cabooses (and boxcars built to a similar design) were frequently used on the Baltimore & Ohio, here seen trailing a...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- A westbound Baltimore & Ohio freight passes under the Gibson Ave. bridge (now part of US 62) in Youngstown, Ohio. Just out of view to the right is the...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Youngstown, Ohio (NK Yard); July 30, 1970)
- NK Yard, located just east of downtown Youngstown, was the Great Melting Pot for the city's railroads, where Baltimore & Ohio, New York Central (and ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Youngstown, Ohio (NK Yard); July 30, 1970)
- Alco switchers like nos. 9000 and 9001 were a common sight on the Baltimore & Ohio in Youngstown, Ohio, here seen at NK Yard from Edgewood Street.
- Baltimore & Ohio (Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania; July 2, 1971)
- A westbound Baltimore & Ohio freight led by Geeps nos. 3546 and 4813 is about to cross Mill Run Road (Pennsylvania Route 381) at Ohiopyle, Pennsylvani...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania; July 2, 1971)
- Continuing west, this Baltimore & Ohio freight is about to pass the diminutive station at Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania.
- Baltimore & Ohio (Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania; July 2, 1971)
- Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania, in addition to being a highly scenic spot on the Youghiogheny River, also hosted the mainlines of the Baltimore & Ohio and the...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Cameron, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- One wonders how many fine stations like this one are hidden throughout West Virginia, in many cases by abandoned roadbeds. Judging from the appearance...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Grafton, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- The Baltimore & Ohio's original mainline from Baltimore to St. Louis passed through Grafton, West Virginia, where subsidiary lines to Wheeling and Cha...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Grafton, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- At Grafton, West Virginia the Baltimore & Ohio's line from St. Louis arrived from the southwest and crossed the Tygart Valley River before joining the...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Grafton, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- Below is the Baltimore & Ohio's line to St. Louis as it crosses the Tygart Valley River and heads southwest. This slide was taken from an unidentified...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Grafton, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- At Grafton, West Virginia, a branch to Cove Run, Moatsville and Overfield left the St. Louis main to cross Three Fork Creek and head south along the e...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Grafton, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- Here is a more panoramic view of Grafton, West Virginia, this time looking east from the Ethel Street bridge. At far left is the Wheeling line via Fai...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Grafton, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- The Baltimore & Ohio maintained a major roundhouse in Grafton, West Virginia at the junction of the St. Louis mainline with several branches and subsi...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Hundred, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- A look at the line (now abandoned) through Cameron, West Virginia. This tunnel is probably the Marshall Tunnel, northeast of Hundred, south of Cameron...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Hundred, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- A second look at the Baltimore & Ohio's Marshall Tunnel northeast of Hundred, just south of Cameron, West Virginia. This view is from U.S. Route 250. ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Shinnston, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- Shinnston, West Virginia is located between Fairmont and Clarksburg on one of the innumerable now-abandoned coal-mining branches that used to blanket ...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Shinnston, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- Another, closer look at the same train of empties as it enters the north end of Shinnston, West Virginia. Probably taken from the U.S. Highway 19 brid...
- Baltimore & Ohio (Shinnston, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- Another shot of the same train heading southwest into Shinnston, West Virginia, again from the U.S. Highway 19 bridge.
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); July 26, 1971)
- Although the Baltimore & Ohio made extensive use of tracks of its subsidiary Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal, actually catching one of the latter ro...
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- At Forest Hill Crossing north/south lines of the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal and Pennsylvania (Penn Central) cross east/west lines of the Wabash...
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- A Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal transfer run approaches Forest Hill Crossing, where it will cross the rails of the Chesapeake & Ohio, Belt Railway...
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- This Chesapeake & Ohio freight is on Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal rails as it heads south through Dolton Crossing. The rails in the foreground be...
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- A westbound Baltimore & Ohio freight on Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal trackage is about to cross the Chicago & Western Indiana (the continuation o...
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- One of the saddest casualties of the CSX merger was the abandonment of Chessie System's classic sleeping cat, a descendent of the Chesapeake & Ohio's ...
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- Baltimore & Ohio no. 4103 wearing the classic "Chessie Kitten" paint scheme leads an eastbound freight on Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal trackage t...
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Riverdale, Illinois (Barr Yard); July 26, 1971)
- The Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad's Barr Yard is the nerve center for its Chicago operations, seen here from the South Halsted Street bri...
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Riverdale, Illinois (Barr Yard); July 26, 1971)
- A look at the midpoint of Barr Yard, again taken from the South Halsted Street bridge, this time looking east.
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (Riverdale, Illinois (Barr Yard); July 26, 1971)
- Another view of the west end of the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal's Barr Yard, from the South Halsted Street Bridge.
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal (South Chicago, Illinois (South Chicago Crossing); June 2, 1973)
- At South Chicago (just on the Illinois side of the Illinois/Indiana border) a branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal left the B&O's passenger...
- Bath & Hammondsport (Bath, New York; March 8, 1970)
- At Bath, New York the tiny Bath & Hammondsport interchanged with the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (part of Erie Lackawanna by this time). The...
- Bath & Hammondsport (Hammondsport, New York; March 7, 1970)
- The Bath & Hammondsport terminated on the west end of Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes of upstate New York. Here a B&H caboose bearing the road's "...
- Bath & Hammondsport (Hammondsport, New York; March 7, 1970)
- The Bath & Hammondsport's Hammondsport depot was located at the very end of the line on Water Street on the west end of Keuka Lake; note the boats vis...
- Bath & Hammondsport (Rheims, New York; March 7, 1970)
- After an interval of almost fifty years it can be tricky to identify the exact location of a photo using topographical maps, but this appears to have ...
- Bath & Hammondsport (Rheims, New York; March 7, 1970)
- This appears to be one of the wineries along the Bath & Hammondsport at Rheims, New York. Business car "Pleasant Valley" seems to br waiting for its n...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Belt Railway of Chicago Geep no. 471 is here on joint Chesapeake & Ohio/BRC rails, heading east through Forest Hill Crossing. The rails in the foregro...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- The Belt Railway of Chicago was a frequent visitor to most of the crossings and junctions in the Chicago area. Here at Forest Hill Crossing an eastbou...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Another eastbound Belt Railway of Chicago transfer run at Forest Hill Crossing. The BRC had a number of these Alco Century units, and did they ever lo...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- This Belt Railway of Chicago caboose seen at Chicago's Forest Hill Crossing was apparently sporting a fresh paint job. Caboose no. 208, on joint BRC/C...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- It was difficult in the seventies to roam around Chicago without encounting the black, gray and yellow units of the Belt Railway of Chicago. Here at F...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- This Belt Railway of Chicago transfer run at Forest Hill Crossing is on the connecting track between the Chesapeake & Ohio/BRC joint tracks and the Ba...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- In Chicago, transfer runs could be seen going almost everywhere on virtually everyone's rails. This Belt Railway of Chicago transfer run, led by no. 5...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Two cabooses simultaneously clatter through Chicago's Forest Hills crossing as the afternoon light grows deeper. The Penn Central transfer caboose (no...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- A Belt Railway of Chicago transfer run has finished its business and is returning through Pullman Junction on joint Chesapeake & Ohio/BRC trackage. No...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- The eastbound Belt Railway of Chicago caboose hop from the @BRC_IL.CH_PUL_73.06.02.01_R{previous slide} continues on its way through Chicago's Pullman...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (South Chicago, Illinois (South Chicago Crossing); June 2, 1973)
- A Belt Railway of Chicago run heads for the U.S.Steel South Chicago plant. To the left is the former Pennsylvania Railroad main line (now Penn Central...
- Belt Railway of Chicago (South Chicago, Illinois (South Chicago Crossing); June 2, 1973)
- Here at South Chicago Crossing a Belt Railway of Chicago transfer run is easing down the interchange track with the former Pennsylvania Railroad and a...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Conneaut, Ohio; March 27, 1970)
- One of the many highlights of a ride on the New York Central between Ashtabula, Ohio and Buffalo, New York was this quick glimpse from the Central's h...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Erie, Pennsylvania; March 26, 1971)
- The Bessemer & Lake Erie is best known for its massive lake boat loading facility at Conneaut, Ohio, but it also had a branch to Erie, Pennsylvania. T...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Greenville, Pennsylvania; March 29, 1970)
- The Bessemer & Lake Erie's "old" mainline famously threaded its way through downtown Greenville via a narrow right of way, here seen looking south fro...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Greenville, Pennsylvania; August 17, 1971)
- Just north of Greenville, Pennsylvania, the Bessemer & Lake Erie's "old" mainline (as opposed to the newer Kremis-Osgood Cutoff) followed a curving pa...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Greenville, Pennsylvania; August 17, 1971)
- A closer look at Bessemer & Lake Erie southbound freight led by no. 863. Soon this train will pass through downtown Greenville.
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Greenville, Pennsylvania; August 17, 1971)
- Barely visible in this shot of southbound Bessemer & Lake Erie hoppers just south of Greenville, Pennsylvania, is one of the B&LE's famous F-units at ...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Hartstown, Pennsylvania; May 22, 1975)
- The Bessemer & Lake Erie's main at Hartstown, Pennsylvania appears to have been recently single tracked in this view from the U.S. Route 322 overpass ...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Osgood, Pennsylvania; July 25, 1972)
- At Osgood, Pennsylvania, the Bessemer & Lake Erie's Kremis-Osgood Cutoff spans the valley of the Shenango River and three railroad lines. One of those...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Osgood, Pennsylvania; July 25, 1972)
- The Bessemer & Lake Erie's original main line through Osgood, Pennsylvania, runs alongside the Shenango River; Baldwin switcher no. 405 is handling ca...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Osgood, Pennsylvania; July 25, 1972)
- This Bessemer & Lake Erie caboose (no. 1983) is seen in the small interchange yard with the New York Central's Oil City branch along the Shenango Rive...
- Bessemer & Lake Erie (Osgood, Pennsylvania; August 15, 1972)
- The Bessemer & Lake Erie's Kremis-Osgood Cutoff was a major engineering feat, bypassing grade crossings in Greenville, Pennsylvania and tortuous runni...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Indianapolis, Indiana; May 24, 1975)
- The former Big Four mainline west of Indianapolis. Both of those upper aspects sure look yellow, but based on position one of them ought to be green. ...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio; March 27, 1970)
- As seen from Cleveland's Lorain Avenue bridge looking southeast, a Penn Central local with a GP30 running long end first on former Big Four rails head...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Looking northeast from Cleveland's 25th Street bridge, the former Big Four freight line to the lakefront is below. The bridge in the upper center carr...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- The massive viaduct carrying the Cleveland Union Terminal and Cleveland Rapid Transit rails dominates this photo, but behind it a Penn Central freight...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- A Penn Central freight on former Big Four rails has just passed under the Superior Avenue bridge (U.S Highway 6/20/542) on its way to the former New Y...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- In this view from Cleveland's Superior Avenue looking south, the former Big Four crosses the Cuyahoga River on a massive lift bridge (though not as la...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- The Big Four's northbound mainline through Cleveland eventually connected with the New York Central's lakefront line at "FS" tower. First, however, it...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- Two Penn Central cab units and a New York Central unit that so far has escaped the paint shop head north under the West 24th Street bridge on former B...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- This view, looking southeast from Cleveland's Lorain Avenue bridge, shows three Penn Central units heading north on the former Big Four Cleveland frei...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio (Cloggville); August 28, 1970)
- Once the Big Four's line into Cleveland from the south split off from the Cleveland Union Terminal passenger line, its status as a slow freight line b...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio (Cloggville); March 26, 1971)
- There are (or were) many interesting junctions in Cleveland, Ohio if one knew where to look. In this view of the Cloggville trackage, looking south fr...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Cleveland, Ohio (DK Tower); March 26, 1971)
- Another view looking south from the Lorain Avenue bridge, this time showing the Nickel Plate Road's massive lift bridge over the Cuyahoga River in the...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Marion, Ohio; May 23, 1975)
- Marion, Ohio marks the end of paired trackage by the Erie and Big Four (Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati & St. Louis) between Galion and Marion, Ohio. T...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Marion, Ohio; May 23, 1975)
- Another look at the end of paired trackage by the Erie and Big Four (Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati & St. Louis) between Galion and Marion, Ohio. Alth...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Marion, Ohio; May 23, 1975)
- The platform shed for Marion Union Station is barely visible in this view of the end of paired trackage by the Erie and Big Four (Cleveland, Chicago, ...
- Big Four (New York Central) (Marion, Ohio (AC Tower); May 23, 1975)
- This view of the paired trackage at Marion, Ohio includes the oft-photographed signal bridge and AC Tower, seen at left. The single track Big Four lin...
- Branford Electric Railway Association (East Haven, Connecticut; July 31, 1973)
- The Branford Electric Railway Association dates back to August 1945 when it acquired a mile and a half of operating trackage between East Haven and Sh...
- Branford Electric Railway Association (East Haven, Connecticut; July 31, 1973)
- Not all "trolleys" were passenger streetcars. Many electrified interurban lines were also major freight carriers in their heyday, using such freight m...
- Buffalo Creek (Buffalo, New York (BC Tower); April 5, 1970)
- BC Tower (or BC Crossing) was the name given to the diamond crossing of the Buffalo Creek and New York Central railroads on the south side of Buffalo....
- Buffalo Creek (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); April 5, 1970)
- Although Buffalo Central Terminal is best known as a major New York Central passenger hub, it also served as a freight connection for railroads such a...
- Buffalo Creek (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- The junction at FW Tower, just south of Buffalo Central Terminal, may well have been the busiest junction in all of Buffalo. Here the Buffalo Creek (j...
- Buffalo Creek (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- A relatively uncluttered look at FW Tower's "Cadillac Curve" in Buffalo New York, seen from the Seneca Street bridge. The curve provided a relatively ...
- Buffalo Creek (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- A closer look at the Buffalo Creek's distant signal for FW Tower at Buffalo, New York. Note the empty arm extending to the left; this is a "doll's arm...
- Buffalo Creek (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- Looking south from Seneca Street we see the two tracks of the Buffalo Creek and one Pennsylvania track, with a connector from the stub-end Pennsylvani...
- Buffalo Creek & Gauley (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- The Buffalo Creek & Gauley was long gone (abandoned in 1965) by the time this photo was taken, but these antique cars (note the round windows!) still ...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- West Rochester is where the former Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (Baltimore & Ohio at the time this slide was taken) interchanged with the New York ...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- As late as 1971 one could still find these little wooden-sided cabooses on the Baltimore & Ohio's lesser byways. This one is at the West Avenue yard i...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- This former West Rochester Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh station at West Ave. has seen better days. The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh was absorbed...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- Just south of its interchange with the New York Central, the former Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (Baltimore & Ohio at the time) heads souith toward...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- This view is looking north along the former Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh. The West Rochester station at West Ave. is barely visible in the distance...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- In 1971 the former Pennsylvania Railroad branch to Rochester was still in use by Penn Central for local switching. Its crossing with the former Buffal...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- Another look at the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh's yard and engine facilities in West Rochester, New York, where the road interchanged with the New...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (West Rochester, New York (Brooks Avenue Station); April 9, 1971)
- The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh's Brooks Avenue station, in addition to being architecturally distinctive, is also quite old. Built in 1913, it's ...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (West Rochester, New York (Brooks Avenue Station); April 9, 1971)
- A closer look at the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh's magnificent wooden Brooks Avenue Station, just a short distance south of the road's interchange...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (Bradford, Pennsylvania; July 18, 1971)
- The Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh's Bradford, Pennsylvania station featured this beautiful brickwork, with a magnificent tile roof to match. Althoug...
- Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (Brockway, Pennsylvania; July 26, 1972)
- In 1972 the last thing the photographer expected to see was this Baltimore & Ohio cab unit still in the B&O's original diesel paint scheme (even if on...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- The east throat of Toronto's Union Station, looking east towards the station from the Spadina Avenue bridge. The Canadian National switcher is on Toro...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- There's a little bit of everything in this view near the Canadian National engine facilities west of Toronto Union Station. CN was a big user of Budd ...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Canadian National maintained this turntable and roundhouse at its engine facility at the west end of Toronto Union Station. Today the roundhouse has b...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- This shot gives a better idea of the placement of Canadian National's engine facility west of Toronto Union Station, here seen just south of the west ...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- This time looking west from the Spadina Avenue bridge. The engine facility is out of sight to the left, with the west station throat and coach yards n...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Another view looking west from the Spadina Avenue bridge. The engine facility is again out of sight to the left, with the station throat on the right ...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Some interesting contrasts in this view from Front Street in Toronto. It's not often that you see old wood-sided boxcars juxtaposed against a sea of m...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- An afternoon's layover in Toronto's Union Station provided the opportunity to grab some shots of Canadian National rolling stock, such as these wooden...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Rebuilt MLW RS18u Canadian National no. 3154, bearing a considerably more colorful paint scheme than CN's usual mostly-black, is seen west of Toronto ...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- A westbound Canadian National freight led by no. 4102 heads away from Toronto Union Station, seen from the Spadina Avenue bridge.
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Canadian National switcher no. 8133 is well west of Toronto Union Station in this view, probably looking east from the Bathurst Street bridge.
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- It looks as if Canadian National switcher no. 6516 has extracted a cut of coaches from the coach yards west of Toronto Union Station and is preparing ...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- At least switcher no. 7027 still remained in the classic Canadian National black and gold in 1972.
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- A fine example of Canadian National's workhorse coaches, here interestingly sandwiched between two obviously well-used freight cars. This view is from...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Someone more familiar with Canadian National's Toronto facilities can probably identify this engine terminal better than I. I onlyh know it was within...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Another look at the Canadian National engine terminal west of Toronto Union Station.
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- With an extensive passenger service, Canadian National made heavy use of Budd railcars. And those things were fast!
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Looming above the Canadian National's engine facility on the west side of Toronto Union Station is a magnificent set of the giant grain elevators hist...
- Canadian National (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- What appears to be a Canadian National head end power car is being wrestled into position at Toronto Union Station.
- Canadian Pacific (Calgary, Alberta; June 11, 1972)
- Calgary, Alberta was the last major westbound stop for the Canadian before entering the Canadian Rockies. Although the approach trackage to Calgary's ...
- Canadian Pacific (Vancouver, British Columbia; June 12, 1972)
- One of the complaints made about the Canadian Pacific in Vancouver, British Columbia was its monopolization of a major part of the city's waterfront, ...
- Canadian Pacific (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); April 4, 1971)
- One of the very last non-Penn Central trains to use Buffalo Central Terminal was the Canadian Pacific's Buffalo-Toronto rail-diesel car (RDC), seen he...
- Canadian Pacific (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); April 4, 1971)
- A closer look at the Canadian Pacific's Buffalo-Toronto rail diesel consist. At one point in the sixties it was seriously thought that the Budd RDC mi...
- Canadian Pacific (Ontario; June 9, 1972)
- The location of this shot from a northbound (soon to be westbound) Canadian Pacific Canadian is somewhere between Toronto and Sudbury, which it will r...
- Canadian Pacific (Ontario; June 10, 1972)
- The westbound Canadian encountered its eastbound counterpart somewhere between Heron Bay and Port Arthur, north of Lake Superior. If those striped nos...
- Canadian Pacific (Ontario (Lake Superior); June 10, 1972)
- One of the most difficult parts of the Canadian Pacific's construction was chiseling a grade into the cliffs along the north shore of Lake Superior; n...
- Canadian Pacific (Ontario (Lake Superior); June 10, 1972)
- With all due apologies for the styrofoam cup, this shot was just too good to omit. Seen from the westbound Canadian, the grade cut, shoveled and blast...
- Canadian Pacific (Ontario (Lake Superior); June 10, 1972)
- Another shot from the Canadian somewhere between Heron Bay and Port Arthur (north of Lake Superior). As if blasting a ledge into those cliffs wasn't b...
- Canadian Pacific (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- In 1972 one could still catch Canadian Pacific rolling stock in the classic CP maroon and grey colors, as in this view of switcher no. 7011 and a matc...
- Canadian Pacific (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- A bit closer to Toronto Union Station a pair of Canadian Pacific switchers works the TUS throat. Nos. 8141 and 6545 are in CP's new, apparently geomet...
- Canadian Pacific (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Another, closer look at Canadian Pacific switchers nos. 8141 and 6545, seen working Toronto Union Station's west throat. A pair of crossbucks and an a...
- Cass Scenic Railroad (West Virginia (Whittaker Hill); August 22, 1972)
- Whittaker Hill on the Cass Scenic Railroad provides some of the most spectacular views of the road's double-headed excursion runs, such as this one ju...
- Cass Scenic Railroad (West Virginia (Whittaker Hill); August 22, 1972)
- A double-headed passenger excursion heads up Whittaker Hill on the Cass Scenic Railroad.
- Cass Scenic Railroad (West Virginia (Whittaker Hill); August 22, 1972)
- Of course, the real payoff for trackside observers is when the train finally climbs past the camera, sending plumes of steam and smoke high into the a...
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Bald Knob, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- Bald Knob is the summit (and destination) for Cass Scenic Railroad passenger excursions on its climb up Back Allegheny Mountain. Here, at an altitude ...
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- Here one of the Cass Scenic Railroad's Shays (probably #2) prepares for the day's chores by loading up coal and water. The line which became the Cass ...
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- One of the Cass Scenic Railroad's public "bench cars" is being moved into position for the first run of the day by an unidentified Shay, probably #2.
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- A closer look at the Cass Scenic Railroad's well-preserved Pacific Coast Shay #2, built in 1928 for the Mayo Lumber Company in British Columbia.
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- Inside the cab of Cass Scenic Railroad Pacific Coast Shay #2.
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- There will undoubtably be those who sneer at this shot, taken in the cab of Cass Scenic Railroad Pacific Coast Shay #2, as underexposed and with almos...
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- Cass Scenic Railroad Pacific Coast Shay #2 prepares for the day's work.
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- Pacific Coast Shay #2 on the Cass Scenic Railroad at Cass, West Virginia.
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- A view from above of some of the Cass Scenic Railroad facilities, with Shay #5 in the foreground. This locomotive was actually built for the West Virg...
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- Considerably smaller than Cass Scenic Railroad caboose no. 90788, no. 8 here is about as petite as you can get. Just four wheels, and archbar trucks t...
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- "The little red caboose" was never a truer description (in more ways than one) than here of the Cass Scenic Railroad's no. 90788.
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- A closer look at the Cass Scenic Railroad double-headed passenger excursion as it climbs Back Allegheny Mountain towards its destination of Bald Knob,...
- Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- Cass Scenic Railroad Heisler no. 6, weighing in at 100 tons, arrived on the CSR in December of 1965 and began hauling passengers in May 1968.
- Central Vermont (Burlington, Vermont; June 4, 1976)
- Shut down in 1963, portions of the Rutland were resurrected variously as the Green Mountain Railway and the state-owned Vermont Railway. Although the ...
- Central Vermont (Burlington, Vermont; June 4, 1976)
- Here the Central Vermont line from Burlington has begun to climb to the tunnel mouth where it will leave the Lake Champlain valley. The line on the le...
- Central Vermont (Burlington, Vermont; June 4, 1976)
- The Central Vermont's branch between Burlington and Essex Juntion, Vermont leaves the Lake Champlain valley through this tunnel at the north end of Bu...
- Central Vermont (Burlington, Vermont; June 4, 1976)
- A closer look at the Central Vermont's tunnel at the north end of Burlington. The classic oval cross section is a rarity these days, and unlikely to h...
- Central Vermont (Burlington, Vermont; June 4, 1976)
- Once through the tunnel near the north end of Burlington, Vermont, the Central Vermont's branch between Burlington and Essex Junction heads out across...
- Central Vermont (Essex Junction, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- Essex Junction, Vermont, is where the Central Vermont's branch to Burlington joins the CV main line. The track at right is the Burlington Branch, with...
- Central Vermont (Essex Junction, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- A closer look at the Central Vermont's Essex Junction, Vermont station. In this view the branch to Burlington is on the left, with the CV mainline at ...
- Central Vermont (Montpelier Junction, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- At Montpelier Junction the Central Vermont met the Montpelier & Barre railroad (previously the Barre & Chelsea, among other transient names). Here loo...
- Central Vermont (Montpelier Junction, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- The view here is northwest along the Central Vermont mainline from the Montpelier Junction station platform, with the Winooski River bridge in the dis...
- Central Vermont (Montpelier Junction, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- At last, the station itself! This is Montpelier Junction, Vermont, with the Central Vermont mainline at right and the Montpelier & Barre curving off t...
- Central Vermont (Waterbury, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- Here at Waterbury, Vermont is a station whose architecture just oozes New England spirit. The classic curved blade train order signal is also a treat....
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- In 1971 it was still possible to shoot a caboose like this one, on a transfer run at Brighton Park Crossing in Chicago.
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Brighton Park Crossing, where lines of the Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and Chicago Junction (Chicago River & Indiana) crossed the Gulf, Mobile & Oh...
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Forest Hill Crossing (referred to in the first edition of the Train Watcher's Guide to Chicago as the 75th Street Crossing) saw shared tracks of the C...
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- The many crossings and junctions in the Chicago area provided endless variety before the merger mania hit with a vengeance. The Chesapeake & Ohio frei...
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- This westbound Chesapeake & Ohio transfer run through Chicago's Pullman Junction is actually on Rock Island rails; the C&O had its own tracks as well ...
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- By this time both Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio locomotives and cabooses were starting to appear in the striking Chessie System color scheme,...
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- An eastbound Chesapeake & Ohio freight running on Chicago & Western Indiana trackage threads its way through Pullman Junction, crossing Chicago, Rock ...
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- A Chesapeake & Ohio freight turns south onto the Nickel Plate Road off the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific interchange track at Chicago's Pullman Junct...
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- A northbound Chesapeake & Ohio freight approaches the diamond crossing with the Baltimore & Ohio at State Line Crossing, just west of Hammond, Indiana...
- Chesapeake & Ohio (Marion, Ohio; May 23, 1975)
- At Marion, Ohio the Chesapeake & Ohio's north/south line to Chicago and the former Pennsylvania Sandusky line (by this time sold to Norfolk & Western)...
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Forest Hill Crossing in Chicago marks the crossings of the Pennsylvania (Penn Central), Baltimore & Ohio, Wabash (Norfolk & Western), Chesapeake & Ohi...
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- The Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad met a more gruesome end than most merger victims, being partially dismembered and partially shared between the...
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois (Mount Vernon, Illinois; June 3, 1975)
- They may be potentially dangerous sources of injury and death, but grade crossings provide one of the few points of contact between railroads and the ...
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- Another example of the Missouri Pacific's repainting of former Chicago & Eastern Illinois rolling stock is seen here in caboose no. 13497 at State Lin...
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois (Princeton, Indiana; June 4, 1975)
- Clearly Louisville & Nashville wasted no time relabeling this former Chicago & Eastern Illinois station at Princeton, Indiana with its own brand. The ...
- Chicago & Illinois Midland (Springfield, Illinois; May 24, 1975)
- Springfield, Illinois was the headquarters of the Chicago & Illinois Midland, which at its peak ran from Peoria to Taylorville, Illinois. Between Aven...
- Chicago & Illinois Midland (Springfield, Illinois; May 24, 1975)
- Just north of its Springfield, Illinois yard and shops the Chicago & Illinois Midland crossed the Wabash (and Grand Avenue) at this location, called C...
- Chicago & Illinois Midland (Springfield, Illinois; May 24, 1975)
- A look at the Chicago & Illinois Midland engine house in Springfield, Illinois. This building replaced the steam locomotive shops in Taylorville, Illi...
- Chicago & Illinois Midland (Springfield, Illinois; May 24, 1975)
- Another look at Chicago & Illinois Midland nos. 60, 61 and 71, awaiting their next assignment in front of the road's Springfield, Illinois shop. The c...
- Chicago & Illinois Midland (Springfield, Illinois; May 24, 1975)
- Several cabooses stand idle at the Chicago & Illinois Midland's engine servicing facility at Springfield, Illinois. This view is looking south from Gr...
- Chicago & Illinois Midland (Springfield, Illinois (Avenue Tower); May 24, 1975)
- Looking south along the Chicago & Illinois Midland in Springfield, Illinois (probably from the East Moffat grade crossing), the home signals for Avenu...
- Chicago & North Western (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); July 26, 1971)
- At many of the junctions and crossings in the Chicago area one was liable to see almost anything if you waited long enough, due to the constant parade...
- Chicago & North Western (Chicago, Illinois (Madison Street Depot); July 27, 1971)
- Madison Street Depot (also known as Chicago and North Western Terminal) was unique among Chicago's rail terminals in that it served just one railroad,...
- Chicago & North Western (Chicago, Illinois (Mayfair Crossing); May 30, 1973)
- At Mayfair Crossing the Chicago & North Western's Northwest Line and the Milwaukee Road's mainline to Milwaukee cross. This commuter train is heading ...
- Chicago & North Western (Chicago, Illinois (Mayfair Crossing); May 30, 1973)
- Not too many minutes after the @CNW_IL.CH_MAY_73.05.30.01_R{previous slide} was taken, inbound and outbound commuter runs meet on the Chicago & North ...
- Chicago & North Western (Chicago, Illinois (Mayfair Crossing); May 30, 1973)
- Another Chicago & North Western outbound commuter run is about to cross Milwaukee Road rails at Mayfair Crossing.
- Chicago & North Western (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- Chicago's Western Avenue Station was located a short distance east of @MIL_IL.CH_WES_71.07.27.10_R{Western Avenue Crossing}, where the Chicago & North...
- Chicago & North Western (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- Chicago & North Western switcher no. 1099 sits in the weeds together with @CGW_IL.CH_WES_71.07.27.03_R{Chicago Great Western F-unit no. 4103-A}, seen ...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Dearborn Station); August 28, 1971)
- One of the first victims of Amtrak was Dearborn Station, as Amtrak consolidated its trains into Union Station as quickly as possible. It's nearly five...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Dearborn Station); August 28, 1971)
- Seen from Roosevelt Road looking north, Dearborn Station itself shows few signs of life almost five months after the April 1 startup of Amtrak. By now...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Dearborn Station); June 3, 1973)
- After two years of almost total disuse, the station throat into Dearborn Station is now weed-grown and the dwarf signals are dark. Judging from the ru...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- The Chicago & Western Indiana extended about 17 miles north from Dolton Crossing, where it met the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, north through State Lin...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); July 28, 1971)
- Here, from the West 18th Street bridge, is the perfectly groomed Chicago & Western's Indiana right of way from 21st Street Crossing (visible in the ba...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); July 28, 1971)
- Twenty-First Street Crossing was quite possibly the most complex junction in the Chicago area, with crossings through curved turnouts, crossings throu...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); July 28, 1971)
- In a followup to the preceding slide, the Erie Lackawanna transfer run has rounded the bend at 21st St. Crossing and is banging over the Pennsylvania'...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); August 19, 1981)
- By 1981 Twenty-First Street Crossing was only a shadow of its former glory, as is evident in this view from outbound Amtrak train no. 48, the Lake Sho...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- The Chicago & Western Indiana line down to Dolton Crossing, south of Chicago, hosted trains of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, often with Louisville &...
- Chicago & Western Indiana (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- Another Louisville & Nashville transfer run seen at Dolton Crossing south of Chicago. The Louisville & Nashville gained its entrance to Chicago when a...
- Chicago Great Western (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- The Chicago Great Western was only a memory by this time, having been absorbed (and eventually mostly abandoned) by the Chicago & North Western in1968...
- Chicago River & Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Ash Crossing is one of the more impressive diamond crossings in the Chicago area. Rails heading away from the camera, from left to right, belong to th...
- Chicago River & Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Ashland Yard); July 27, 1971)
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe caboose no. 999030 brings up the rear of this transfer run entering the west end of the Chicago River & Indiana's Ashland ...
- Chicago River & Indiana (Chicago, Illinois (Ashland Yard); July 27, 1971)
- The Chicago River & Indiana, also known as the Chicago Junction, was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the New York Central which handled various switching...
- Chicago Short Line (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- The Chicago Short Line primarily served the Youngstown Sheet and Tube steel mill in East Chicago as well as some lineside industries. Here EMD switche...
- Chicago Short Line (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- A Chicago Short Line coal run, headed by CSL no. 31, is seen on Chicago & Western Indiana trackage at Pullman Junction as it crosses the South Chicago...
- Chicago Short Line (South Chicago, Illinois (South Chicago Crossing); June 2, 1973)
- A Chicago Short Line caboose hop is seen here on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rails as it passes under the Chicago Skyway and is about to cross unde...
- Chicago Short Line (South Chicago, Illinois (South Chicago Crossing); June 2, 1973)
- Another Chicago Short Line coal run led by CSL no. 31 is on Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific track, about to cross under the former Pennsylvania Railr...
- Chicago Transit Authority (Chicago, Illinois; June 2, 1973)
- Chicago, Illinois boasts one of the best transit systems in the country, and its core is the Loop: an elevated line that completely encloses the heart...
- Chicago Transit Authority (Chicago, Illinois; June 3, 1973)
- There's more to the Chicago Transit Authority than the Loop (or "L"). Here on the Milwaukee Line we see the Damen Avenue station.
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Denver, Colorado; August 29, 1981)
- Entering Denver, Colorado's Union Station trackage on an Amtrak train, one got a good view of the Burlington's engine terminal. By this time the Burli...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chicago, Illinois (Canal Street); July 28, 1971)
- South of Union Station, and just before the Pennsylvania's vertical lift bridge over the Chicago River (South Branch), the Chicago, Burlington & Quinc...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chicago, Illinois (Canal Street); July 28, 1971)
- The "Q" may have been absorbed by the Burlington Northern in 1970, but there are still plenty of the distinctive stainless steel Burlington cab units ...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chicago, Illinois (Canal Street); June 3, 1973)
- Two years later the weather is overcast but not as rainy as Amtrak's westbound San Francisco Zephyr begins its cross-country journey. Seen from Chicag...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-sixth Street Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Two switchers in long-vanished paint schemes (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy no. 509 and Milwaukee Road no. 613) pose for the camera at Chicago's 26th S...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-sixth Street Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Between the stainless steel cab units and the stainless steel cabooses, the Burlington gave off an aura of class unlike any other road. Even with a th...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chicago, Illinois (Union Station); July 28, 1971)
- Ignoring the Burlington Northern merger of 1970, a switcher proudly wearing the striking Burlington paint scheme shuffles a string of containers on fo...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chicago, Illinois (Union Station); July 28, 1971)
- Both Amtrak (April 1, 1971) and Burlington Northern (March 2, 1970) were in place by this time, but you'd never know it from this business-as-usual sc...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Chicago, Illinois (Union Station); June 3, 1973)
- Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr departs Chicago on the "Q's" much-photographed curve at Canal Street. Overhead are the tracks of the St. Charles Air Lin...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Jacksonville, Illinois; May 25, 1975)
- This Louisville & Nashville freight at Jacksonville, Illinois is on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rails here as it pounds across the Wabash (Norfolk & ...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (West Hinsdale, Illinois; June 7, 1973)
- West Hinsdale, Illinois is one of the many commuter stops along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's famous three track "racetrack" between Chicago and ...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (West Hinsdale, Illinois; June 7, 1973)
- An inbound (eastbound) "dinky" (the local term for these short commuter consists) led by F-unit no. 9924 pauses at West Hinsdale, Illinois with the Ki...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (West Hinsdale, Illinois; June 7, 1973)
- A westbound freight charges past the West Hinsdale, Illinois commuter station and under the Kingery Highway (Illinois Route 83) bridge, led by Burling...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (West Hinsdale, Illinois; June 7, 1973)
- Another westbound freight charges through West Hinsdale, Illinois on the center track of the famed three-track "racetrack." Some of the Q's searchligh...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Davis City, Iowa; May 27, 1975)
- This view of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's long-gone branch between Charleton, Iowa and Amazonia, Missouri shows the long trestle and bridge over...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Davis City, Iowa; May 27, 1975)
- Another view of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's long-gone branch between Charleton, Iowa and Amazonia, Missouri. This is the long trestle and bridg...
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (Davis City, Iowa; May 27, 1975)
- Another view of the "Q's" now-abandoned Charleton to Amazonia branch, looking north. The girder bridge is over what is today county road J52.
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Mayfair Crossing); May 30, 1973)
- A southbound Amtrak passenger train on Milwaukee Road rails is about to cross the Chicago & North Western at Mayfair Crossing, about six miles northea...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Mayfair Station (Milwaukee Road)); May 30, 1973)
- The Milwaukee Road's Mayfair station is located south of Mayfair Crossing, where the Milwaukee Road crosses the Chicago & North Western's northwest li...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Mayfair Station (Milwaukee Road)); May 30, 1973)
- Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder races past the Milwaukee Road's Mayfair station, just south of Mayfair Crossing. The consist includes a baggage car ...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Mayfair Station (Milwaukee Road)); May 30, 1973)
- Just south of Mayfair Crossing is the Milwaukee Road's Mayfair Station. Here, looking north from the platform, we can see a Chicago & North Western ou...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Just east of Western Avenue Station is Western Avenue Crossing, where the Milwaukee Road line from Union Station crosses the Chicago & North Western W...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- Chicago's Western Avenue station, a short distance north of Chicago Union Station, was a major hotspot for Milwaukee Road passenger trains. Here a nor...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- Hard on the heels of the previous commuter consist a second passenger train encounters a caution signal at the Milwaukee Road's Western Avenue station...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- Seen from West Hubbard Street just west of the Milwaukee Road's Western Avenue station was Milwaukee Road Geep no. 206.
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- Also seen at the Milwaukee Road's Western Avenue station was Milwaukee Road F-unit no. 95A with a bi-level in tow.
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- Two more Geeps (nos. 231 and 204) pass the Milwaukee Road's Western Avenue Station.
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); May 30, 1973)
- It's hard to describe the impact of searchlight signals at night to someone who's never seen them. Sending out a sharply focused beam of light aimed d...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Rondout, Illinois; June 4, 1973)
- Rondout, Illinois is still a favorite railfan "hot spot," even if many of the names have changed. To be sure, the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee no ...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Rondout, Illinois; June 4, 1973)
- A northbound Milwaukee Road freight bangs across the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern mainline at Rondout, Illinois.
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Cyr Bridge, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- The Milwaukee Road is long gone, absorbed by the Soo Line in 1986, but its ill-fated Pacific Extension was abandoned six years before that. Today in m...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Cyr Bridge, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Not all of the former Milwaukee Road's Pacific Extension bridges are gone. This one, a few miles west of Cyr Bridge, still stands—possibly becaus...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Cyr Bridge, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Another view of the still-extant Milwaukee Road bridge over the Clark Fork River a few miles west of Cyr Bridge, Montana. Interstate 90's bridge can b...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Columbus, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- One of the decisions made during planning for the rollout of Amtrak was to reroute all passenger trains between Chicago and St. Paul/Minneapolis onto ...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Columbus, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- This view looks southeast from the Columbus, Wisconsin station platform. In 1973 Columbus was also the point of departure for an Amtrak bus to the sta...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Columbus, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- Amtrak's eastbound Hiawatha to Chicago makes its station stop at Columbus, Wisconsin.
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Madison, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- The Milwaukee Road maintained a small yard in the state capitol of Madison, Wisconsin, adjacent to the station. Here Fairbanks-Morse switcher no. 764 ...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Madison, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- Another look at Fairbanks-Morse switcher no. 764 at Madison, Wisconsin.
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Madison, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- In 1973 the engine terminal at Madison, Wisconsin still featured this turntable and roundhouse.
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Madison, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- Heavier road power could also be found in the Madison, Wisconsin yard, such as nos. 1505 and 2056 here. And what engine terminal would be complete wit...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Madison, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- A better look at no. 2056 at Madison, Wisconsin, along with no. 1505.
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Madison, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- This is the Milwaukee Road's modest yard at Madison, Wisconsin, with the passenger station (inactive since the inception of Amtrak in 1971) visible at...
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (Madison, Wisconsin; April 28, 1973)
- The Milwaukee Road's passenger station in Madison, Wisconsin was quite an attractive structure. As late as 1970 it was served by three trains a day ea...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Colorado Springs, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- By this time the Rock Island's line across Kansas and Colorado had been abandoned for several years. This appears to be the remains of the former main...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Colorado Springs, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- In 1996 only a few bits and pieces of the Rock Island's Colorado Springs trackage remained, such as this one.
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Falcon, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- One of the major casualties of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific's final abandonment in 1980 was the line to Colorado Springs, which once saw the dai...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Limon, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- Limon, Colorado was the location where the Rock Island's Colorado Springs line crossed the Union Pacific's former Kansas Pacific line between Kansas C...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Limon, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- This view is looking east from the former crossing with the Union Pacific's Kansas Pacific line, along the remains of the Rock Island's Colorado Sprin...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Peyton, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- At least some of the abandoned Rock Island main between Limon and Colorado Springs, Colorado is being put to some use. Apparently the El Paso County P...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Peyton, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- Looking southwest from the same location as the preceding slide, a deck girder bridge still in good condition crosses Black Squirrel Creek. Such detai...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois; May 31, 1973)
- Just south of the Rock Island's Vermont Street Station both the main (left) and suburban (right) lines cross the Calumet Sag Channel on these attracti...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); July 26, 1971)
- An eastbound Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific freight crosses over the Indiana Harbor Belt and Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal tracks at left and the ...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); July 26, 1971)
- Transfer cabooses were a common sight in 1970's Chicago, providing a platform for backup moves (in fact, some roads called them "shoving platforms") a...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); May 31, 1973)
- This time it's a westbound Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific commuter train crossing over the Grand Trunk Western main at Blue Island Crossing with a tra...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); May 31, 1973)
- Another eastbound Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific freight crosses over the Indiana Harbor Belt and Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal tracks (left) and ...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Burr Oak Yard); July 26, 1971)
- The Rock Island's Burr Oak Yard was located at the southern junction of the main and suburban lines in Blue Island, Illinois. At the far right are car...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Burr Oak Yard); July 26, 1971)
- Another view of the Rock's Burr Oak Yard, looking north, with Alco center-cab C415 no. 415 hard at work.
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Burr Oak Yard); July 26, 1971)
- This shot, taken at the Rock Island's Burr Oak Yard in Blue Island, Illinois, features two goodies: one of the unusual Alco C-415 center-cab switchers...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Burr Oak Yard); July 26, 1971)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific caboose no. 17137 shows off for the camera at the Rock's Burr Oak Yard in Blue Island, Illinois. A New York Central box...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Vermont Street Station); July 26, 1971)
- Rock Island commuter trains in the early 1970's were nothing if not colorful. Here a southbound commuter run on the main line discharges its passenger...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Vermont Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- E6 no. 630 was one of the last operating E6s in the United States. Here it is seen at the Rock Island's Blue Island, Illinois Vermont Street Station. ...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Vermont Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- The golden-nosed E6 no. 630 might well be one of the two most famous Rock Island diesels (the other being the flat-nosed unit built for the Rocky Moun...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Vermont Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific's Vermont Street Station in Blue Island, Illinois, is here resplendent in a new coat of brilliant red paint. The Ge...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Vermont Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- These Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific units are awaiting their next assignment just south of the Rock Island's Blue Island, Illinois Vermont Street Sta...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Vermont Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- One of the last Rock Island through passenger trains heads south from the Blue Island Vermont Street Station. The suburban line is on the left, and th...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Vermont Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- In this view looking northeast from the Western Avenue bridge over the Calumet Sag Channel in Blue Island, Illinois, a southbound commuter run from La...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Vermont Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- The bright red of Vermont Street Station stands out in this Blue Island, Illinois stands out as a commuter run waits on the suburban line and a piggyb...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Blue Island, Illinois (Vermont Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- E6 No. 630 leads a commuter train into the Rock Island's Vermont Street Station at Blue Island, Illinois. The commuter train is on the double-track ma...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (La Salle Street Station); July 28, 1971)
- Rock Island Geep no. 430 works the station throat at La Salle Street Station in downtown Chicago. This view looks north from Roosevelt Road; a signal ...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (La Salle Street Station); July 28, 1971)
- One of the ubiquitous Rock Island commuter runs heads north into the La Salle Street Station throat while Geep no. 430 goes about its chores. This vie...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (La Salle Street Station); July 28, 1971)
- One of the last of the Rockets, probably the Peoria Rocket, approaches La Salle Street Station in Chicago. At this late date the Rock was still trying...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (La Salle Street Station); July 28, 1971)
- One of the two remaining Rock Island Rockets is here seen at the south end of the La Salle Street Station throat. The Rock Island could not afford the...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (La Salle Street Station); July 28, 1971)
- Not all of the Rock Island's Chicago commuter equipment consisted of shiny double-deck stainless steel cars. Older coaches like these were not an unus...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (La Salle Street Station); July 28, 1971)
- One of the last of the Rock Island Rockets arrives at Chicago's La Salle Street Station on a muggy summer morning. By this time only the Rock Island's...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (La Salle Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- E6 no. 630 is at Chicago's La Salle Street station, awaiting departure with one of the frequent Rock Island commuter trains.
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (La Salle Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- A view of Chicago's Lasalle Street Station as seen from the rear of one of the Rock Island's many commuter trains.
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (La Salle Street Station); May 31, 1973)
- This is a slide that was so underexposed as to have been useless before the days of Photoshop and the like. Here La Salle Street statiion is seen from...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- This Rock Island transfer run with a single venerable rebuilt unit on the lead is on Rock Island rails through Pullman Junction, crossing the Chicago ...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- Just east of Joliet, Illinois the Rock Island maintained a small engine house and servicing facility. The Rock Island had a number of these unusual Al...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- This westbound switch run has just clattered over the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern main at East Joliet, Illinois. In the distance an eastbound's headlight ...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- The eastbound freight seen in the previous slide has arrived at the Rock Island's East Joliet crossing of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern.
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- A Rock Island freight crosses the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern at East Joliet, Illinois. In its last years, the Rock Island was hard to miss, even from a d...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- A wsestbound commuter run approaches East Joliet just before crossing Elgin, Joliet & Eastern rails. The distinctive unit on the front was originally ...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- Another of the brightly painted red, yellow and white cab units leads a Rock Island freight across the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern diamonds at East Joliet...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Englewood, Illinois (Englewood Station); July 26, 1971)
- Once a fashionable and active station, by 1971 Englewood Station (several miles due south of the Loop) was disused and in a badly decaying area. Here ...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Joliet, Illinois (Joliet Union Station); June 1, 1973)
- Not all of the Rock Island's double-deck commuter trains were stainless steel; the Rock Island owned a number of these brightly painted smooth-sided c...
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Joliet, Illinois (Joliet Union Station); June 1, 1973)
- A rather dingy pair of E's halts at Joliet, Illinois with a commuter run consisting of even older coaches.
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (Kansas City, Missouri; May 31, 1975)
- The Rock Island mainline into Kansas City, Missouri is seen in this view from the 31st Street Bridge. The line in the center is joint St. Louis San Fr...
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Gary, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- Chicago used to be served by three heavy-duty interurban lines: the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin, the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee, and the Chicago, ...
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Hammond, Indiana (Hohman Avenue Station); June 17, 1972)
- In 1967 the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend was purchased by the Chesapeake & Ohio. Although the South Shore was best known for its passenger servic...
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Hammond, Indiana (Hohman Avenue Station); June 17, 1972)
- A closer look at no. 5764, one of the South Shore's GP7's purchased under Chesapeake & Ohio ownership, passing the Hohman Avenue passenger station.
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Hammond, Indiana (Hohman Avenue Station); June 17, 1972)
- One of the South Shore's cabooses (no. 1068?) passes the Hammond, Indiana Hohman Avenue passenger station.
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Hammond, Indiana (Hohman Avenue Station); June 17, 1972)
- A bit of a crowd has gathered at the South Shore's Hohman Avenue passenger station, ready to board the approaching eastbound train for Michigan City a...
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- Two of the South Shore's ex-New York Central electric locomotives lead a freight north through State Line Crossing. Burnham Yard is just ahead.
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- The saga of the "Little Joes" (electric locomotives originally intended for the Soviet Union and diverted to domestic use with the inception of the Co...
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- A better look at South Shore "Little Joe" no. 801 at Michigan City, Indiana.
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- The South Shore's Michigan City, Indiana yards, with "Little Joe" no. 801 at center.
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- No. 801 was not the only "Little Joe" on the South Shore's roster. Here no. 802 basks in the sun, with several of the road's ex-New York Central units...
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- These three units were part of a block of six 3000 hp ex-New York Central locomotives acquired between 1955 and 1958. After rebuilding in the road's o...
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- Here ex-New York Central no. 704 and "Little Joe" no. 802 share the sun at the South Shore's Michigan City, Indiana yards.
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- One more look at South Shore "Little Joe" no. 802 at Michigan City, Indiana.
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- The North Roeske Avenue bridge straddled the east end of the South Shore's Michigan City yards and engine terminal. Here a trio of GP7's (nos. 5747, 5...
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- South Shore car no. 129 has left the downtown Michigan City, Indiana station and is continuing east through the South Shore yards to South Bend, India...
- Chicago, South Shore & South Bend (Michigan City, Indiana; June 17, 1972)
- One of the remaining South Shore cabooses (no. 1061) waits for its next assignment in the road's Michigan City, Indiana yards.
- Chicago, West Pullman & Southern (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Boxcar watching today is a pretty uninteresting sport, but back in the seventies it featured an endless parade of unusual roads, such as this Chicago,...
- Cleveland Union Terminal (Cleveland, Ohio; March 27, 1970)
- Although many far better shots have been published of trains heading west out of Cleveland Union Terminal, it seems as if every photo reveals some det...
- Colorado & Southern (Cheyenne, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- In Cheyenne, Wyoming, the former Colorado & Southern both crosses and connects with the Union Pacific main. Here we see the C&S connector to the UP m...
- Colorado & Southern (Speer, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- Although Speer, Wyoming is best known as the junction of the Union Pacific's Denver Line with the UP main, it also features the former Colorado & Sout...
- Colorado Midland (Wild Horse, Colorado; June 6, 1996)
- Near Wild Horse, Colorado, the long-abandoned Colorado Midland finished its descent from the legendary climb over the Rockies west of Colorado Springs...
- Colorado Midland (Wild Horse, Colorado; June 6, 1996)
- Another view of the abandoned Colorado Midland grade at Wild Horse, Colorado. The now-adjacent Denver & Rio Grande Western main is visible at the far ...
- Colorado Midland (Wild Horse, Colorado; June 6, 1996)
- Clearly it wasn't easy to get the Colorado Midland down to the level of the Arkansas River after dropping down out of the mountains, as these multiple...
- Coudersport & Port Allegany (Gold, Pennsylvania; May 27, 1971)
- The Coudersport & Port Allegany Railroad was a small short line in northwest Pennsylvania, connecting the towns of Port Allegany on the Pennsylvania R...
- Coudersport & Port Allegany (Gold, Pennsylvania; May 27, 1971)
- Looking southwest along the Coudersport & Port Allegany at Gold, Pennsylvania from the Pennsylvania Highway 449 grade crossing, towards end of track a...
- Cuyahoga Valley (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- The Cuyahoga Valley Railroad served the Jones & Laughlin Steel plant in southwest Cleveland, with connections to the Baltimore & Ohio and the Wheeling...
- Cuyahoga Valley (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Another view of Cuyahoga Valley no. 961 looking south from the Clark Avenue bridge.
- Dansville & Mt. Morris (Dansville, New York; March 1977)
- The Blizzard of '77 has been kinder to the Dansville & Mt. Morris than it was to the Buffalo area, where drifts up to 40 feet high were reported, but ...
- Dansville & Mt. Morris (Groveland, New York; March 1977)
- When the merged Erie Lackawanna cut back major portions of the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, it retained the stub from Mount Morris to Grovel...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; January 28, 1971)
- This northbound freight is fighting its way up the steep grade north out of Binghamton running along New York Highway 7, soon to pass through Belden H...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; January 28, 1971)
- Another shot as the northbound passes the camera. Belden Hill Tunnel is not far ahead.
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; January 28, 1971)
- When the light, the train, and the location are all just right it's hard to resist the temptation to take multiple shots as a train passes. This can r...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; January 28, 1971)
- The Delaware & Hudson had a modest engine facility at Binghamton, New York, and in the early seventies it was not particularly hostile to railfans. He...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; January 28, 1971)
- The Delaware & Hudson was known for its collection of Alcos, such as no. 5000 seen here from Broad Avenue in Binghamton, New York on a snowy day.
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; January 28, 1971)
- This turntable pit at the Delaware & Hudson's Binghamton, New York engine facility has acquired a deepening layer of snow as no. 702 and friend wait f...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; January 28, 1971)
- Delaware & Hudson no. 614 is easing onto the turntable at Binghamton, New York. The D&H at this time was known for its collection of Alcos.
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; January 28, 1971)
- Railroads are not generally fond of throwing away equipment for which they can find a use (as long as it doesn't cost more than its worth). This ancie...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; April 2, 1977)
- By 1977 the railroad scene had changed considerably; witness this diesel facing the turntable bridge. That may look at first glance like an Erie Lacka...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; April 2, 1977)
- In 1967 the Delaware & Hudson's Laurentian was in danger of discontinuance, when instead the D&H's new president Frederic C. Dumaine decided to purcha...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; April 2, 1977)
- Another look at Delaware & Hudson PA-1 no. 16 in Binghamton, New York. The weeds may partially obstruct the view of those huge trucks, but there's no ...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; April 2, 1977)
- Was it Jimmy Durante who might have said of this photo "What a schnozz!"? In any case there's no mistaking the regal snout of an Alco PA-1, especially...
- Delaware & Hudson (Binghamton, New York; April 2, 1977)
- One last look at Delaware & Hudson Alco PA-1 no. 16, here seen at Binghamton, New York. Sadly, the D&H's four PA-1s were only to linger on the road fo...
- Delaware & Hudson (Nineveh, New York; April 2, 1977)
- Southwest of Nineveh Junction, just outside the little town of Nineveh, New York, the Delaware & Hudson's Binghamton line crosses Wylie Brook on this ...
- Delaware & Hudson (Nineveh, New York (Nineveh Junction); April 2, 1977)
- South of Oneonta, New York the Delaware & Hudson mainline splits at Nineveh Junction, with one leg tunneling through Belden Hill and terminating at Bi...
- Delaware & Hudson (Nineveh, New York (Nineveh Junction); April 2, 1977)
- Another look at Nineveh Junction on the Delaware & Hudson, looking northeast from just southwest of the junction. On the far left is the Binghamton le...
- Delaware & Hudson (Nineveh, New York (Nineveh Junction); April 2, 1977)
- A closer look at the small yard nestled between the Binghamton (far left) and Scranton (far right) lines of Delaware & Hudson's Nineveh Junction.
- Delaware & Hudson (Nineveh, New York (Nineveh Junction); April 2, 1977)
- Nineveh Junction again on the Delaware & Hudson, this time looking southwest along the Scranton line, which will pass beneath the Erie's Starucca Viad...
- Delaware & Hudson (Nineveh, New York (Nineveh Junction); April 2, 1977)
- A closer view of interlocking "tower" SW at the Delaware & Hudson's Nineveh Junction, this time looking northeast. In this direction the line will pas...
- Delaware & Hudson (Nineveh, New York (Nineveh Junction); April 2, 1977)
- Looking southwest from the platform of Nineveh Junction's SW "tower" we see the line to Scranton, Pennsylvania at left, soon to pass beneath the Erie'...
- Delaware & Hudson (Nineveh, New York (Nineveh Junction); April 2, 1977)
- One last look at Nineveh Junction's SW interlocking building where the Delaware & Hudson lines to Scranton, Pennsylvania (one track at right) and Bing...
- Delaware & Hudson (Riparius, New York; June 2, 1976)
- The town of Riparius, New York is today known as Riverside due to concern by New York over the existence of several Ripariuses (Riparii?). Located on ...
- Delaware & Hudson (Riparius, New York; June 2, 1976)
- Another look at the Delaware & Hudson station at Riparius (now Riverside), New York, this time looking south towards Saratoga Springs. The grade cross...
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York; January 28, 1971)
- Just south of Belden Hill Tunnel on the Delaware & Hudson's Binghamton line is a passing siding, probably quite useful considering the inconvenient co...
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York; January 28, 1971)
- This northbound Delaware & Hudson freight is crossing the Tunnel Road overpass just south of Tunnel, New York and in a few moments will be entering Be...
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York; January 28, 1971)
- This ancient Delaware & Hudson wooden work car was found parked near the west portal of Belden Hill Tunnel, on the D&H's line from Binghamton to Alban...
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York (Belden Hill Tunnel); January 28, 1971)
- Belden Hill Tunnel is located at the summit of the Delaware & Hudson's steep grade north out of Binghamton, New York, on its way to Albany. Later part...
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York (Belden Hill Tunnel); January 28, 1971)
- As if venturing inside Belden Hill Tunnel wasn't bad enough, on the same excursion a certain reprehensible photographer also clambered up one of the s...
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York (Belden Hill Tunnel); November 27, 1976)
- Returning to Belden Hill Tunnel almost six years later, perseverance and patience were rewarded with a northbound freight. That green signal really li...
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York (Belden Hill Tunnel); November 27, 1976)
- In case you haven't noticed, Yours Truly is a sucker for signals. This array was especially photogenic, particularly since it promised an oncoming tra...
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York (Belden Hill Tunnel); November 27, 1976)
- The northbound Delaware & Hudson freight finally makes its appearance at Belden Hill Tunnel. That it wasn't quite as cold as on the previous trip is e...
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York (Belden Hill Tunnel); November 27, 1976)
- Another view from above the west portal of Belden Hill Tunnel, as a northbound Delaware & Hudson freight passes beneath the camera.
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York (Belden Hill Tunnel); November 27, 1976)
- Amazingly, we managed to clamber back down off the tunnel mouth just in time to catch the helper disappearing into the tunnel.
- Delaware & Hudson (Tunnel, New York (Belden Hill Tunnel); November 27, 1976)
- One last look at the helper as it disappears into Belden Hill Tunnel. A good day, all things considered.
- Delaware & Hudson (Whitehall, New York; June 5, 1976)
- Located at the head of Lake Champlain and the northern end of Delaware & Hudson predecessor Rensselaer & Saratoga, Whitehall, New York was an importan...
- Delaware & Hudson (Whitehall, New York; June 5, 1976)
- Whitehall, New York, was an Amtrak stop in 1976 in spite of the boarded-up appearance of the former Delaware & Hudson station seen here. Amtrak still ...
- Delaware & Hudson (Whitehall, New York; June 5, 1976)
- Three Canadian Pacific units (including no. 8480) doze at the Delaware & Hudson's Whitehall, New York engine facility. Just a hint of D&H unit no. 509...
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (Big Flats, New York; April 1, 1977)
- The Erie and Lackawanna railroads were discussing (and implementing) means of consolidating facilities well before the actual Erie Lackawanna merger i...
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (Binghamton, New York; April 2, 1977)
- The segment of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western line from Binghamton, New York to Hoboken, New Jersey fared rather better than the remainder of the ...
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (Binghamton, New York; April 2, 1977)
- Another look at the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western's Syracuse branch where it crosses the former Erie's mainline at grade just east of Binghamt...
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western (Groveland, New York; April 1977)
- Between the Erie Lackawanna merger and the later creation of Conrail the former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western lines in upstate New York did not fare ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Animas River Canyon); June 13, 1970)
- In 1970 the Denver & Rio Grande Western was still operating passenger service, albeit reluctantly, over its narrow gauge trackage between Durango and ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Animas River Canyon); June 13, 1970)
- North of Rockwood, Colorado the line enters the most spectacular portion of the Anias River Canyon. This is probably the most famous of all the scenic...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Animas River Canyon); June 13, 1970)
- By this point (a short distance south of Elk Park) the Animas River and Denver & Rio Grande Western narrow gauge line were practically equal in elevat...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Animas River Canyon); June 13, 1970)
- No doubt there's an interesting story behind this derelict bridge alongside the Denver & Rio Grande Western's narrow gauge line between Durango and Si...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Animas River Canyon); June 13, 1970)
- Many casual riders behind steam don't realize that water is even more important than fuel to a steam locomotive (lack of water doesn't just mean the l...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Arkansas River Canyon); June 3, 1996)
- There was a lot of spectacular scenery on the Denver & Rio Grande's Royal Gorge/Tennessee Pass line in addition to the line's namesake attractions. Th...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Arkansas River Canyon); June 3, 1996)
- Another view of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Royal Gorge/Tennessee Pass line west of the Royal Gorge, again from U.S. Route 50, this time facing ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Arkansas River Canyon); June 3, 1996)
- The light was fading when an eastbound freight finally appeared on the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Royal Gorge/Tennessee Pass line. Again taken from...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Big Ten Curve); June 8, 1996)
- Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr/Desert Wind rounds the Big Ten Curve as it continues its climb of the Front Range west of Denver. The line of tre...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Browns Canyon); June 5, 1996)
- North of Salida, Colorado, the Denver & Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass line disappears into the rocky terrain along the Arkansas River. There are a few s...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Byers Canyon); June 10, 1996)
- Just west of Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado is the scenic 8-mile long Byers Canyon, shared by the Upper Colorado River, the Denver & Rio Grande Western...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Byers Canyon); June 10, 1996)
- Another eastbound with plenty of head end power climbs uphill along the Upper Colorado River in Byers Canyon.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Byers Canyon); June 10, 1996)
- The light has almost gone when Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr/Desert Wind snakes its way upgrade through Byers Canyon. There's probably a very g...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Clay Siding); June 8, 1996)
- The Moffat Road's ascent of Colorado's Front Range from Denver is one of the glories of railroading, both for scenery and ingenuity. Here, seen from B...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Coal Canyon); June 8, 1996)
- After rounding the Big Ten Curve on its ascent of the Front Range, the former Moffat Road climbs along the face of the range through Clay Siding befor...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Crater Loops); June 11, 1996)
- One of the most fascinating pieces of engineering on the original Moffat Road line to Craig was known as the Crater Loops. In order to gain altitude i...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Crater Loops); October 3, 1997)
- The purpose of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Crater Loops (here just out of sight at the left) was to gain altitude as part of the climb to Topona...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Crater Loops); October 3, 1997)
- This is the same southbound train as in the previous slide, now heading into the Crater Loops as it continues its descent into the valley of the Color...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Crater Loops); October 3, 1997)
- Here from Conger Mesa Road a coal train can be seen stretched out across two of the three levels of the Crater Loops. From this distance it's not clea...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Crater Loops); October 3, 1997)
- In this view from a dirt road on the hillside overlooking the Crater Loops, all three levels are visible as a northbound navigates the lowest loop. In...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Crater Loops); October 3, 1997)
- Here one can simultanously see three different levels of the former Denver & Rio Grande Western's Crater Loops. The locomotives in the middle level wi...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Crater Loops); October 3, 1997)
- The steep climb built into the Crater Loops is glaringly evident as the northbound freight prepares to turn left and pass in front of the camera.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Crater Loops); October 3, 1997)
- This northbound coal run at Crater Loops is now on the third level of the Loops as it grinds upgrade towards Toponas Summit.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Crater Loops); October 3, 1997)
- The train in the previous slide is now about to pass directly in front of the camera as it continues its climb.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); June 11, 1996)
- Once past the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Yarmony Tunnel, much of the Dotsero Cutoff to Dotsero, Colorado provides scenes such as this one, with the...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); June 11, 1996)
- Another view of the Dotsero Cutoff along Colorado River Road, this time with the Colorado River out of sight at the left. A very bucolic, almost short...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); June 11, 1996)
- One can imagine the need for the phone box at right in this scene along the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Dotsero Cutoff. Colorado River Road is at le...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); June 11, 1996)
- The Denver & Rio Grande Western's Dotsero Cutoff had its share of trestles, mostly bridging streams and washes emptying out of the surrounding slopes ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); June 11, 1996)
- As anyone who has ridden the California Zephyr in any of its incarnations can testify, the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Dotsero Cutoff is one endless...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Glenwood Canyon); March 28, 1996)
- The construction of Interstate Highway 70 through Glenwood Canyon (completed in 1992) concluded a storm of controversy that had lasted for thirty year...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Glenwood Canyon); March 28, 1996)
- Another view of Glenwood Canyon as seen from Amtrak's combined California Zephyr/Desert Wind near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The photographer drove t...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 14, 1984)
- When it comes to scenery, words become inadequate to describe Gore Canyon, located on the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Moffat Tunnel line between Kre...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); March 28, 1995)
- Another view from Amtrak's combined California Zephyr/Desert Wind, eastbound this time.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- Although no highway passes through Colorado's Gore Canyon, you can take Colorado State Highway 9 south out of Kremmling to Grand County Road 1 (Trough...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- The eastbound coal train, much closer now, might still be a tiny Z-scale model from this height. By this time little Denver & Rio Grande Western had a...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- At this point the eastbound coal train has entered the actual canyon.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- Another slide in the eastbound coal train sequence, as it works its way uphill through Gore Canyon. In fact, it's pretty much uphill all the way from ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- The lead engines are almost out of sight as the eastbound coal train continues uphill through Gore Canyon.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- After not a long wait at all, a westbound train of empties has appeared heading back to the mines on the Craig Branch.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- The light was fading and clouds moving in by the time Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr/Desert Wind made its appearance.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- The westbound California Zephyr/Desert Wind threads the last tunnel in Gore Canyon on its way out of the chasm.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- A few patches of sunlight remain as Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr/Desert Wind leaves Gore Canyon.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); June 11, 1996)
- The westbound California Zephyr/Desert Wind is about to pass the east end of Azure siding as it reaches open country, leaving the towering walls of Go...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); October 2, 1997)
- Another year, another westbound California Zephyr in Gore Canyon—but now a new railroad, as Denver & Rio Grande Western alias Southern Pacific ha...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); October 2, 1997)
- Looking for all the world like a giant silver worm, Amtrak's California Zephyr continues on its way west, leaving Colorado's Gore Canyon for the safer...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); October 2, 1997)
- When Union Pacific announced its intention to acquire the Southern Pacific, newly created Burlington Northern Santa Fe chose not to contest the merger...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); October 2, 1997)
- It would have been a real treat to see four orange BNSF units pulling this freight through Gore Canyon over Union Pacific (former Rio Grande) rails, b...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Gore Canyon); October 2, 1997)
- Where exactly this Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight running over former Rio Grande rails via trackage rights will regain its own road is uncertain...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Little Ten Curve); June 8, 1996)
- Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr/Desert Wind is just entering the Little Ten Curve as it continues its climb of the Front Range west of Denver; th...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Missouri Hill); June 5, 1996)
- Missouri Hill is located south of the East Portal of the Tennessee Pass Tunnel. Here a westbound freight is climbing uphill towards the tunnel , as se...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Missouri Hill); June 6, 1996)
- Another day, another Missouri Hill photo. This location, on U.S. Route 24 on the eastern approach to the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Tennessee Pass ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Moffat Tunnel); June 8, 1996)
- One of the most instantly recognizable tunnel portals in the world, the Moffat Tunnel beneath James Peak is still an important part of a coal-hauling ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Moffat Tunnel); June 8, 1996)
- The Moffat Tunnel has an involved and fascinating history. Originally planned as part of David Moffat's proposed road to connect Denver with Salt Lake...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Moffat Tunnel); June 8, 1996)
- Nearly two decades passed between completion of the Moffat Road's line from Denver to Craig, Colorado and the opening of a tunnel under James Peak. In...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Moffat Tunnel); June 8, 1996)
- The laws of perspective dictate that seen from track level James Peak, through which the Moffat Tunnel is bored, does not look all that impressive. A ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Princeton Siding); June 6, 1996)
- Located on the east side of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Tennessee Pass tunnel, Princeton Siding occupies a narrow ledge of real estate alongside...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Royal Gorge); June 3, 1996)
- This view, also from the Royal Gorge cable car, shows some of the surrounding terrain and gives a better idea of why the Denver & Rio Grande Western f...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Royal Gorge); June 3, 1996)
- Today a popular tourist attraction, the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River was for a time a priceless gateway for railroads wanting to build west from ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Royal Gorge); June 3, 1996)
- Below is a closer look at the Denver & Rio Grande Western's famous "hanging bridge" at the bottom of the Royal Gorge. Not really so much a "bridge" as...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Royal Gorge); June 3, 1996)
- Another view from the Royal Gorge suspension bridge, this time looking east along the Arkansas River and the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Tennessee P...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Royal Gorge); June 3, 1996)
- This shot provides a clearer view of the construction method used for the Denver & Rio Grande Western's "hanging bridge" at the bottom of the Royal Go...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Royal Gorge); June 3, 1996)
- The incline railway station at the bottom of the Royal Gorge provided an excellent train-watching spot, including the "hanging bridge" visible in the ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Royal Gorge); June 3, 1996)
- Looking east from the incline railway station at the bottom of the Royal Gorge, one gets a better idea of just how serpentine this route is. The Arkan...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Royal Gorge); June 3, 1996)
- Of course no view of the Royal Gorge in its heyday would be complete without a train on the Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass line. Here a train of empties ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Royal Gorge); June 3, 1996)
- These mid-train helpers are passing directly below the Royal Gorge automobile suspension bridge on their way east on the Denver & Rio Grande Western's...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Ruby Canyon); June 7, 1984)
- One of the less well-known scenic glories of the Denver & Rio Grande Western is Ruby Canyon. Like Gore Canyon it's virtually without highway access (a...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Ruby Canyon); October 15, 1996)
- The name of the tracks' owner here in Ruby Canyon, Colorado has changed (it's now Southern Pacific) but nothing else, as Denver & Rio Grande Western h...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Ruby Canyon); October 15, 1996)
- Another view of Colorado's Ruby Canyon, seen from the rear of Amtrak's California Zephyr/Desert Wind.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Ruby Canyon); October 15, 1996)
- One more view of Ruby Canyon, Colorado, from the rear of Amtrak's California Zephyr/Desert Wind.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Tennessee Pass Tunnel); June 2, 1996)
- One could always count on a show whenever a train emerged from the west portal of Denver & Rio Grande Western's Tennessee Pass Tunnel. The oncoming tr...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Tennessee Pass Tunnel); June 5, 1996)
- The east portal of the Tennessee Pass Tunnel provided a number of useful vantage points. At this time the Denver & Rio Grande Western (now operating u...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Tennessee Pass Tunnel); June 6, 1996)
- The Tennessee Pass Tunnel in use in 1996 was actually the second, opened in 1945. Traces of the original 1889-1890 tunnel are visible at right. When a...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Tennessee Pass Tunnel); June 6, 1996)
- Unlike the Tennessee Pass Tunnel's west portal, with steep approaches almost to the tunnel mouth, the line to the east portal passed through a wide, r...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Tennessee Pass Tunnel); June 6, 1996)
- A westbound freight with midtrain helpers is seen here entering the east portal of the Tennessee Pass Tunnel. Although the passing siding is empty at ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Tennessee Pass Tunnel); June 6, 1996)
- A better view here of the cumbersome "contraption" apparently no longer in use, which would lower a shutter over the Tennessee Pass Tunnel east portal...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Tennessee Pass Tunnel); June 6, 1996)
- No, Southern Pacific no. 214 is not leading a remarkably short train east out of the Tennessee Pass Tunnel's east portal; that's a pusher shoving the ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Yarmony Tunnel); June 11, 1996)
- Once the Dotsero Cutoff diverges from the former Moffat Road mainline at Bond, Colorado it almost immediately crosses the Colorado River twice and div...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Colorado (Yarmony Tunnel); September 28, 1997)
- From almost directly on top of the west portal of Yarmony Tunnel (just west of Bond, Colorado) we can see the beginning of the Dotsero Cutoff as it pa...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Arvada, Colorado; June 8, 1996)
- Although it may not look like it, this former Moffat Road mainline through Arvada, Colorado is ascending a stiff grade toward the Front Range west of ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; June 11, 1996)
- Just before reaching Bond, Colorado the Rio Grande mainline widens to four tracks in anticipation of the junction with the Craig Branch (continuation ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; June 11, 1996)
- Orestod, Colorado, located just east of Bond, is where the Craig Branch leaves the Rio Grande mainline and heads northwest towards Steamboat Springs a...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; June 11, 1996)
- A trainload of empties works its way downhill along the Colorado River. It's a pretty safe bet that these empties are destined for the coal mines on t...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; June 11, 1996)
- A loaded coal train is coming off the Craig Branch (former Moffat Road mainline) and entering the Rio Grande mainline at Orestod, Colorado just east o...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; June 11, 1996)
- Immediately after leaving the Colorado River Valley at Orestod, Colorado, westbound trains face a steep, winding climb. This cut is only a short dista...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; June 11, 1996)
- This is looking back downhill towards Orestod on the Craig Branch, as seen from Colorado State Highway 131.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; June 11, 1996)
- Another grade crossing found further up the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Craig Branch (the former Moffat Road mainline) as it climbs out of the Color...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- The Rio Grande is now part of the Union Pacific system as an eastbound container train comes through Orestod (east of Bond, Colorado).
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- Seen again on a sunnier day is Orestod (Bond), Colorado, where the former Moffat Road (Denver & Salt Lake) diverged to the right to begin its climb ov...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- A few aspens lend color to this view of the Denver & Rio Grande Western (former Denver & Salt Lake) along the Colorado River just east of Bond, Colora...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- A loaded eastbound coal drag comes off the Dotsero Cutoff through Orestod, Colorado on its way to the Moffat Tunnel.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bond, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- The same eastbound coal train is seen a little further east along the Colorado River.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bragdon, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Bragdon, Colorado marks the southern start of the Joint Line, where parallel lines of the Denver & Rio Grande Western and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bragdon, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Another look at the Bragdon, Colorado start of the Joint Line, this time looking south. The Denver & Rio Grande is on the left and the Atchison, Topek...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Bragdon, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Another view of Bragdon, Colorado where the paired operation of parallel Denver & Rio Grande Western amd Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe lines as a unifie...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Burns, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); June 11, 1996)
- Although the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Dotsero Cutoff is mostly paralleled by a decent if sometimes unpaved highway (Colorado River Road), there a...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Burns, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); June 11, 1996)
- Another view of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Dotsero Cutoff north of Burns, Colorado alongside the Colorado River.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Burns, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); October 4, 1997)
- In 1931 the Denver & Rio Grande Western's route from Denver to Grand Junction involved a long detour south to Pueblo, a steep climb northwest past Lea...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Burns, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); October 4, 1997)
- Another view of the Dotsero Cutoff north of Burns, Colorado.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Burns, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); October 4, 1997)
- Closer to Burns, Colorado the Colorado River cuts a steep canyon for the Dotsero Cutoff to follow. Note the ranch at the bottom of the canyon.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Canon City, Colorado; June 3, 1996)
- Sometimes called the "Gateway to the Royal Gorge," Canon City has quite a famous railroad history, being the site of one of the most notorious pitched...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Canon City, Colorado; June 3, 1996)
- Here we're looking west down the Denver & Rio Grande Western at Canon City, towards the Royal Gorge.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Canon City, Colorado; June 3, 1996)
- This view looks east down the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Royal Gorge/Tennessee Pass line at Canon City, towards Pueblo. In 1996 this line was still...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Cotopaxi, Colorado; June 3, 1996)
- If there was ever a heaven on earth, it was this Kampgrounds of America Kamping Kabin™ at Cotopaxi, Colorado. Located directly alongside the Ark...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Cotopaxi, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- What a way to start the day! This eastbound Denver & Rio Grande Western freight, with a lead unit (no. 3156) still in Rio Grande colors, shattered the...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Cotopaxi, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- A closer look at Denver & Rio Grande Western no. 3156 as it passes the Cotopaxi, Colorado Kampgrounds of America™ campground on its way to Puebl...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Cotopaxi, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- An eastbound Rio Grande freight has just passed the Cotopaxi Kampgrounds of America™ at Cotopaxi, Colorado, and is heading downstream along the ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Durango, Colorado; June 12, 1970)
- In 1970 the yards in Durango, Colorado were a favorite place for seeing the Denver & Rio Grande Western's narrow gauge rolling stock, such as this woo...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Durango, Colorado; June 12, 1970)
- These wooden narrow gauge reefers in the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Durango, Colorado yard make for a satisfying sight as they bask in the sun. Not...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Durango, Colorado; June 12, 1970)
- Narrow gauge caboose no. 0540, built in 1881, is used as a rolling toolbox for MoW trains, and is seen here in the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Duran...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Durango, Colorado; June 12, 1970)
- A wooden gondola sits in the Denver & Rio Grande Western's narrow gauge yard at Durango, Colorado.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Durango, Colorado; June 12, 1970)
- The Durango, Colorado depot is probably one of the most immediately recognizable landmarks in the country for railfans, as the famed Silverton Train d...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Durango, Colorado; June 12, 1970)
- Durango, Colorado was definitely a town with atmosphere in 1970. Imagine seeing (and hearing) this from your hotel window! This is of course one of th...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Edwards, Colorado; July 1, 1977)
- Edwards, Colorado is a very small town (and Interstate 70 rest area) in the Eagle River valley west of Tennessee Pass. This is the Denver & Rio Grande...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Edwards, Colorado; July 2, 1977)
- A westbound freight approaches Edwards, Colorado on the Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass line.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Edwards, Colorado; July 2, 1977)
- Now there's a house with a view, in this case of a westbound freight on the Tennessee Pass line with plenty of power on the head end.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Edwards, Colorado; July 2, 1977)
- Another view of the westbound freight as it passes below the camera.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Edwards, Colorado; July 2, 1977)
- A different freight (note the load of lumber behind the fourth unit) heads west.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Edwards, Colorado; July 2, 1977)
- Another look at those tie cuts on the Denver & Rio Grande Western mainline at Edwards, Colorado.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Edwards, Colorado; July 2, 1977)
- A westbound Denver & Rio Grande Western freight heads through Edwards, Colorado. Interstate 70 is visible above the tracks.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Edwards, Colorado; July 2, 1977)
- This time an eastbound freight skirts the valley of the Eagle River near Edwards, Coilorado.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Edwards, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- Nineteen years later not much has changed at Edwards, Colorado except the color of the diesels, and even that's misleading. Denver & Rio Grande Wester...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Gilman, Colorado; July 2, 1977)
- One of the many spectacular stretches of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's now-mothballed Tennessee Pass Line is the stretch between Minturn and Red C...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Gilman, Colorado; July 2, 1977)
- Another view of the Tennessee Pass line in the canyon of the Eagle River near Gilman, Colorado, also from U.S. Highway 24.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Gilman, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- Between Minturn and Red Cliff, Colorado, the Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass line runs through the deep canyon of the Eagle River. From U.S. Highway 24 at...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Gilman, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- At this particular location space is so much at a premium that it was necessary to place the passing siding on the opposite side of the river. This is...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Glenwood Springs, Colorado; April 30, 1993)
- The Denver & Rio Grande Western's Glenwood Springs, Colorado depot has been a familiar sight to many generations of travelers. To railfans, Glenwood S...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Glenwood Springs, Colorado; June 2, 1996)
- Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr/Desert Wind has almost finished its station stop at Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Ahead lie the spendors of Glenwoo...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Granby, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- Just west of Granby, Colorado the Denver & Rio Grande Western mainline rounds a sharp curve around the base of a steep hillside before regaining tange...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Granby, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- Another view of the crossing of Grand County Road 57 with the Rio Grande's mainline, just west of Granby, Colorado.This view is looking west.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Grand Junction, Colorado; April 29, 1993)
- Here (literally) is where the "Junction" in Grand Junction comes from. Here the mainline from Salt Lake City originally split into the old route throu...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Grand Junction, Colorado; April 29, 1993)
- The Denver & Rio Grande Western makes a sweeping curve (amounting almost to a right angle) in Grand Junction, Colorado, seen here from the South Fifth...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Granite, Colorado; June 5, 1996)
- The Denver & Rio Grande's mainline parallels a considerable part of the abandoned Colorado Midland's grade. Here at Granite, Colorado, the grade can b...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Granite, Colorado; June 6, 1996)
- Another view of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Tennessee Pass line at Granite, Colorado, this time with a westbound load of autoracks. Note the Rio...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Greenland, Colorado; June 9, 1996)
- A bit south of Castle Rock, Colorado, the paired lines of the Joint Line pass through an area appropriately called Greenland. Here, looking north from...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado (Sulphur Siding); June 10, 1996)
- Discovered in 1840 by William Newton Byers, Hot Sulphur Springs is a popular resort due to (of course) its hot springs. It still attracts numerous vis...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Howard, Colorado (Howard Tunnel); June 5, 1996)
- Somewhat overshadowed by the Moffat Tunnel, Tennessee Pass and Royal Gorge, the Rio Grande's line along the Arkansas River west of the Royal Gorge has...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Malta, Colorado (Kobe Siding); June 5, 1996)
- Kobe Siding is located near Malta, Colorado, on the east slope of Tennessee Pass, here seen looking south from the adjacent U.S. Route 24. As is evide...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Malta, Colorado (Kobe Siding); June 5, 1996)
- Kobe Siding again as seen from U.S. Highway 24 near Malta, Colorado, as the eastbound freight continues on its way led by nos. 245 and 248.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Minturn, Colorado; June 2, 1996)
- As is so often the case with the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Tennessee Pass line, here near Minturn, Colorado the tracks and Eagle River share a nar...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Minturn, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- East of Minturn, Colorado, a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight has begun the long climb up Tennessee Pass to the west tunnel portal. Ahead are Gilma...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Mitchell, Colorado; June 6, 1996)
- The west slope of Tennessee Pass, seen here at Mitchell, Colorado, is no joke with its three percent ascending/descending grade. Nobody (intentionally...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Mitchell, Colorado; June 6, 1996)
- Descending the three percent grade from Tennessee Pass Tunnel at Mitchell, Colorado.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Mitchell, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- Eastbound freights ascending the steep west side of Tennessee Pass encountered these loops at Mitchell, Colorado just before reaching the tunnel. As w...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Mitchell, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- Tennessee Pass Tunnel's west portal is just ahead as this eastbound unit coal train navigates the S-curves at Mitchell, Colorado.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Oak Creek, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- The location is just north of Oak Creek, Colorado on the Rio Grande's Craig Branch, formerly the Moffat Road (Denver & Salt Lake) mainline. Although i...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Oak Creek, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- Another season, another railroad. A southbound well-loaded with coal from the mines at Craig, COlorado is seen here north of Oak Creek, this time in e...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Oak Creek, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- Another look at a southbound coal run as it heads through Oak Creek, Colorado on the former Moffat Road (Denver & Salt Lake), later the Denver & Rio G...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Palmer Lake, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Although most of the shared Joint Line trackage between north of Pueblo and Denver consisted of two separate lines (Denver & Rio Grande Western and At...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Palmer Lake, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Here alongside the actual Palmer Lake (at left) is a northbound approaching on the single remaining (Denver & Rio Grande Western) track on a more fort...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Parshall, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- Once past the west end of @DRG_CO.BYE__96.06.10.16_L{Byers Canyon}, Colorado, the Denver & Rio Grande Western's main line is high above the Colorado R...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Phippsburg, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- Phippsburg, Colorado, is a staging area for coal trains originating at the mines in Craig to the northwest. A westbound train of empties is in the dis...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Phippsburg, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- Although primarily used to assemble heavy southbound trains from the coal loads received from Craig, Colorado, the yard at Phippsburg obviously saw ot...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Phippsburg, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- A southbound coal run from the mines at Craig, Colorado approaches the yards at Phippsburg for sorting and assembling into southbound trains for Bond ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Phippsburg, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- An eastbound loaded coal train from the mines at Craig is about to pass under the Colorado State Highway 131 overpass just north of Phippsburg, Colora...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Phippsburg, Colorado; October 3, 1997)
- A southbound coal run from the mines at Craig, Colorado passes beneath the Colorado State Highway 131 overpass and approaches the yards at Phippsburg ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pinecliffe, Colorado; June 8, 1996)
- At this point in its climb the Moffat Road is still skirting the face of the Front Range, with many spectacular views of the plains to the east. It wi...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Seen from Cheyenne Avenue (just off West 11th Street), this is the northwest corner of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Pueblo yards where the Royal ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Looking west from the end of Cheyenne Avenue (just off West 11th Street) on the west side of Pueblo, Colorado, we see the beginning of the Denver & Ri...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Two major lines converge on the west side of Pueblo, Colorado. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's line from Denver (part of the Joint Line for the stre...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Another view from Pueblo's Lincoln Avenue (Colorado State Highway 96) bridge, as a Denver & Rio Grande Western freight heads west to the Tennessee Pas...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- From the Main Street bridge in Pueblo, Colorado looking east. The line veering away from the camera is the start of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- Looking west from Pueblo, Colorado's Main Street bridge reveals the former Denver & Rio Grande Western engine terminal at left, with the Arkansas Rive...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- A Southern Pacific unit is being turned on the former Denver & Rio Grande Western engine terminal's turntable. By this time only the foundations of th...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo Junction); June 7, 1996)
- This junction, located on the southeast side of Pueblo, is actually in the form of a wye, with one leg located behind the small hill at center. The li...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo Junction); June 7, 1996)
- Looking west from Guma Road (just off Kelly Avenue), with Pueblo Junction behind the photographer, we see where the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe diverg...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo Union Station); June 7, 1996)
- At one time Pueblo generated a thriving passenger traffic, with passengers to/from the Denver & Rio Grande Western, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Misso...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo Union Station); June 7, 1996)
- In another view looking northwest from Pueblo, Colorado's Union Avenue bridge, the north end of Union Station is visible, along with the parallel line...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Radium, Colorado; October 2, 1997)
- The little town of Radium, Colorado originally acquired its name from the radium mining carried out in the early twentieth century. Today its main ind...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Radium, Colorado; October 2, 1997)
- This eastbound freight has just passed the Grand County Route 11 grade crossing at Radium, Colorado, on its climb upgrade to Gore Canyon and the Moffa...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Range, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); June 11, 1996)
- Although most of the bridges on the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Dotsero Cutoff cross various washes and streams coming off the surrounding slopes, t...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Range, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); June 11, 1996)
- When the Denver & Rio Grande Western did have to cross the Colorado River on the Dotsero Cutoff, the bridges were understandably more rugged than thos...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Range, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); October 4, 1997)
- Somewhat surprising in the generally confined canyons of the Dotsero Cutoff, often with just enough room for the Colorado River, the track and a highw...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Range, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); October 4, 1997)
- Range, Colorado is a brief widening of the Colorado River canyon, and contains one of the few pieces of long tangent track on the Dotsero Cutoff. This...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Range, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); October 4, 1997)
- One might have hoped that this eastbound Union Pacific freight at Range, Colorado would have had at least a Denver & Rio Grande Western or Southern Pa...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Range, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); October 4, 1997)
- The eastbound Union Pacific freight is now passing the waiting Burlington Northern Santa Fe westbound at Range, Colorado. Again, note the two Wisconsi...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Range, Colorado (Dotsero Cutoff); October 4, 1997)
- Another train, westbound this time, leaves the valley at Range on its way to Dotsero.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Red Cliff, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- A westbound freight emerges from the canyon of the Eagle River at Red Cliff, Colorado. The view is from the U.S. Highway 24 bridge.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Red Cliff, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- Another view of the westbound freight as it crosses the Eagle River at Red Cliff, Colorado. Taken from the U.S. Highway 24 bridge.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Red Cliff, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- The same westbound freight, this time looking in the other direction from the U.S. Route 24 bridge. A bit of Red Cliff, Colorado is visible in the dis...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Red Cliff, Colorado; June 4, 1996)
- Both mid-train units and rear-end helpers were routine on freights making the heavy climb up from Minturn to the Tennessee Pass summit tunnel. Here tw...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Rollinsville, Colorado; June 8, 1996)
- At Rollinsville, Colorado the Moffat Road is only a few feet higher than Boulder Creek (visible at the extreme left), but from here on east the creek ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Rulison, Colorado; June 2, 1996)
- Located about halfway between Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction, Colorado, Rulison is one of the many spots along the Denver & Rio Grande Western's ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Rulison, Colorado; June 2, 1996)
- Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr is past Rulison, Colorado in a flashof stainless steel on its way towards Grand Junction.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Silverton, Colorado; June 13, 1970)
- The Denver & Rio Grande Western's narrow-gauge locomotive no. 478 has finished its run from Durango to Silverton, Colorado and takes a well-deserved r...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Silverton, Colorado; June 13, 1970)
- Another look at Rio Grande no. 478 as it dozes between runs in downtown Silverton, Colorado.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Silverton, Colorado; June 13, 1970)
- The two narrow-gauge round-trip runs from Durango to Silverton, with nos. 476 and 478 on the head end, wait for the return journey on Silverton, Color...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (State Bridge, Colorado; October 2, 1997)
- This view of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's mainline along the Colorado River is north of the little community of State Bridge, Colorado, here seen...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Steamboat Springs, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- Although the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Craig Branch lost its mainline status when the Dotsero Cutoff was opened in 1934, these former Moffat Road ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Steamboat Springs, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- Adjacent to the Denver & Rio Grande's Craig Branch (former Moffat Road) mainline in Steamboat Springs is this beautifully preserved caboose (no. 01502...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Steamboat Springs, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- Another view of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Steamboat Springs station and preserved caboose no. 01502, this time with the Yampa River in the for...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Steamboat Springs, Colorado; September 29, 1997)
- David Moffat never accomplished his goal of building a line from Denver to Salt Lake City, but he did open up a significant region in northwest Colora...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Tolland, Colorado; June 8, 1996)
- About a mile and a half east of Tolland, Colorado, the Moffat Road crosses Boulder Creek on this low wooden trestle.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Tolland, Colorado; June 8, 1996)
- Tolland Siding is the last siding on the former Moffat Road before reaching the modest Moffat Tunnel yard trackage itself. Here the road passes throug...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Tolland, Colorado; June 8, 1996)
- One more look down the Moffat Road main (at Tolland Siding) towards the Moffat Tunnel. James Peak is directly ahead. (And we're going through that??!!...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Toponas, Colorado; June 12, 1996.)
- Toponas is just west of Toponas Summit, following the steep climb from Orestod (Bond) via the Crater Loops. This view is from the Colorado State Highw...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Toponas, Colorado; June 12, 1996)
- Another view of the Colorado State Highway 134 grade crossing with the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Craig Branch at Toponas, Colorado, here looking e...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Toponas, Colorado; October 2, 1997)
- Just south of Toponas, Colorado, the steep grade encountered by southbound trains like this one on the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Craig Branch is a...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Toponas, Colorado; October 2, 1997)
- The Denver & Rio Grande Western typically ran two or three midtrain power units on the heavy coal trains working upgrade from Phippsburg to Toponas Su...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Trapper, Colorado (Finger Rock); September 28, 1997)
- Finger Rock is one of the more photogenic landmarks along the former Moffat Road mainline (now the Craig Branch of the Rio Grande). This train is east...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Winter Park, Colorado (Moffat Tunnel); June 10, 1996)
- The west portal of the Moffat Tunnel has probably been seen by far more people than the east portal, simply because of Winter Park's popularity as a s...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Winter Park, Colorado (Moffat Tunnel); June 10, 1996)
- Somehow, seen up close the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel seems a bit unreal; it's hard to imagine that trains will emerge from here after traveling...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Winter Park, Colorado (Moffat Tunnel); June 10, 1996)
- That Winter Park (at the west end of the Moffat Tunnel) is a ski resort is easy to believe in this view of ski lift and patches of snow. It's also an ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Winter Park, Colorado (Moffat Tunnel); June 10, 1996)
- Sooner or later trains really do emerge from the hole in the ground that is Moffat Tunnel. Here a westbound freight emerges from the west portal. From...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Winter Park, Colorado (Moffat Tunnel); June 10, 1996)
- At last the combined westbound California Zephyr/Desert Wind makes its appearance from the west portal after its six-plus mile journey underground.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Wolcott, Colorado; September 28, 1997)
- Wolcott, Colorado marks the west end of a passing siding on the Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass line. The signal on the right appears to be cleared for an...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah; June 7, 1984)
- Once out of the agricultural area around Price, Utah, the Denver & Rio Grande Western enters an arid desert region that bears a distinct resemblance t...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah (Soldier Summit); June 7, 1984)
- It's apparent from the switch positions in this slide that this eastbound Amtrak combined California Zephyr/Pioneer/Desert Wind has just been crossed ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah (Soldier Summit); June 7, 1984)
- No sooner have the signals in the @DRG_UT_SSU_84.06.07.01_L{previous slide} been passed when this eastbound Amtrak California Zephyr/Pioneer/Desert Wi...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah (Soldier Summit); June 7, 1984)
- Our eastbound Amtrak California Zephyr/Pioneer/Desert Wind has just cleared Soldier Summit and is starting the downhill descent to Helper, Utah. Note ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah (Soldier Summit); September 3, 1995)
- Eleven years later Soldier Summit is still as impressive as ever. Here at the unidentified grade crossing at the west end of the summit it's easy to s...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah (Soldier Summit); September 3, 1995)
- Looking east from the same unidentified grade crossing at Soldier Summit, Utah, the Denver & Rio Grande Western's main can be seen to level off briefl...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah (Spanish Fork Canyon); September 3, 1995)
- After leaving Salt Lake City and Provo the Denver & Rio Grande Western heads up Spanish Fork Canyon on its way to Soldier Summit. In April 1983 It cam...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah (Spanish Fork Canyon); September 4, 1995)
- One of the unexpected benefits of the catastrophic rearrangement of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's main through Spanish Fork Canyon was the elevati...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah (Spanish Fork Canyon); September 4, 1995)
- A westbound freight on the new 1983 alignment is almost out of the canyon, heading for Provo and Salt Lake City. The old grade is out of the picture o...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Utah (Spanish Fork Canyon); September 4, 1995)
- Another westbound has just exited the tunnel through the landslide and is heading into the west end of Spanish Fork Canyon on the new line. The right ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Castle Gate, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- There's no mistaking the natural landmark that marks Castle Gate, Utah, located a few miles north of Helper. Here the Denver & Rio Grande Western doub...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Cisco, Utah; September 28, 1997)
- At Cisco, Utah, the Denver & Rio Grande Western's long eastbound trek across the moonscape of the San Rafael Desert comes to an end as the road begins...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Cisco, Utah; September 28, 1997)
- Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr has made its appearance at Cisco, Utah! This view faces west from the Utah State Route 128 grade crossing.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Cisco, Utah; September 28, 1997)
- Moments later Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr is tearing through the tiny community of Cisco, Utah on its way to the Colorado River valley and Gr...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Cisco, Utah; September 28, 1997)
- With the Utah State Route 128 grade crossing in the foreground at Cisco, Utah Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr begins its descent into the Colorad...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Helper, Utah; June 7, 1984)
- A bit of Helper, Utah, as seen from the rear of Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr/Pioneer/Desert Wind.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Helper, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- Helper, Utah, on the Denver & Rio Grande Western, is all about power: power to assist heavy trains over the steep grade up to Soldier Summit and braki...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Helper, Utah (Utah Junction); September 3, 1995)
- Two helpers drift downgrade through Utah Junction, just north of the aptly named Helper, Utah.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Helper, Utah (Utah Junction); September 3, 1995)
- A trainload of Yampa Valley coal works uphill on the Denver & Rio Grande Western at Utah Junction, just north of Helper, Utah.
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Kyune, Utah; June 7, 1984)
- In this view from the rear of Amtrak's combined California Zephyr/Desert Wind/Pioneer the train has left the southern end of Kyune interlocking with i...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Kyune, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- Kyune, Utah on the Denver & Rio Grande Western featured a center passing siding for use in either direction. Here a westbound is working uphill agains...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Kyune, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- An eastbound Denver & Rio Grande Western freight is approaching the north end of Kyune siding, where the center passing track is merged back into the ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Kyune, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- This eastbound freight on the Denver & Rio Grande Western is just entering the north end of the Kyune interlocking and passing siding, seen from the K...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Kyune, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- A westbound Rio Grande freight threads its way through the reverse curves at Kyune, Utah. Just around the corner behind the train are the Kyune Tunnel...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Kyune, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- Eventually Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr/Pioneer/Desert Wind makes its appearance at Kyune siding, threading its way along the Price River at l...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Kyune, Utah (Kyune Tunnels); June 7, 1984)
- Just south of the passing siding at Kyune, Utah the Denver & Rio Grande Western's double track main passes through the Kyune Tunnels, seen here from t...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Layton, Utah; August 30, 1996)
- Although the Union Pacific maintained a heavy-duty double-track mainline between Salt Lake City and Ogden, the Denver & Rio Grande Western also had a ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Layton, Utah; August 30, 1996)
- Another view of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Salt Lake to Ogden, Utah line at N 2200 W and E 2200 S in Layton, Utah, looking southeast. The highw...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Mounds, Utah; September 27, 1997)
- South of Mounds, Utah (which is in turn southeast of Price), the desert becomes a sea of surprisingly green sagebrush. This Denver & Rio Grande Wester...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Mounds, Utah; September 27, 1997)
- Also near Mounds, Utah, evidence of the September 11 Union Pacific takeover of the Southern Pacific/Denver & Rio Grande Western is apparent in the con...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Ogden, Utah; September 2, 1996)
- The Denver & Rio Grande Western had its own line from Salt Lake City to Ogden where it connected with the Southern Pacific's line across the Great Sal...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Ogden, Utah; September 2, 1996)
- Another look at the out of service Denver & Rio Grande Western line from Salt Lake City to Ogden, Utah, at the intersection of Utah Highways 126 and 1...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 7, 1970)
- In 1970 the joint Denver & Rio Grande Western/Western Pacific depot was experiencing hard times; with the demise of the California Zephyr on March 22 ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- 28 years later the situation had changed considerably for the better, with Amtrak now using the former Denver & Rio Grande Western/Western Pacific dep...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- In addition to being used by Amtrak's California Zephyr, Salt Lake City's former Denver & Rio Grande Western/Western Pacific depot is also home to the...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- This magnificent former Denver & Rio Grande Western/Western Pacific depot in Salt Lake City was designed by the noted architect Henry Schlacks and com...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- How many Amtrak station platforms looked this well maintained and clean in 1998? This view from the former Denver & Rio Grande Western/Western Pacific...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- This time looking north along the platforms of the former Denver & Rio Grande Western/Western Pacific depot, now used by Amtrak's California Zephyr. T...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- This view appears to be facing north from the intersection of 1st South Street and 7th West Street. The grade crossing crossbucks in the distance woul...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); June 6, 1970)
- Just west of the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City depot was a junction of UP's Provo to Ogden line (former Oregon Short Line trackage) and Los Angeles &...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Springville, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- This shot from the Utah Highway 77 bridge at Springville, Utah provides a clear view of the small yard on the north end of the Denver & Rio Grande Wes...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Springville, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- Another view from the same bridge (Utah Highway 77), this time looking north. The center track coming from under the bridge is the Utah Railway's; the...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Springville, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- This view looks south along the shared Denver & Rio Grande Western and Utah Railway tracks in Springville, Utah towards the Utah Highway 77 bridge. Sh...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Springville, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- A view from Springville, Utah's Center Street grade crossing of the paired tracks of the Utah Railway (left) and Denver & Rio Grande Western (right), ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Springville, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- A closer look at the single-track lines owned by the D&RGW and Utah Railway and operated as a shared double-track main, ending at Thistle, Utah. The o...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Thistle, Utah (Spanish Fork Canyon); September 3, 1995)
- Here one can see the radical restructuring of Spanish Fork Canyon by the massive 1983 landslide (sometimes referred to as a "mudslide"). The new mainl...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Thistle, Utah (Spanish Fork Canyon); September 3, 1995)
- This view gives a better idea of the dimensions of the 1983 "mudslide" that effectively closed the Denver & Rio Grande Western mainline. It's hard to ...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Thistle, Utah (Spanish Fork Canyon); September 3, 1995)
- North of the former site of Thistle, Utah (east of the landslide area), things are pretty much back to normal on the Denver & Rio Grande Western as it...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Thistle, Utah (Spanish Fork Canyon); September 3, 1995)
- Moving a bit further east of the former site of Thistle, Utah, a westbound freight approaches on its way downhill from Soldier Summit. This shot is fr...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Thompson Springs, Utah; June 2, 1996)
- Thompson Springs (referred to by the Denver & Rio Grande Western as simply Thompson) is an oasis in the midst of the San Rafael Desert and was an esse...
- Denver & Rio Grande Western (Woodside, Utah; September 27, 1997)
- Some idea of the challenges of building a railroad through the harsh desert topography might be conveyed here in this view of the Denver & Rio Grande ...
- Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (Springfield, Ohio; May 23, 1975)
- Although when most people think of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton they think of Henry Ford's heavy duty railroad with its concrete arches from the form...
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern really liked these massive Baldwin center-cabs, exemplified by unit no. 920, as it approaches the Chicago, Rock Island & P...
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- A look at the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern's Tower M and crossing at grade of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific just east of Joliet, Illinois, here unclut...
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- An Elgin, Joliet & Eastern transfer run, led by Baldwin center-cab unit no. 920, clumps across Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rails at East Joliet, Il...
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- Another Elgin, Joliet & Eastern freight, led by SD no. 654, bangs across Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rails at East Joliet, Illinois.
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern maintained a modest yard east of Joliet, Illinois. Here as seen from the U.S. Route 6 bridge one of the road's many Baldwi...
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- The Elgin, Joliet & Eastern's East Joliet yard included this good-sized shop building, seen from the U.S. Route 6 bridge.
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (Rondout, Illinois; June 4, 1973)
- At Rondout, well north of downtown Chicago, the Milwaukee Road's mainline was crossed by the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern. Just north of the crossing the a...
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (Rondout, Illinois; June 4, 1973)
- This Elgin, Joliet & Eastern transfer run led by SD no. 653 is about to cross Milwaukee Road rails at Rondout, Illinois. Most roads reserved silver pa...
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- State Line Crossing, located just west of Hammond, Indiana, was one of the busiest crossings in the Chicago area. Although one could really file this ...
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- A short Elgin, Joliet & Eastern transfer run led by SW no. 418 navigates its way through State Line Crossing.
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- Not all Elgin, Joliet & Eastern switchers were Baldwin-made; witness EMD SW no. 418 seen at State Line Crossing.
- Erie (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Two Erle Lackawanna units lead a freight through the multiple diamonds of Chicago's Forest Hill Crossing. Alco RS-3 units such as no. 1047 here were h...
- Erie (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1971)
- An eastbound freight is clattering across the diamonds of Indiana Harbor Belt rails at State Line Crossing. Here at the state line marked by the IHB l...
- Erie (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1971)
- This eastbound Erie Lackawanna freight has just left Chicago & Western Indiana rails and entered shared Erie/Chesapeake & Ohio trackage. It will final...
- Erie (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1971)
- A westbound Erie Lackawanna freight passes through State Line Crossing; the tracks to the far right belong to the Nickel Plate Road (Norfolk & Western...
- Erie (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1971)
- This easthbound Erie Lackawanna freight is on shared rails of the Erie and Chesapeake & Ohio, to become the Chicago & Western Indiana at the state lin...
- Erie (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- A westbound Erie Lackawanna freight, on shared Erie/Chesapeake & Ohio rails, is about to cross the Baltimore & Ohio mainline at State Line Crossing ju...
- Erie (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- An Erie Lackawanna eastbound travels through State Line Crossing on joint Erie/Chesapeake & Ohio trackage. At left is the Nickel Plate Road (Norfolk &...
- Erie (New York (Portageville Bridge); August 16, 1970)
- New York's Letchworth State Park is a place of many spectacular beauties, but not to be missed is the Portageville Bridge soaring over the south end o...
- Erie (New York (Portageville Bridge); July 4, 1975)
- Back in the 1970s it was common for visitors to Letchworth State Park to saunter out onto the Erie's Portageville Bridge, and yes, trains were fairly ...
- Erie (New York (Portageville Bridge); June 1977)
- Another view of the Erie's Portageville Bridge, seen from Letchworth State Park.
- Erie (New York (Portageville Bridge); June 1977)
- As seen on a previous slide, it was not hard to gain access to the Erie's Portageville Bridge over the south end of New York's Letchworth State Park. ...
- Erie (New York (Portageville Bridge); June 1977)
- Another view from the former Erie's (now Conrail) Portageville Bridge, at the south end of Letchworth State Park in New York. Incredibly enough, the P...
- Erie (New York (Portageville Bridge); June 1977)
- The former Erie's Portageville Bridge, as seen from the viewing area by the Upper Falls.
- Erie (Addison, New York; April 2, 1977)
- Although the mount for this slide had only "Erie mainline west of Elmira" written on it, Patrick Moore has identified it as Addison, New York. This w...
- Erie (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- Upstate New York was one of the first regions of the United States to experience rapid railroad growth, with new lines constantly springing up in a co...
- Erie (Binghamton, New York; January 28, 1971)
- These former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Pullmans from the Phoebe Snow were spotted one wintry day at the former Erie Binghamton passenger station.
- Erie (Binghamton, New York; April 2, 1977)
- An Erie Lackawanna switcher with a cut of cars on the former Erie mainline east of Binghamton crosses the former Lackawanna's Syracuse branch.
- Erie (Binghamton, New York; April 2, 1977)
- This is the Erie mainline looking west towards downtown Binghamton, New York. The former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western's branch to Syracuse crosses i...
- Erie (Buffalo, New York; November 26, 1969)
- Passing through Buffalo, New York on the New York Central's Lake Shore mainline, one clumped over a number of crossings of various lines. It's hard to...
- Erie (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- At Buffalo, New York's FW Tower the Erie's line from its East Buffalo Yard (later Bison Yard) to its downtown passenger and freight terminal crossed t...
- Erie (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- In this Buffalo, New York scene looking southwest from the Seneca Street bridge we see the Erie's line from FW Tower (located behind the camera) where...
- Erie (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- This slide provides a clearer view of FW Tower's "cadillac curve," built to provide easier access between Norfolk & Western and Erie Lackawanna tracka...
- Erie (Cameron Mills, New York; April 2, 1977)
- The former Erie station at Cameron Mills, New York may have seen better days, but at least it was still standing in 1977 under Conrail ownership.
- Erie (Corning, New York; April 2, 1977)
- A westbound Conrail freight approaches the camera on the former Erie mainline somewhere west of Corning, New York. The Canisteo River is to the right.
- Erie (Elmira, New York; March 7, 1970)
- It's hard to say after the passage of so many years, but this view of the Erie mainline through Elmira, New York appears to have been taken from the E...
- Erie (Elmira, New York; March 7, 1970)
- Another view probably taken from Elmira's East Washington Ave. bridge, this time looking south towards the Erie station.
- Erie (Elmira, New York; January 27, 1971)
- Although the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western had a large roundhouse and engine facility in Elmira, the Erie's was much more modest, with what appears t...
- Erie (Elmira, New York (FS Tower); January 27, 1971)
- I haven't been able to locate information on Elmira's FS Tower, but based on USGS maps of the period it seems to be located north of the Erie's passen...
- Erie (Elmira, New York (HO Tower); April 1, 1977)
- The Pennsvlvania Railroad's Elmira branch used Erie trackage rights through the upstate New York city of Elmira. North of town, at HO Tower, it left t...
- Erie (Elmira, New York (HO Tower); April 1, 1977)
- The Erie's signal gantries were works of art in themselves, almost Victorian in their ornate elegance. This gantry at HO Tower north of Elmira, New Yo...
- Erie (Gang Mills, New York; March 8, 1970)
- The Erie's yard for Corning, New York was actually located in Gang Mills, west of Corning along the Tioga River (note the flood control berm at right)...
- Erie (Gang Mills, New York; April 1, 1977)
- The Erie's Blossburg branch was a surviving remnant of the Corning and Blossburg Railroad (later the Blossburg and Corning Railroad and eventually the...
- Erie (Gang Mills, New York; April 1, 1977)
- A closer look at the Erie's abandoned Blossburg Branch bridge over the Tioga River, just south of Gang Mills, New York.
- Erie (Gibson, New York; March 7, 1970)
- Both the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western pretty much avoided most of Corning, New York, hugging the base of the hills to the east and only...
- Erie (Owego, New York; April 2, 1977)
- Owego, New York, on the Erie's Southern Tier line, was where the Lehigh Valley began trackage rights to Binghamton. Here Erie Lackawanna switcher no. ...
- Erie (South Dayton, New York; August 16, 1970)
- Most railfans are familiar with the Erie's entrance into Buffalo from the southeast, via Hornell and the Portageville Bridge, but the Erie also had an...
- Erie (Waverly, New York; March 7, 1970)
- Winters in upstate New York can be quite bitter, but the lack of vegetation is a compensating plus. This view of the Erie mainline from Waverly Hill n...
- Erie (Waverly, New York; March 7, 1970)
- Waverly, New York was a major interchange point between the Erie and the Lehigh Valley, which crossed under the Erie main just east of town. In additi...
- Erie (Waverly, New York; March 7, 1970)
- Another look at those luscious Erie semaphores at Waverly, New York.
- Erie (Waverly, New York; January 30, 1971)
- The following year saw Waverly, New York in sunshine, but if anything colder than ever. It was January in upstate New York, after all. This day the fo...
- Erie (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Seen looking west from the Ohio Route 43 bridge, the Erie's line across the Cleveland Flats made a number of connections on its way to Literary Street...
- Erie (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- The Erie's "riverbed line" from the Cleveland waterfront and Hulett unloaders snaked alongside the Cuyahoga River in order to maintain the lowest poss...
- Erie (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- The Erie's ore line from Literary Street Yard to the Old River Bed Yard and ore docks threads its way beneath a number of cross streets just before em...
- Erie (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- Below is the Erie's ore line from Literary Street Yard to the Old River Bed Yard and ore docks. The Cleveland Union Terminal's viaduct and Cuyahoga Ri...
- Erie (Girard, Ohio (Brier Hill Yard); August 21, 1971)
- An ancient Baldwin switcher, no. 616 still in Erie paint, sits forlornly in the weeds at the Erie's Brier Hill engine facility in Girard, Ohio.
- Erie (Girard, Ohio (Brier Hill Yard); August 21, 1971)
- No. 616 isn't alone, with at least three others (two in Erie Lackawanna paint) wait in the weeds.
- Erie (Girard, Ohio (Brier Hill Yard); August 21, 1971)
- A venerable weedburner in the Erie's Brier Hill Yard awaits its next assignment.
- Erie (Girard, Ohio (Brier Hill Yard); August 21, 1971)
- Cab units, both E's and F's, were common on Erie Lackawanna freights, especially after the advent of Amtrak.
- Erie (Girard, Ohio (Brier Hill Yard); August 21, 1971)
- More Baldwin switchers await attention at the Brier Hill engine facility.
- Erie (Girard, Ohio (Brier Hill Yard); August 21, 1971)
- An Alco RS-2 awaits the next assignment at the former Erie's Brier Hill engine facility.
- Erie (Girard, Ohio (Brier Hill Yard); September 2, 1973)
- A haze of smoke is overlaying the steel works in Girard, Ohio in this aerial view looking west. U.S. Highway 422 (State Street) is just above the wing...
- Erie (Kent, Ohio; March 28, 1971)
- Kent, Ohio was originally named Franklin. In 1851 Marvin Kent founded the Franklin and Warren Railroad and served as its president, and that of its su...
- Erie (Leavittsburg, Ohio (SN Junction); March 28, 1971)
- Leavittsburg, Ohio was where the two main Erie lines for the Warren/Youngstown area crossed. Here at SN Junction the former Atlantic & Great Western m...
- Erie (Leavittsburg, Ohio (SN Junction); June 11, 1971)
- SN Junction again, this time seen on a fine late spring day. An eastbound freight starts across the Cleveland & Mahoning slip switches on its way via ...
- Erie (Leavittsburg, Ohio (SN Junction); June 11, 1971)
- The eastbound freight is now stretched across SN Junction on its way to North Warren and Shenango. At the far right the Baltimore & Ohio's Warren Bran...
- Erie (Marion, Ohio; May 23, 1975)
- An eastbound Erie Lackawanna freight is on the shared trackage of the Erie and Big Four (New York Central) as it leaves Marion, Ohio. In the distance ...
- Erie (Marion, Ohio (AC Tower); May 23, 1975)
- A westbound freight passes below Marion, Ohio's elevated AC Tower. The freight is still on shared Erie/Big Four (New York Central) rails, but just ahe...
- Erie (Marion, Ohio (AC Tower); May 23, 1975)
- The view from Marion's famed AC tower at Marion, Ohio, looking west. Just past the Chesapeake & Ohio diamonds the shared Erie/Big Four (New York Centr...
- Erie (North Warren, Ohio; July 1969)
- The Erie's former Atlantic & Great Western mainline passed north of Warren on its way between Shenango, Pennsylvania and Leavittsburg, Ohio. This even...
- Erie (North Warren, Ohio; August 1981)
- The Erie's former "Warren freight bypass" had been severely downgraded under Conrail by 1981. This view is from North Park Avenue, looking east toward...
- Erie (North Warren, Ohio (BO Crossing); August 1981)
- The Erie's "freight bypass" north of Warren (the former Atlantic & Great Western mainline) had seen much better days when this Conrail-era slide was t...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; June 20, 1970)
- This view looks west down the Erie mainline just west of the Warren, Ohio freight station (now serving also as a passenger station) at Pine Avenue (fo...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; June 20, 1970)
- A westbound transfer run on the former Erie mainline is about to pass the Warren, Ohio freight station with a short train, including one of the hot me...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; June 20, 1970)
- Another look at the westbound hot metal "bottle" train as it passes the Warren, Ohio freight depot (the red brick building at right). Erie Lackawanna ...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; July 18, 1970)
- The Erie's passenger mainline (former Cleveland & Mahoning line) through Warren, Ohio originally ran down the center of U.S. Hiughway 422 (South Stree...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; July 18, 1970)
- A westbound freight has just passed the Warren combined freight and passenger station in Warren, Ohio. The station building, originally the freight st...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; August 19, 1970)
- No, the Erie did not use Pennsylvania Railroad-style position light signals. This unusual signal located between Warren and Leavittsburg, Ohio on the ...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; August 19, 1970)
- Taken from the same Liberty Road grade crossing as the previous photo, this shows the "Warren freight bypass" line before it veered northeast to pass ...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; August 19, 1970)
- The Erie Lackawanna was still running Baldwin diesel switchers (still painted in Erie colors!) as late as the early 1970s. Here #628 is seen on the "W...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Trains nos. 28 & 29, informally known as the "Cleveland Commuters," were the Erie Lackawanna's last surviving passenger trains outside of the New York...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Frequent visitors to the Erie's Warren, Ohio trackage were the steel trains servicing the many mills between Warren and Youngstown. Alco RS-3's like t...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; June 11, 1971)
- Just after leaving the Erie's Warren, Ohio passenger station westbound trains crossed the Mahoning River on this double track deck girder bridge.
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; September 2, 1973)
- In this aerial view of Warren, Ohio the trackage around the station is easy to make out, with the Erie mainline most prominent due to its evidently we...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; August 1981)
- With Conrail in control, the Erie mainline has been downgraded to local service. The westbound (right-hand) track is now rusty. Passenger service ove...
- Erie (Warren, Ohio; August 1981)
- Another look at the post-Conrail Erie mainline just east of the combined Warren freight/passenger station. The slight hump in the track marks the brid...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- This view of the Erie's western entrance into Youngstown, Ohio (seen from the Belmont Avenue bridge looking west) is obviously out of focus, but still...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- There's a lot of interest in this shot, looking east from the Gibson Avenue Bridge in Youngstown. At the far left are the New York Central tracks to A...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- A view of the Erie and New York Central mainlines north out of Youngstown, seen looking south from the Oak Street bridge. The Erie main at right leads...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- A nicely matched set of Erie Lackawanna F's leads a freight south into Youngstown towards Himrod Junction, passing under the Oak Street bridge in this...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- A former Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Fairbanks-Morse Train Master (no. 1861?) leads a freight north out of Youngstown, Ohio on former Erie trackage...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- It's hard to believe that you're in downtown Youngstown, Ohio here, but this eastbound Erie Lackawanna freight has just passed the Erie's downtown sta...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; August 21, 1971)
- Although often called the Federal Street grade crossing, Federal Street doesn't actually cross the tracks here (it's the road coming in at the far rig...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; August 21, 1971)
- A few seconds later at Federal Street, as the eastbound Erie Lackawanna freight continues on its way towards downtown.
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; August 21, 1971)
- Looking in the other direction at the Federal Street grade crossing; the freight is eastbound and will shortly pass through downtown and Himrod Juncti...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio; December 31, 1971)
- A short caboose hop heads south past Valley Street (VY) tower, where the Erie's Cleveland & Mahoning and the New York Central's Ashtabula branch trade...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio (Himrod Junction); July 30, 1970)
- The Erie never actually owned any Fairbanks Morse Train Masters; this one came from the Lackawanna after the Erie Lackawanna merger. Seen from the nor...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio (Himrod Junction); July 30, 1970)
- At Himrod Junction in Youngstown, Ohio the Erie's eastbound mainline veered off to the left while the line to the right connected to several major rai...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio (Himrod Junction); July 30, 1970)
- Just east of the Erie's downtown passenger station, we see the signals for Himrod Junction, where the freight line to the east and the connecting trac...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio (Valley Street); July 30, 1970)
- Just north of Himrod Junction in Youngstown, Ohio the Erie turned north and promptly crossed the New York Central's Youngstown-Ashtabula line at grade...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio (Valley Street); August 21, 1971)
- A closer look at the Valley Street crossing and VY Tower, here looking south. The freight is eastbound, crossing the New York Central's (Penn Central)...
- Erie (Youngstown, Ohio (Valley Street); August 21, 1971)
- Another look at the Valley Street crossing, from under the U.S. Highway 422 bridge north of the tower. The tracks to the left of the freight are the N...
- Erie (Bradford, Pennsylvania; July 18, 1971)
- The former Erie trackage in Bradford, Pennsylvania holds the unusual distinction of having no direct connection with the rest of the Erie system, inst...
- Erie (Osgood, Pennsylvania; July 25, 1972)
- An eastbound Erie Lackawanna freight on former Erie rails passes under the Bessemer & Lake Erie's Kremis-Osgood Cutoff at Osgood, Pennsylvania. The se...
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (Puerto Peñasco, Mexico; 5/30/1978)
- A brief trip to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico (also known in English as "Rocky Point"), located on the Gulf of California, unexpectedly yielded this Fer...
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (Puerto Peñasco, Mexico; 5/30/1978)
- Based on the open windows in spite of the blowing sand, it's a pretty safe bet that the coaches on this Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México passen...
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (Puerto Peñasco, Mexico; 5/30/1978)
- And off it goes in a cloud of sand… At least the rear cars have working A/C, or else the occupants have a high tolerance for heat. It may have only be...
- Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México (Puerto Peñasco, Mexico; 5/30/1978)
- At this point the photographer finally had a chance to check his camera's settings, only to discover that the preceding shots had been seriously out o...
- Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville (Fonda, New York; June 5, 1976)
- Gloversville, New York, founded in 1853, was widely known for just one thing: gloves, naturally. It was at one time called the "Glove Capital of the N...
- Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville (Fonda, New York; June 5, 1976)
- A closer look at Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville no. 21 at Fonda, New York. At this time the line was owned by Delaware Otsego after briefly shutting ...
- Genesee & Wyoming (Retsof, New York; August 16, 1970)
- Mention Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. to the average railfan and they will happily explain that it's a holding company owning a vast number of short lines i...
- Genesee & Wyoming (Retsof, New York; August 16, 1970)
- Looking north from the same New York Highway 63 bridge, the Genesee & Wyoming main line leads to the wye at Retsof and the interchange with the Erie a...
- Genesee & Wyoming (Retsof, New York; August 16, 1970)
- These Genesee & Wyoming engine facilities are located just south of the G&W's wye at Retsof, New York. Here the south leg proceeds to the Retsof Salt ...
- Genesee & Wyoming (Retsof, New York; August 16, 1970)
- Another look at the Genesee & Wyoming engine facilities at Retsof, New York. Two passenger cars of uncertain purpose are parked beside the engine shed...
- Government of Ontario Transit (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- Inaugurated in 1967, Government of Ontario Transit (better known as GO Transit) runs along the north shore of Lake Ontario between downtown Toronto an...
- Government of Ontario Transit (Toronto, Ontario (Toronto Union Station); June 9, 1972)
- In addition to nine self-propelled MU cars, GO Transit began operations in 1967 with 32 aluminum coaches built by Hawker-Siddeley Canada and eight EMD...
- Grand Canyon Railway (Grand Canyon Village, Arizona; October 7, 1990)
- The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's branch to Grand Canyon lay idle following the cessation of passenger service in 1968 and freight service in 1974. By...
- Grand Canyon Railway (Grand Canyon Village, Arizona; October 7, 1990)
- A closer look as Grand Canyon Railway 2-8-0 no. 18 rounds the bend into Grand Canyon Village.
- Grand Canyon Railway (Grand Canyon Village, Arizona; May 6, 1993)
- Another of the Grand Canyon Railway's ex-Lake Superior & Ishpemking 2-8-0's, no. 29 seen at Grand Canyon Village.
- Grand Canyon Railway (Grand Canyon Village, Arizona; May 6, 1993)
- In the 1990's the Grand Canyon Railway purchased five Alco FPA4's and two FPB4's from Canadian National. Here no. 6773 awaits the next run.
- Grand Canyon Railway (Grand Canyon Village, Arizona; May 6, 1993)
- Business is apparently good for the Grand Canyon Railway this May day of 1993, judging by the long string of coaches awaiting the return trip from Gra...
- Grand Trunk Western (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); July 26, 1971)
- The Grand Trunk Western (generally better known as simply the Grand Trunk) runs from Port Huron, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois, with a branch to Detro...
- Grand Trunk Western (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); July 26, 1971)
- A northbound Grand Trunk Western freight works through Blue Island Crossing, including switchers nos. 1501 and 1514 in the consist. As mentioned elsew...
- Grand Trunk Western (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); July 26, 1971)
- Ah, cabeese, how we miss thee! Seen at Blue Island Crossing in the southern Chicago area.
- Grand Trunk Western (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); May 31, 1973)
- Blue Island Crossing is one of the more accessible (and busiest) of the Chicago area junctions. With a public highway passing right through the crossi...
- Grand Trunk Western (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); May 31, 1973)
- A closer look at Grand Trunk Western nos. 5805 and 4545 as they lead a southbound freight across Broadway Street through Blue Island Crossing. The pre...
- Grand Trunk Western (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); May 31, 1973)
- A southbound Grand Trunk Western freight led by no. 5800 is coming off the Calument Sag Channel bridge through Blue Island Crossing on the connector t...
- Grand Trunk Western (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); May 31, 1973)
- Yet another freight, apparently a northbound transfer run this time, is approaching Blue Island Crossing from the south and passing beneath the Chicag...
- Grand Trunk Western (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Crossing); May 31, 1973)
- Here, seen from the highway watch tower, we see Blue Island Crossing laid out in all its glory. Taking the bridges (over the Calumet Sag Channel) from...
- Great Northern (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- Amtrak was almost four months old when Great Northern sleeper no. 1255, "Lake of the Woods" was spotted at Chicago's Western Avenue Station, still in ...
- Great Northern (Montana (Marias Pass); June 15, 1972)
- The Great Northern's Marias Pass line skirts the southern edge of Glacier National Park. This is the one-year old Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder, a...
- Great Northern (Montana (Marias Pass); June 15, 1972)
- Ahead are some of the snow-capped peaks of Glacier National Park, and there was no place to see them like one of the 1950's-built dome cars used by bo...
- Great Northern (Montana (Marias Pass); June 15, 1972)
- Another view of Glacier National Park's snow-capped peaks as seen from Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder.
- Great Northern (Montana (Marias Pass); June 15, 1972)
- It should hardly come as a surprise that the Great Northern's Marias Pass line running along the south edge of Glacier National Park sees snow. Lots o...
- Great Northern (Montana (Marias Pass); June 15, 1972)
- Now this snowshed means business! Looking back along Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder one sees a former Northern Pacific North Coast Limited coach, s...
- Great Northern (Montana (Marias Pass); June 15, 1972)
- Again looking back along Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder, this is the view of Glacier National Park that greets westbound passengers first seeing th...
- Great Northern (East Glacier, Montana; June 15, 1972)
- The first town encountered after descending the east slope of Marias Pass is East Glacier, seen here from Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder. There's a...
- Great Northern (Shelby, Montana; June 15, 1972)
- During the late sixties it seemed as if most railroads were anxiously trying to redo their "image" with new color schemes and redesigned (usually ugly...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- The former Chicago & Alton genealogy of the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's Illinois trackage is obvious in this slide shot at Brighton Park Crossing in Chicago...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- In addition to color position light signals, Brighton Park Crossing featured manually operated semaphores until relatively recently, probably the last...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- An eastbound Gulf, Mobile & Ohio transfer run at Brighton Park Crossing crosses Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio and Chicago Junction rails on its way t...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- A Gulf, Mobile & Ohio eastbound transfer run climbs over Western Avenue after traversing Brighton Park Crossing. Note that the GM&O's Alton-era color ...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Amtrak's Abraham Lincoln passes through Chicago's Brighton Park Crossing. Although still led by two Gulf, Mobile & Ohio E-units wearing the classic Al...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- This freshly assembled passenger train (Amtrak's Abraham Lincoln) is actually backing through Brighton Park Crossing, on its way to Union Station to c...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Amtrak's Abraham Lincoln has backed through Brighton Park Crossing on its way to Union Station to collect passengers. Again, the tracks in the foregro...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- One of the few small-scale commuter operations in the Chicago area in the 1970s was the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's Joliet Local, here seen at Brighton Park...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio F-unit no. 880B backs through Brighton Park Crossing with the Joliet Local, on its way to downtown Chicago to load up with passeng...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Chicago, Illinois (Brighton Park Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's Joliet Local is framed against the ancient manual semaphores of Brighton Park Crossing as it backs its way to downtown Chica...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- A unit train with Gulf, Mobile & Ohio power on the head end pulls onto the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern main just south of East Joliet Crossing, east of Jo...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio unit train has entered the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern main just south of East Joliet Crossing on its way to Griffith, Indiana.
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (East Joliet, Illinois; June 1, 1973)
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio caboose no. 2620 brings up the rear of the GM&O unit train at East Joliet, Illinois; the train is on Elgin, Joliet & Eastern rails...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Jacksonville, Illinois; 5/25/1975)
- The Jacksonville, Illinois station is nearly surrounded by active rail lines, with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy on the left, the Gulf, Mobile & Oh...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Jacksonville, Illinois; 5/25/1975)
- In this view we're looking south down the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (from the East State Street grade crossing) at Jacksonville, Illinois as a Burlington No...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Joliet, Illinois (Joliet Union Station); June 1, 1973)
- This Gulf, Mobile & Ohio tranfer run is navigating the connecting track at Joliet Union Station between the northbound GM&O main to the eastbound Rock...
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (Joliet, Illinois (Joliet Union Station); June 1, 1973)
- A Gulf, Mobile & Ohio transfer run enters the Rock Island main from the connecting track with the shared GM&O and Santa Fe main through Joliet Union S...
- Illinois Central (Ashley, Illinois; June 3, 1975)
- Ashley, Illinois is host to a crossing of the Illinois Central's Centralia, Illinois to Madison, Wisconsin line (here seen looking north) with the Lou...
- Illinois Central (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Station (IC)); July 26, 1971)
- Although Blue Island, Illinois is best known as a major stop on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific's Chicago commuter service, it was also the terminu...
- Illinois Central (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Station (IC)); May 31, 1973)
- Just two years later the new stainless-steel Highliners were continuing their takeover of the former Illinois Central (now Illinois Central Gulf) subu...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois; July 27, 1971)
- What was once an Illinois Central yard is now a sea of "modern" piggyback trailers in this view from Chicago's South Damen Avenue Bridge. Soon they wi...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois; June 3, 1973)
- Illinois Central and Amtrak units descend the St. Charles Air line on their way back to Union Station rails in this view north from the West 18th Stre...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois; June 3, 1973)
- The Illinois Central and Amtrak units seen descending the St. Charles Air Line in the preceding slide have now reached the south end of the Union Stat...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- An Illinois Central switcher on the IC's Iowa line heads east across the Pennsylvania (Penn Central), Baltimore & Ohio, and Chicago River & Indiana in...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Central Station); June 17, 1972)
- With the advent of Amtrak the Illinois Central's Central Station is nearly bereft of traffic, hosting only the former IC City of New Orleans and Shawn...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Randolph Street Station); June 17, 1972)
- Unlike Central Station, left an empty shell by Amtrak, the Illinois Central's Randolph Street Station remains a busy place to this day. The northern t...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- Although Illinois Central Gulf has been a fact of life for almost a year now, units in Illinois Central paint were still plentiful in 1973, such as no...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- Three more units in pre-Illinois Central Gulf paint sit at Chicago's 21st Street Crossing. The Santa Fe's passenger yard is immediately behind the loc...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- A westbound Illinois Central freight on the IC Iowa line is just clearing Twenty-First Street Crossing in this view looking south. The Pennsylvania's ...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- A pair of switchers pose for the camera at 21st Street Crossing. Although 1301 is still in Illinois Central paint, 1307 now sports the "unsplit rail" ...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- There's no question about which road these switchers are lettered for; even the original green diamonds are intact. The tracks in the foreground are t...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- A former Illinois Central caboose complete with the split rail herald brings up the rear of this transfer run at 21st Street Crossing in Chicago. An A...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); August 19, 1981)
- Weeds are taking over the better part of famed 21st Street Crossing in this view from outbound Amtrak train no. 48, the Lake Shore Limited, here runni...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- This "bay window cupola" caboose design was first introduced in the mid-1950's for safety reasons; having crew members sticking their heads out the si...
- Illinois Central (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- The old railroad safety adage of "Expect a train at any time, in any direction, on any track" could well be amended in the Chicago area by adding "fro...
- Illinois Central (Riverdale, Illinois; June 6, 1973)
- Riverdale, Illinois is a busy station on the Illinois Central's electrified suburban service south of downtown Chicago. Although the platforms are fla...
- Illinois Central (Riverdale, Illinois; June 6, 1973)
- One of the relatively new Illinois Central Gulf Highliners (no. 728) pauses at the Riverdale, Illinois suburban station. The Highliners began appearin...
- Illinois Central (Riverdale, Illinois; June 6, 1973)
- Here two IC switchers head north past the Illinois Central's Riverdale, Illinois suburban station with a long transfer run.
- Illinois Central (Riverdale, Illinois; June 6, 1973)
- A northbound Illinois Central transfer run continues past the Riverdale, Illinois IC suburban station. The bridges in the distance cross the Little Ca...
- Illinois Central (Riverdale, Illinois; June 6, 1973)
- A southbound Illinois Central freight crosses the Little Calumet River and passes the Riverdale, Illinois IC suburban station.
- Illinois Central (Riverdale, Illinois; June 6, 1973)
- Although the Illinois Central Gulf merger occurred almost a year earlier, the caboose trailing this southbound freight past the IC's suburban station ...
- Illinois Central (Riverdale, Illinois; June 6, 1973)
- This northbound freight passing the Illinois Central's Riverdale, Illinois suburban station is headed by Geep no. 9331, still proudly wearing black IC...
- Illinois Central (Riverdale, Illinois; June 6, 1973)
- Amtrak's southbound Panama Limited races past the Illinois Central's Riverdale, Illinois suburban station after crossing the Little Calumet River.
- Illinois Northern (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-sixth Street Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Illinois Northern was a Chicago area short line that ran from McCormick Station (east of 26th Street Crossing) to a connection with the north end of G...
- Illinois Northern (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-sixth Street Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Illinois Northern Alco S-4 no. 33, here seen near 26th Street Crossing.
- Illinois Northern (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-sixth Street Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Looking west at 26th Street Crossing, the Illinois Northern crossed (from near to far) Chicago Junction (Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific), Baltimore & ...
- Illinois Northern (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-sixth Street Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- A look at the Illinois Northern engine house at 26th Street Crossing, featuring Alco S-4 no. 29.
- Indiana Harbor Belt (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Yard (IHB)); July 26, 1971)
- The Indiana Harbor Belt began as a cooperative venture jointly owned by the New York Central (51%) and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific (49%...
- Indiana Harbor Belt (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Yard (IHB)); July 26, 1971)
- The Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard spreads out before the camera, seen looking west from the South Halsted Street bridge.
- Indiana Harbor Belt (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Yard (IHB)); July 26, 1971)
- The New York Central's majority ownership in the Indiana Harbor Belt (the Milwaukee Road owned the smaller half) is evident in switcher no. 8779's pai...
- Indiana Harbor Belt (Blue Island, Illinois (Blue Island Yard (IHB)); July 26, 1971)
- Looking east from the South Halsted Street bridge we see the narrowing throat of the Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard. Ahead is State Line Cross...
- Indiana Harbor Belt (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- At Dolton Crossing, located in the suburb of Dolton about two dozen miles south of downtown Chicago, a westbound IHB transfer run on its way to Blue I...
- Indiana Harbor Belt (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- This westbound Indiana Harbor Belt transfer run, with SW no. 9217 and 9204 doing the pulling, has just crossed the Chicago & Western Indiana at Dolton...
- Indiana Harbor Belt (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- This shot graphically illustrates what State Line Crossing, just west over the state line from Hammond, Indiana, looked like to one of the numerous ra...
- Indiana Harbor Belt (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- At State Line Crossing just west of Hammond, Indiana an Indiana Harbor Belt transfer run led by SW no. 8792 cuts diagonally across the Nickel Plate Ro...
- Inland Steel (Hammond, Indiana; July 26, 1971)
- This Inland Steel switcher is working one of the many steel plants along the Indiana Harbor, somewhere between Hammond and Gary, Indiana as seen from ...
- Inland Steel (Indiana Harbor, Indiana; July 26, 1971)
- Prior to 1901 this area was undeveloped, except for through lines of the New York Central, Pennsylvania and Elgin, Joliet & Eastern. At that time Inla...
- Jones & Laughlin Steel (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Rarely does one get such a perfect view into such normally secretive operations as steel mills. Here from Cleveland's Clark Avenue viaduct looking sou...
- Jones & Laughlin Steel (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Another look into the Jones & Laughlin steel mill south of Cleveland's Clark Avenue viaduct.
- Jones & Laughlin Steel (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Yet another look into the Jones & Laughlin steel mill south of Cleveland's Clark Avenue viaduct.
- Kansas City Southern (Eve, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- A few miles west of Nevada, Missouri, at a location called Eve on both railroads, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas crossed over the Kansas City Southern main...
- Kansas City Southern (Kansas City, Missouri; May 31, 1975)
- In this view looking south from Kansas City's Independence Ave. bridge we see the Kansas City Southern mainline as it crosses the Blue River and heads...
- Kansas City Southern (Kansas City, Missouri; May 31, 1975)
- This view from the 23rd St. bridge at Kansas City, Missouri looking north includes four major railroads as they head towards the yards north of downto...
- Kansas City Southern (Kansas City, Missouri (East Yard); May 31, 1975)
- This engine facility is part of the Kansas City Southern's East Yard north of Kansas City, Missouri, at the intersection of North Chouteau Trafficway ...
- Kansas City Southern (Kansas City, Missouri (East Yard); May 31, 1975)
- More Kansas City Southern switchers (and a Milwaukee Road unit) await assignment at the East Yard engine terminal.
- Kansas City Southern (Kansas City, Missouri (East Yard); May 31, 1975)
- Kansas City Southern no. 4200 waits at the East Yard engine terminal, along with KSC no. 4202 (left) and Milwaukee Road no. 743.
- Kansas City Southern (Kansas City, Missouri (Kansas City Union Station); May 30, 1975)
- It looks like Kansas City Southern switcher no. 4202 is in dire need of a new coat of paint as seen on Kansas City Terminal trackage at Union Station...
- Kansas City Southern (Richards, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- At Richards, Missouri, the Kansas City Southern at one time crossed a Missouri Pacific branch; the MP diamond would have been just past the distant be...
- Kansas City Terminal (Kansas City, Missouri; May 31, 1975)
- Here in the northeast corner of Kansas City we see the Kansas City Terminal Railroad mainline, looking northeast from Wilson Street. The signals are f...
- Kansas City Terminal (Kansas City, Missouri (Kansas City Union Station); May 30, 1975)
- Sadly, by this time Kansas City Union Station hosted far more freight trains than passenger. The only Amtrak trains calling here were the Texas Chief ...
- Kansas City Terminal (Kansas City, Missouri (Kansas City Union Station); May 30, 1975)
- The bypass tracks running north of Kansas City Union Station were far busier than the station trackage in 1975. This view is from the Main Street brid...
- Kansas City Terminal (Kansas City, Missouri (Kansas City Union Station); May 30, 1975)
- Another view of the Kansas City Union Station, this time looking east from the Main Street bridge. The freight bypass is directly below the camera, wi...
- Kennecott Utah Copper (Bingham Canyon, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- About 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, and just south of the former town of Bingham (by this time swallowed up by the continually expanding pit),...
- Kennecott Utah Copper (Bingham Canyon, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- Perhaps the most dizzying aspect of this remarkable railroad was that it was electrified, resulting in a forest of catenary which had to be continuall...
- Kennecott Utah Copper (Bingham Canyon, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- A somewhat closer look at the terraced rail lines in the Bingham Canyon Mine from a tour bus window. Needless to say, the powers-that-be didn't let vi...
- Lake Erie & Eastern (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- The Lake Erie & Eastern was a Pittsburgh & Lake Erie subsidiary (built 1912-1915) that connected the P&LE, entering Youngstown, Ohio at Struthers, wit...
- Lake Erie & Eastern (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- There's actually not much of interest in this view of the Lake Erie & Eastern main, seen from the Wick Avenue bridge, except to establish that the LE&...
- Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion (Clarion, Pennsylvania; July 18, 1971)
- This imposing building in downtown Clarion, Pennsylvania appears to have been the headquarters of the Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion, which ran fifteen...
- Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion (Clarion, Pennsylvania; July 18, 1971)
- Although online sources indicate that the Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion was abandoned in 1993, it's evident that as early as 1971 the tracks into down...
- Leadville, Colorado & Southern (Leadville, Colorado; June 6, 1996)
- At one time both the Denver, South Park and Pacific and the Denver & Rio Grande Western sought access to the mining center of Leadville, Colorado. The...
- Lehigh Valley (Batavia, New York; October 24, 1969)
- The Lehigh Valley's Batavia, New York station was still in relatively good shape when this photograph was taken from a passing Penn Central Empire Ser...
- Lehigh Valley (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- At one time the Lehigh Valley was one of five major railroads between the New York City area and Buffalo (the others being the New York Central, the W...
- Lehigh Valley (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- Looking west from the same vantage point (the Creek Road bridge) as the previous slide, the double-track mainline narrows to single track. Even at thi...
- Lehigh Valley (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- This time looking east from the far side of the Tonawanda Creek bridge; theCreek Road bridge can be seen as well. Clearly the Lehigh was still trying ...
- Lehigh Valley (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- A westbound train has appeared; clearly the Lehigh Valley is not moribund yet.
- Lehigh Valley (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- Although only a few weeks from absorption by Conrail, the Lehigh Valley was still capable of running long trains. This westbound crossing Tonawanda Cr...
- Lehigh Valley (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- When riding the New York Central (or successor Penn Central) between Buffalo and New York, one of the landmarks was Batavia. Although the Central, the...
- Lehigh Valley (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- Another look at the Lehigh Valley's Batavia, New York station. The Lehigh main is behind the station; the New York Central main is behind the photogra...
- Lehigh Valley (Cayuta, New York; January 30, 1972)
- This northbound Lehigh Valley freight has left the Sayre, Pennsylvania yards and is on its way towards Geneva and Buffalo, New York. At Van Ness Junct...
- Lehigh Valley (Owego, New York; April 2, 1977)
- Although the Lehigh Valley interchanged with the Erie at Waverly, New York (just north of its major yard at Sayre, Pennsylvania), it also sent a tendr...
- Lehigh Valley (Owego, New York; April 2, 1977)
- Another look at the Lehigh Valley's modest trackage in Owego, New York. In the foreground is the beginning of the branch north to Cortland, Auburn and...
- Lehigh Valley (Rochester, New York (Lehigh Valley station); December 1970)
- The Lehigh Valley's Rochester, New York station was a bit of an oddity. The Lehigh entered the city hugging the east bank of the Genesee River, and wh...
- Lehigh Valley (Rochester Junction, New York; November 7, 1971)
- Such Lehigh Valley name trains as the Black Diamond did not directly serve Rochester, New York, which was well off the mainline. Instead, at Rochester...
- Lehigh Valley (Waverly, New York; March 7, 1970)
- Waverly, New York, just north of the Lehigh Valley's major yards and shops at Sayre, Pennsylvania, was a major interchange point for the Lehigh and th...
- Lehigh Valley (Waverly, New York; January 30, 1972)
- A southbound Lehigh Valley freight led by no. 405 has just passed beneath Waverly, New York's Broad Street bridge and is about to cross under the Erie...
- Lehigh Valley (Waverly, New York; January 30, 1972)
- Just north of Sayre, Pennsylvania the Lehigh Valley crosses beneath the Erie (by then Erie Lackawanna) mainline. Here a northbound freight prepares fo...
- Lehigh Valley (Waverly, New York; January 30, 1972)
- This northbound Lehigh Valley freight, led by Alco no. 407, has just passed beneath the Erie mainline near Waverly, New York and is on its way to Gene...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; March 7, 1970)
- Sayre, Pennsylvania was created by the Lehigh Valley in 1896 as a company town on its new New York-Buffalo mainline, where it built a large yard and l...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; March 7, 1970)
- Lehigh Valley Baldwin switcher no. 145 works the yard trackage at Sayre, Pennsylvania
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; March 7, 1970)
- At one time the Lehigh Valley's huge shop complex at Sayre, Pennsylvania, built in 1904, was the heart of the railroad, and was briefly the largest st...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; March 7, 1970)
- Packer Avenue in effect broke the Lehigh Valley's Sayre, Pennsylvania yard complex in two, with a narrow throat connecting the north and south segment...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; March 7, 1970)
- Baldwin switcher no. 235 works the yard lead in front of the Lehigh Valley's venerable Sayre, Pennsylvania station. Note the array of pigeons on the s...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; March 7, 1970)
- A northbound Lehigh Valley freight arrives at the south end of Sayre, Pennsylvania, led by Alco no. 413. This view is looking south from the Packer Av...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; March 7, 1970)
- A cloud of pigeons takes flight from the Lehigh Valley's Sayre, Pennsylvania station roof as two Alcos, including road switcher no. 633 in "snowbird" ...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; March 7, 1970)
- One of the joys of visiting the Lehigh Valley's Sayre, Pennsylvania facilities was the series of pedestrian-friendly bridges scattered throughout the ...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; March 7, 1970)
- Here looking south from the same highway bridge (Cayuta Street) as the preceding slide are the Lehigh Valley's Sayre, Pennsylvania yards, spreading ou...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; January 30, 1972)
- A re-visit to the Lehigh Valley's Sayre, Pennsylvania yards two years later provided clear, sunny weather, although much colder. On display was a fine...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; January 30, 1972)
- Sayre, Pennsylvania easily earned the description of "picturesque railroad town," especially when the sun was cooperating. Alco no. 401 is on display ...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; January 30, 1972)
- A cluster of Alcos await re-fueling at the Lehigh Valley's Sayre, Pennsylvania engine facility. In the background are the massive shops complex and (o...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; January 30, 1972)
- Lehigh Valley switchers nos. 215 and 112 in the road's Sayre, Pennsylvania yards, seen from the Lockhart Street footbridge.
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; January 30, 1972)
- Switcher no. 112 is the centerpiece here, with two snowbirds awaiting servicing at the Lehigh Valley's Sayre, Pennsylvania yards.
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; January 30, 1972)
- It looks as thought the Lehigh has begun cannibalizing several unfortunate Geeps for parts, as seen on a very cold winter day at the Lehigh Valley's S...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; January 30, 1972)
- One sometimes got the impression that, like any low-income household, the Lehigh Valley was unwilling to throw anything away; witness this ancient coa...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; January 30, 1972)
- A northbound freight led by Alco no. 633 in "snowbird" colors arrives at the south end of the Lehigh Valley's Sayre, Pennsylvania yards, seen looking ...
- Lehigh Valley (Sayre, Pennsylvania; November 27, 1976)
- Almost eight months after Conrail took over parts of the Lehigh Valley and abandoned the rest, heavy freights like this southbound one still passed th...
- Long Island (Hewlett, New York; January 26, 1973)
- The Long Island Rail Road (note the space) was a far different railroad in 1973 than a decade earlier. Losing money since 1935 and bankrupt in 1949, t...
- Long Island (Hewlett, New York; January 26, 1973)
- An outbound train of M-1 cars pulls into the Hewlett, Long Island station. One of the most radical decisions taken in the design of these cars was to ...
- Long Island (Hewlett, New York; January 26, 1973)
- A closer look at Long Island Railroad M-1 car no. 9761 on the end of an outbound train at the Hewlett, Long Island station. The "fishbelly" cross sect...
- Long Island (Hewlett, New York; January 26, 1973)
- This westbound train at the Long Island Rail Road's Hewlett, Long Island station has disgorged its load of commuters and shoppers and now continues to...
- Long Island (Hewlett, New York; January 26, 1973)
- A closer look at the third rail structure at the Long Island Rail Road's Hewlett, Long Island station. All LIRR electrified lines used third rail rath...
- Long Island (Jamaica, New York; January 26, 1973)
- The route structure of the Long Island Rail Road virtually necessitates the existence of a major hub like Jamaica at the center of the system. With li...
- Long Island (Jamaica, New York; January 26, 1973)
- One of the Long Island Rail Road's many Alco road-switchers is seen here preparing to couple onto an outgoing train. Much of the LIRR remains unelectr...
- Long Island (Jamaica, New York; January 26, 1973)
- A diesel-powered run heads west for non-electrified territory. The Alco FA-1's were used exclusively as non-powered cab cars by the Long Island Rail R...
- Long Island (Jamaica, New York; January 26, 1973)
- A westbound train of M-1's arrives from the east. This train will be stopping at Jamaica station rather than taking the express bypass at far right. N...
- Long Island (Jamaica, New York; January 26, 1973)
- An eastbound train of M-1's awaits clearance to leave Jamaica as an Alco switcher enters the station.
- Long Island (Jamaica, New York; January 26, 1973)
- A closer look at Hall tower on the east side of Jamaica station. Trackwork is evidently in progress as two trains of M-1's pass through the approach t...
- Long Island (Jamaica, New York; January 26, 1973)
- What appears to be a string of work cars sits at the bumper next to the Jamaica station platforms, awaiting its next assignment.
- Long Island (Jamaica, New York; January 26, 1973)
- "Change at Jamaica" is an announcement virtually all regular Long Island Railroad commuters are familiar with. In many cases it's a simple cross-platf...
- Long Island (Jamaica, New York; January 26, 1973)
- Here cab car (a converted Alco FA-1 from the Louisville & Nashville ) no. 601 waits to take its train into non-electrified territory.
- Louisville & Nashville (Chicago, Illinois; July 27, 1971)
- Louisville & Nashville caboose no. 1288 was spotted on Santa Fe near 35th Street in Chicago, Illinois, with Geep no. 524 just visible at right. The Lo...
- Louisville & Nashville (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- This Louisville & Nashville freight with GE U-boat no. 1600 on the point is on joint C&O/Belt Railway of Chicago trackage traveling west, paralleled a...
- Louisville & Nashville (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Bringing up the rear of this Louisville & Nashville freight at Forest Hill Crossing is caboose no. 1381. The rails in the foreground belong to the Bal...
- Louisville & Nashville (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- A Louisville & Nashville transfer run is pulling a cut of coal hoppers from the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend interchange at State Line Crossing, ...
- Louisville & Nashville (Cumberland Gap, Tennessee; June 23, 1973)
- Cumberland Gap, Tennessee is of course famous as part of a historic route through the Appalachian Mountains, but it was also the location of a junctio...
- Meadow River Lumber (Cass, West Virginia; August 22, 1972)
- The Meadow River Lumber Company is described by Wikipedia as the "largest hardwood sawmill in the world." In addition to this caboose (no. 3), the Cas...
- Missouri Pacific (Boone, Colorado (NA Junction); June 7, 1996)
- The Missouri Pacific used to parallel the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe for over twenty miles between Pueblo and Boone, Colorado. Eventually the duplica...
- Missouri Pacific (Boone, Colorado (NA Junction); June 7, 1996)
- Another look at NA Junction at Boone, Colorado, where the Missouri Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe out of Pueblo diverge; the MP is on the lef...
- Missouri Pacific (Pueblo, Colorado; June 7, 1996)
- This is part of the abandoned Missouri Pacific line east out of Pueblo, Colorado which became redundant when MP acquired trackage rights over the Atch...
- Missouri Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- This Missouri Pacific caboose hop with Alco no. 955 and an unidentified MP caboose was seen at Chicago's Forest Hill Crossing, probably on Belt Railwa...
- Missouri Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Another Missouri Pacific caboose (no. 13345) is caught at Forest Hill Crossing on Belt Railway of Chicago rails shared with the Chesapeake & Ohio, cro...
- Missouri Pacific (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- Three southbound Missouri Pacific locomotives running light on the Chicago & Western Indiana approach Dolton Crossing, where they will cross the Penns...
- Missouri Pacific (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- Missouri Pacific nos. 880 and 863 are clumping across Baltimore & Ohio and Indiana Harbor Belt rails at Dolton Crossing in the Chicago suburb of Dolto...
- Missouri Pacific (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- Two Missouri Pacific units (nos. 704 and 738) on Chicago & Western Indiana rails lead a northbound freight through Dolton Crossing across the Indiana ...
- Missouri Pacific (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- Missouri Pacific nos. 704 and 738 have just finished crossing the Pennsylvania, Indiana Harbor Belt and Baltimore & Ohio at Dolton Crossing as they le...
- Missouri Pacific (Kansas City, Kansas; May 30, 1975)
- The exact location of this fine view of Missouri Pacific switcher no. 1138 is a bit of a mystery: the notation on the slide simply reads "from the Jam...
- Missouri Pacific (Kansas City, Kansas (Edgewater Junction); May 30, 1975)
- At this location known as Edgewater, looking south from the Quindaro Boulevard grade crossing, the Missouri Pacific's main from Omaha to Neff Yard con...
- Missouri Pacific (Kansas City, Kansas (Edgewater Junction); May 30, 1975)
- Edgewater again, this time looking north towards Quindaro Boulevard (just past the signals). The Missouri Pacific's line from Neff Yard (left) and the...
- Missouri Pacific (Kansas City, Kansas (Kaw River Junction); May 30, 1975)
- Another slide that's rather hard to pin down today, what with renaming of streets and superhighway construction. This should be the Missouri Pacific, ...
- Missouri Pacific (Kansas City, Kansas (Kaw River Junction); May 30, 1975)
- Looking south from the same (Minnesota Avenue) bridge, things are a bit more recognizable. That's the Kansas River in the center, with a Missouri Paci...
- Missouri Pacific (Kansas City, Missouri; May 30, 1975)
- This Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific eastbound freight is on Missouri Pacific rails alongside the Missouri River (note the concrete flood walls at left...
- Missouri Pacific (Kansas City, Missouri; May 30, 1975)
- Looking west from the same Kansas City (Harlem) location as in the previous photo, this is the Missouri Pacific's line along the Missouri River (behin...
- Missouri Pacific (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- Missouri Pacific GP no. 2076 awaits its next task at Nevada (pronounced "nuh-vay-duh"), Missouri. The interchange yard with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas ...
- Missouri Pacific (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- A southbound Missouri Pacific freight on the MP's Kansas City-Joplin, Missouri line approaches the crossing with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas St. Louisy,...
- Missouri Pacific (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- This southbound Missouri Pacific freight has just crossed the Missouri-Kansas-Texas at Nevada, Missouri and is on its way to Joplin.
- Missouri Pacific (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- The train order signal displays green as a southbound Missouri Pacific freight continues through Nevada, Missouri after crossing the Missouri-Kansas-T...
- Missouri Pacific (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- The caboose was not yet extinct in 1975, as this shot of a southbound Missouri Pacific freight at Nevada, Missouri demonstrates. The Missouri-Kansas-T...
- Missouri Pacific (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- Nevada, Missouri's East Austin Boulevard bridge provided an ideal vantage point for viewing trains on the south end of town, in this case looking nort...
- Missouri Pacific (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- A southbound Missouri Pacific freight passes through Nevada, Missouri as seen looking south from the East Austin Boulevard bridge. Ahead is Nassau Jun...
- Missouri Pacific (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- Looking north from the Nevada, Missouri East Austin Boulevard bridge, we get another look at the southbound Missouri Pacific freight as it stretches a...
- Missouri Pacific (Richards, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- At Richards, Missouri, this abandoned Missouri Pacific branch once crossed the Kansas City Southern mainline at grade.
- Missouri-Illinois (Nashville, Illinois; June 3, 1975)
- The Missouri-Illinois Railroad, seen here crossing Illinois Route 15 at Nashville, Illinois, ran from Bismarck, Missouri to Salem, Illinois, with a br...
- Missouri-Illinois (Nashville, Illinois; June 3, 1975)
- This view looks southwest down the Missouri-Illinois Railroad mainline at Nashville, Illinois from the Illinois Route 15 grade crossing. Owned by the ...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Case, Missouri; June 3, 1975)
- Most of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad was north-south oriented, with the main stem running in an almost straight line from San Antonio, Texas to ...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Eve, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- A few miles west of Nevada, Missouri is the tiny town of Eve, where the Missouri-Kansas-Texas crosses Missouri Route 7, here looking west. The bridge ...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Eve, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- Also at Eve, Missouri is the Missouri-Kansas-Texas' crossing of the Kansas City Southern mainline (below) via a wooden trestle.
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Kansas City, Missouri; May 30, 1975)
- Here seen on Kansas City Terminal Railroad trackage is Missouri-Kansas-Texas switcher no. 19, looking fresh from the washer (or paint shop). This view...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Kansas City, Missouri; May 30, 1975)
- In sharp contrast to no. 19 at right is this ancient Missouri-Kansas-Texas switcher, its number quite unreadable, also seen along Southwest Boulevard ...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- Nevada (pronounced "nuh-vay-duh"), Missouri hosted a crossing of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas St. Louis, Missouri-Parsons, Kansas main and the Missouri P...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- This appears to be the Katy's Nevada, Missouri station, although topographic maps of the time also suggest possible Missouri Pacific ownership. In any...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- A Missouri-Kansas-Texas hi-rail vehicle checks the condition of the Katy main prior to the arrival of a northbound freight. Tracks to the left are the...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- Looking north along the Katy's main out of Nevada, Missouri towards St. Louis. The tracks are empty, but not for long.
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- Again looking north along the Katy's main to St. Louis, Missouri. The crossing with the Missouri Pacific's Kansas City-Joplin, Missouri main is just b...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- A southbound freight appears on the Missouri-Kansas-Texas St. Louis, Missouri-Parsons, Kansas main in Nevada, Missouri. Not conveyed by this slide is ...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- In the 1970s the Missouri-Kansas-Texas was in the process of repainting rolling stock from its traditional red to a new (and eye-watering) green and y...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- Ahead is the tower for the crossing of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas St. Louis, Missouri-Parsons, Kansas line and the Missouri Pacific's Kansas City-Jopli...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- Seen from the other side of the Missouri Pacific crossing, this southbound Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight is heading south towards Parsons, Kansas. The...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- In this view looking south from Nevada, Missouri's East Austin Boulevard bridge, the track at far right is the Missouri-Kansas-Texas St. Louis, Missou...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- A northbound Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight has appeared, about to head through Nevada, Missouri. This view is looking south from the East Austin Boule...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Nevada, Missouri; June 1, 1975)
- This time looking north from the east Austin Boulevard bridge, we see the northbound Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight as it approaches the crossing with ...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Portland, Missouri; June 3, 1975)
- This trestle over a tributary of Logan Creek, just west of Portland, Missouri (part of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas' Parsons to St. Louis, Missouri line)...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Rhineland, Missouri; June 3, 1975)
- A well-preserved Missouri-Kansas-Texas station and train-order signal at Rhineland, Missouri, one of the many small comnmunities along the Katy's Pars...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Rhineland, Missouri; June 3, 1975)
- This portion of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas' St. Louis line was evidently important enough to warrant this dragging equipment detector east of Rhineland...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Rhineland, Missouri; June 3, 1975)
- A closer look at this Missouri-Kansas-Texas dragging equipment detector's signal component, seen east of Rhineland, Missouri looking east. Missouri Hi...
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Steedman, Missouri; June 3, 1975)
- This part of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas' St. Louis extension looks considerably more neglected. And look at that ancient crossing bell! Seen near Steed...
- Monon (Bainbridge, Indiana; May 24, 1975)
- The Monon (officially the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville until 1956) was a special favorite of railfans in the mid-twentieth century, as much as a...
- Monon (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- By 1972 the Monon had become part of the Louisville & Nashville; here an L&N freight is leaving Chicago & Western Indiana trackage to regain former Mo...
- Montpelier & Barre (Montpelier, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- Montpelier, Vermont was home to the Montpelier & Barre Railroad, a 14-mile shortline from Montpelier Junction, Vermont to Graniteville, put together b...
- Montpelier & Barre (Montpelier, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- Unlike the RS unit in the preceding slide, Montpelier & Barre Alco switcher no. 29 appeared to be in great shape as it went about its business in Mont...
- Montpelier & Barre (Montpelier Junction, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- At Montpelier Junction, Vermont, the Montepelier & Barre interchanged with the Central of Vermont. The coach has seen better days, but the switchstand...
- Nevada Northern (Currie, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- Once north of the smelters at McGill, Nevada, the Nevada Northern faced a long lonely haul across the Nevada desert to reach the Western Pacific at Sh...
- Nevada Northern (Ely, Nevada; March 27, 1978)
- This Nevada Northern depot in Ely, Nevada had clearly seen better days when photographed in 1978. Today the Nevada Northern runs a thriving passenger ...
- Nevada Northern (Ely, Nevada; March 27, 1978)
- The Nevada Northern Railroad was built for one purpose, to haul copper ore from pits at Ruth, Nevada (west of Ely) to smelters at McGill (east of Ely)...
- Nevada Northern (Ely, Nevada; March 27, 1978)
- In 1978 Kennecott Copper was actively using the Nevada Northern to haul ore from pits at Ruth, Nevada to the Smelter at McGill, using their own rollin...
- Nevada Northern (Ely, Nevada; March 27, 1978)
- RS-2 no. 103 and a companion pass the camera with an eastbound load of ore from the Ruth pits for the smelter at McGill, Nevada.
- Nevada Northern (Ely, Nevada; March 27, 1978)
- It may have been an industrial run but Kennecott Copper still observed the niceties, placing a colorful caboose at the rear of this eastbound ore trai...
- Nevada Northern (Ely, Nevada; March 27, 1978)
- One of the nice things about the Nevada Northern was its easy accessibility from adjacent highways, in this case US 50.
- Nevada Northern (Ely, Nevada; March 27, 1978)
- This tunnel on the Nevada Northern is just west of Ely, Nevada.
- New Haven (Meriden, Connecticut; July 31, 1973)
- At one time the New Haven blanketed southern New England with trackage acquired during the Charles Mellen era, around the turn of the twentieth centur...
- New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut; July 31, 1973)
- It's easy to forget that up until relatively recently the former New Haven's mainline to Boston east of New Haven, Connecticut was non-electrified. On...
- New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut; July 31, 1973)
- Here, just north of New Haven, Connecticut, the New Haven's lines to the north and east diverge. At the far left is the line to Meriden and Hartford, ...
- New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut; August 1, 1973)
- As late as 1973 ex-New Haven equipment could still be found in McGinnis colors, albeit with a Penn Central herald.
- New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut; August 1, 1973)
- United Aircraft's TurboTrain was a successor to a number of unsuccessful experiments in the mid-fifties with lighter, cheaper passenger trains (such a...
- New Haven (Wallingford, Connecticut; July 31, 1973)
- Back when the New Haven was still a prosperous, blue-chip corporation it could afford to put significant amounts of money into its stations. By 1973 A...
- New Haven (Wallingford, Connecticut; July 31, 1973)
- This northbound Amtrak RDC has just left the Wallingford, Connecticut station on its way to Springfield, Massachusetts. Ahead are stops at Meriden and...
- New Haven (New York, New York; July 29, 1973)
- One of the features that endeared United Aircraft's TurboTrain to railfans was the ability to virtually look over the engineer's shoulder. Here we see...
- New Haven (Poughkeepsie, New York; January 30, 1973)
- This was a doubly fortunate shot, for not only did it catch an actual train on the New Haven's massive bridge over the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, N...
- New York Central (South Chicago, Illinois (South Chicago Crossing); June 2, 1973)
- For almost a century the New York Central and Pennsylvania mainlines east out of Chicago ran literally side by side from Englewood, Illinois to Gary, ...
- New York Central (New York; March 26, 1971)
- In this view from the rear of one of Penn Central's nameless trains that made up the "Empire Service" one can almost imagine the former 4-track main t...
- New York Central (New York; March 26, 1971)
- Another rear vestibule shot from one of Penn Central's Empire Service trains between New York City and Buffalo. Here we get a look at one of the forme...
- New York Central (New York; January 24, 1973)
- Even in 1973, when the Penn Central was in the process of being analyzed for the eventual Conrail takeover, its roadbed between Albany and New York Ci...
- New York Central (New York; January 24, 1973)
- Here, somewhere south of Albany, New York, northbound Amtrak no. 73 is seen from the rear of southbound no. 74. The Hudson River is at left.
- New York Central (New York (Hudson River); January 30, 1973)
- I don’t know the exact location of this shot, only that it's somewhere along the Hudson River in the New York Central's electrified territory south of...
- New York Central (Archville, New York; January 30, 1973)
- This shot is from the rear of a northbound New York City-Buffalo Amtrak run (train number unknown), somewhere between Spuyten Duyvil and Croton Harmon...
- New York Central (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- Just east of Batavia, New York the New York Central's four track mainline (now down to three) crosses Tonawanda Creek on this massive bridge. In less ...
- New York Central (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- Batavia, New York, located approximately halfway between Buffalo and Rochester on the New York Central mainline, at one time held the odd distinction ...
- New York Central (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- This view looks east (towards Rochester) down the platform of the former New York Central station at Batavia, New York. The station itself is off came...
- New York Central (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- The New York Central's four-track mainline used to run right through downtown Batavia, New York. At the west side of town the Central maintained a sma...
- New York Central (Batavia, New York; March 9, 1976)
- Taken from essentially the same spot as the preceding slide but facing in the other direction, this view looks down the New York Central's former four...
- New York Central (Beaver Dams, New York; March, 7, 1970)
- The New York Central's Fall Brook line eventually passed through some of the most impressive scenery in Pennsylvania, including the Grand Canyon of th...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York; March 27, 1970)
- Exterior photographs of the New York Central's stainless steel passenger cars abound, but interior photographs are another matter. One wonders how man...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York; April 5, 1970)
- In this view from Buffalo, New York's Bailey Street bridge looking east, a westbound Penn Central freight is moving off the former New York Central ma...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York; April 5, 1970)
- Seen from Buffalo's Bailey Street Bridge looking east, a westbound Penn Central freight on the former New York Central main heads towards the camera w...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); April 5, 1970)
- There's a story behind the next few slides. I used to ride the Central from Rochester, New York to Ashtabula, Ohio on a regular basis, with frequent l...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); April 5, 1970)
- Here, looking south from the top floor of Buffalo Central Terminal, are some of the platforms below as well as the main freight bypass. In the distanc...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); April 5, 1970)
- This time looking southwest from the top floor of Buffalo Central Terminal. At the upper far right the Pennsylvania's connection to the station can ju...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); April 5, 1970)
- Looking east from the top floor of Buffalo Central Terminal the east station throat is laid out for inspection. The track heading off to the lower lef...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); April 5, 1970)
- Now looking northeast from the top floor of Buffalo Central Terminal we see a pair of E units, still in New York Central colors, being turned on the w...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); April 5, 1970)
- Looking west from Buffalo's Bailey Street Bridge, a Penn Central freight on the former New York Central main heads west. Buffalo Central Terminal is a...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York (West Shore Yard); April 5, 1970)
- Sad mishap at Buffalo, New York! It looks like the wrecker was just starting cleanup at the west end of the New York Central's West Shore yard in Buff...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York (West Shore Yard); April 5, 1970)
- Remember the kindler, gentler days when automobiles could be shipped on open auto carrier cars without damage? Well, maybe "gentler" isn't the right w...
- New York Central (Buffalo, New York (West Shore Yard); April 5, 1970)
- The New York Central's West Shore Yard dated back to the days when the New York, West Shore & Buffalo was constructed to parallel the Central all the ...
- New York Central (Cold Spring, New York (Breakneck Ridge Tunnels); January 24, 1973)
- Not far north of Cold Spring, New York on the New York Central's New York & Hudson River line are the Breakneck Ridge Tunnels at Breakneck Point. This...
- New York Central (Corning, New York; March 8, 1970)
- The New York Central's Fall Brook Line to central Pennsylvania ran through downtown Corning, New York, including residential neighborhoods like these....
- New York Central (Corning, New York; April 1, 1977)
- It's always risky to identify the location of a shot a half-century later, especially when cityscapes have changed so much in the meantime. This appea...
- New York Central (Croton-Harmon, New York; January 24, 1973)
- It used to be a simple matter to walk to the rear of a train and shoot through the back door, which (if the window was reasonably clean and the sun no...
- New York Central (Croton-Harmon, New York; January 24, 1973)
- Croton-Harmon on the New York Central's Hudson River line is best known as the northern end of electrified commuter service, but was also the location...
- New York Central (Croton-Harmon, New York; January 24, 1973)
- At Croton-Harmon on the New York Central's Hudson River line an electric locomotive moves into place to take a southbound Buffalo to New York Amtrak t...
- New York Central (Croton-Harmon, New York; January 30, 1973)
- Taken from a northbound Amtrak train (number unknown), this view at the north side of Croton-Harmon on the New York Central is the end of electrified ...
- New York Central (Croton-Harmon, New York; January 30, 1973)
- As seen looking south from the rear of a New York to Buffalo Amtrak train, a southbound Penn Central commuter run passes on the right at Croton-Harmon...
- New York Central (Croton-Harmon, New York; January 30, 1973)
- Another view looking south from the rear of a New York to Buffalo Amtrak train waiting at the Croton-Harmon station. Here several RDC's, probably used...
- New York Central (Hornby, New York; March 8, 1970)
- If there's anything colder than a mid-winter day in upstate New York, it's a clear mid-winter day in upstate New York. Here a Penn Central freight app...
- New York Central (Poughkeepsie, New York; January 24, 1973)
- Poughkeepsie was the end of commuter service from New York City on the road's east bank main, although electrified service ended at Croton-Harmon. Her...
- New York Central (Rhinecliff, New York; January 24, 1973)
- This view of the New York Central's Hudson River main is just north of Rhinecliff, taken from the rear of southbound Buffalo-New York City Amtrak no. ...
- New York Central (Rhinecliff, New York (Clifton Point Tunnel); January 24, 1973)
- A short distance north of Rhinecliff, New York the New York Central mainline pierces a rock outcropping at a location called Clifton Point. In the dis...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); November 1969)
- Rochester's Main Street bridge over the west end of the New York Central's Goodman Street Yard was an endless source of entertainment for a bored coll...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); November 1969)
- One of the New York Central's Alco switchers emits the customary plume of exhaust as it works the Central's Goodman Street Yard in Rochester, New York...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); November 1969)
- A closer look at two of the New York Central's Alco switchers as they pass beneath Rochester, New York's Main Street bridge. Note the former Pennsylva...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); November 1969)
- Circle Street, a short stub-ended street below Rochester, New York's Main Street bridge, provided an excellent vantage point for watching trains at th...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); November 1969)
- Seen here from the end of Circle Street in Rochester, New York, a switcher still in New York Central livery shuffles a cut of cars on the Goodman Stre...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); November 1969)
- Here, seen from Circle Street in Rochester, New York, an eastbound Penn Central freight with the experimental red and white PC herald is about to pass...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); November 1969)
- This was one train that you could smell well in advance. Seen (and smelled) from Circle Street in Rochester, New York.
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); March 15, 1970)
- Many of the Lionel Corporation's more exotic creations have caused some mirth among railfans (such as the famed giraffe car, later parodied to such go...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); March 15, 1970)
- Rochester, New York's Circle Street let you get up close and personal with the former New York Central's main line without trespassing on railroad pro...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); September 20, 1970)
- The New York Central's four-track main virtually necessitated the use of signal bridges, and its aluminum-painted bridges were a standard sight east o...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); September 20, 1970)
- Back in 1970 it seemed as if most of the switchers at the former New York Central's Goodman Street Yard in Rochester, New York were either Alco RS-1s ...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); September 20, 1970)
- The New York Central used several of these Alco RS-1s in its Goodman Street Yard. This one, although now repainted into Penn Central garb, still soldi...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); October 9, 1970)
- This time looking northwest from Rochester's Main Street Bridge, we see one of the relatively frequent Buffalo to New York runs, still operated by Pen...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (Goodman Street Yard); September 28, 1971)
- Although what had been Penn Central's Empire Service was by now operated by Amtrak, there's no trace of it in this slide of a westbound train led by E...
- New York Central (Rochester, New York (NYC Station); April 23, 1973)
- This view of the Rochester, New York station platforms may well represent the nadir of passenger rail accomodations for the city. A magnificent Claude...
- New York Central (Watkins Glen, New York (Watkins Glen State Park); August 17, 1970)
- The New York Central's Fall Brook Line passed through the scenic town of Watkins Glen, New York on its way from Lyons, New York to the Clearfield Dist...
- New York Central (Watkins Glen, New York (Watkins Glen State Park); August 17, 1970)
- Watkins Glen State Park featured this spectacular view of the New York Central's Fall Brook Line deck girder bridge over the gorge. Glen Creek is in t...
- New York Central (Watkins Glen, New York (Watkins Glen State Park); August 17, 1970)
- In 1970 the Penn Central was still running regular trains over the Fall Brook Line, and the photographer was fortunate enough to catch this one soarin...
- New York Central (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- A handy footbridge over the former New York Central mainline at West Rochester, New York, conveniently located at the end of a city bus route, provide...
- New York Central (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- An eastbound Penn Central freight thunders under the footbridge at West Rochester, New York. The interchange yard with the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsb...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- A northbound Penn Central freight on the former New York Central has finished its descent of the Lake Erie escarpment and is about to cross the former...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- Having just crossed the former Nickel Plate Road at Ashtabula's NP Tower, this northbound Penn Central freight on the former New York Central's Youngs...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- A southbound freight has appeared on former New York Central rails at Ashtabula's NP Tower, bound for Youngstown. Rails of the former Nickel Plate Roa...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); 7/10/1974)
- At Ashtabula, Ohio's NP tower the New York Central's Youngstown branch and the Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula branch crossed the Ni...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- The sun has appeared, just in time to catch another southbound freight on the former New York Central's Youngstown Branch at Ashtabula's NP Tower. The...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (NYC Station); October 23, 1970)
- Westbound Penn Central no. 63, though with at least one coach still lettered for New York Central, has made its Ashtabula, Ohio station stop and is ab...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (NYC Station); April 4, 1971)
- The New York Central's Ashtabula, Ohio depot was located just east of the Central's crossing with the Pennsylvania's line to the Lake Erie ore docks. ...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (NYC Station); April 4, 1971)
- Although still in use as a passenger stop in 1971, the Ashtabula, Ohio station is showing signs of the years of neglect by both New York Central and n...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (NYC Station); April 4, 1971)
- Looking east from the platform of the New York Central's Ashtabula, Ohio station one sees one of the remaining segments of the Central's famous "four-...
- New York Central (Ashtabula, Ohio (OD Tower); March 27, 1970)
- Just west of the New York Central's Ashtabula, Ohio station the Central crossed the Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula line to the Lake...
- New York Central (Beulah Beach, Ohio; July 30, 1972)
- The New York Central's former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern mainline runs along the south shore of Lake Erie, but rarely within sight of the water. H...
- New York Central (Beulah Beach, Ohio; July 30, 1972)
- Another westbound Penn Central freight approaches the Joppa Road grade crossing south of Beulah Beach, Ohio. The tall signal gantries with one, two or...
- New York Central (Beulah Beach, Ohio; July 30, 1972)
- A second look east down the former New York Central mainline east of the Joppa Road grade crossing south of Beulah Beach, Ohio. Unlike some of the for...
- New York Central (Beulah Beach, Ohio; July 30, 1972)
- This view of the New York Central mainline west of Vermilion, Ohio gives one a good idea of just what "water level route" means. The actual location o...
- New York Central (Braceville, Ohio; March 28, 1971)
- Now here is a very uninteresting shot of a very interesting bit of railroad. Originally built as a three-foot narrow gauge line, it was intended to co...
- New York Central (Cleveland, Ohio; March 27, 1970)
- The New York Central's lakefront line through Cleveland hugged the south shore of Lake Erie and avoided most of the congestion of highly industrialize...
- New York Central (Cleveland, Ohio (Collinwood Yard); March 26, 1971)
- At the west end of the New York Central's Cleveland, Ohio Collinwood Yard the Central split into three different lines: the lakefront line continued a...
- New York Central (Conneaut, Ohio; April 4, 1971)
- In 1971 the former New York Central's famed four-track mainline was still in place, although the outer two tracks are clearly not being maintained to ...
- New York Central (Erie, Ohio; February 3, 1970)
- Weather along the Lake Erie lakefront can be fierce, and scenes like this one were common when riding the New York Central's former Lake Shore & Michi...
- New York Central (Hubbard, Ohio; July 22, 1970)
- A mediocre slide at best, not quite sharp and with a freeway railing in the foreground, whose only saving grace is that I've never seen a shot of this...
- New York Central (Youngstown, Ohio (NYC Station); July 30, 1970)
- Well-known is the fact that the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie ran a joint Pittsburgh-Cleveland passenger service in cooperation with the Erie, and which stop...
- New York Central (Youngstown, Ohio (Valley Street); July 30, 1970)
- The signals for Youngstown's Valley Street (VY) interlocking were placed well before the actual crossing, partly to provide room for derails (and room...
- New York Central (Youngstown, Ohio (Valley Street); July 30, 1970)
- A relatively uncluttered view of the Valley Street (VY) interlocking, with the Erie on the left and the New York Central on the right. Note that the C...
- New York Central (Youngstown, Ohio (Valley Street); July 30, 1970)
- Penn Central no. 2623 leads a train of hoppers south through Valley Street (VY) interlocking in Youngstown, Ohio on the former New York Central's Asht...
- New York Central (Youngstown, Ohio (Valley Street); December 31, 1971)
- Penn Central has been bankrupt for over a year now, and the contrast with the Erie Lackawanna's mainline (foreground) is readily apparent. However, he...
- New York Central (Pennsylvania (Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania); August 17, 1970)
- As if passing through the scenic beauties of Watkins Glen, New York were not enough, the New York Central's Fall Brook Line also ran along the bottom ...
- New York Central (Pennsylvania (Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania); August 17, 1970)
- Another view of the New York Central's Fall Brook Line through the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania (Pine Creek Gorge), this time facing north from the Co...
- New York Central (Osgood, Pennsylvania; July 25, 1972)
- Osgood, Pennsylvania manages to cram a remarkable amount of railroading into a relatively small bit of real estate. In front of the camera is the New ...
- New York Central (Titusville, Pennsylvania; August 25, 1971)
- Scenes like this one used to be common in the northeast before the wave of Conrail abandonments. This nearly abandoned New York Central branch between...
- Newburgh & South Shore (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Two Newburgh & South Shore switchers (nos. 1018 and 1017) lead a transfer run south under the Clark Avenue bridge in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Newburgh & South Shore (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- A closer look at Newburgh & South Shore nos. 1018 and 1017 as they head south beneath the Clark Avenue Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Newburgh & South Shore (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- The Newburgh & South Shore Railroad was a Cleveland area switching road that tied much of the steel industry together. Following the closure of severa...
- Nickel Plate Road (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- Pullman Junction, in the southern part of Chicago, still used manual gates to control the heavy traffic through the junction. Here the gates across th...
- Nickel Plate Road (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- This southbound Norfolk & Western transfer run led by GP no. 4158 has received clearance to proceed through Pullman Junction on former Nickel Plate ra...
- Nickel Plate Road (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- The southbound Norfolk & Western transfer run led by no. 4158 is crossing Chicago and Western Indiana rails at Pullman Junction before continuing sout...
- Nickel Plate Road (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- Transfer cabooses, such as no. 518761 here, were a common sight in the Chicago area, as they were often cobbled together from otherwise unneeded rolli...
- Nickel Plate Road (Chicago, Illinois (Pullman Junction); June 2, 1973)
- The former Nickel Plate main through Pullman Junction also saw plenty of activity, as caboose no. 518330 here demonstrates.
- Nickel Plate Road (Dunreith, Indiana; May 24, 1975)
- Another view of Dunreith, Indiana where the Pennsylvania Railroad's Panhandle Line crossed a branch of the Nickel Plate Road, here from the viewpoint ...
- Nickel Plate Road (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- A northbound Norfolk & Western freight on former Nickel Plate Road rails navigates its way through State Line Crossing near Hammond, Indiana. Note the...
- Nickel Plate Road (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- This southbound Norfolk & Western freight on former Nickel Plate Road rails, led by GP30 no. 535, is about to cross the Monon (now Louisville & Nashvi...
- Nickel Plate Road (Hammond, Indiana (State Line Crossing); June 17, 1972)
- Those are former Monon (now Louisville & Nashville) rails being crossed by the lead unit of this southbound Norfolk & Western freight on the former Ni...
- Nickel Plate Road (New York; April 5, 1970)
- It's well-known that the New York, Chicago & St. Louis (better known as the Nickel Plate Road) was basically built as a "hold-up" job, paralleling the...
- Nickel Plate Road (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- Just south of Ashtabula, Ohio, the Nickel Plate Road (now Norfolk & Western) crossed the Pennsylvania's (former Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula, no...
- Nickel Plate Road (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- This eastbound freight with N&W no. 2806 on the lead is crossing former New York Central rails at NP Tower on its way to Buffalo, New York. The Centra...
- Nickel Plate Road (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- This time seen from trackside, another eastbound freight (with no. 214 on the lead) on the former Nickel Plate passes NP Tower south of Ashtabula and ...
- Nickel Plate Road (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- Norfolk & Western units lead an eastbound freight past the former Nickel Plate Road home signals for Ashtabula's NP Tower and are about to cross forme...
- Nickel Plate Road (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- Seen from NP Tower again, a Norfolk & Western oversize load on former Nickel Plate Road rails with no. 1387 on the head crosses the New York Central (...
- Nickel Plate Road (Beulah Beach, Ohio; July 30, 1972)
- Near Vermilion, Ohio the former Nickel Plate Road mainline cuts straight as an arrow through fertile farmland just south of Lake Erie. The signals mar...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio; March 27, 1970)
- In this view from Cleveland, Ohio's Lorain Avenue bridge the Nickel Plate Road's long trestle over the Cleveland Flats can be seen in the upper right,...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio; March 27, 1970)
- One of the landmarks of the Cleveland Flats along the Cuyahoga River is the long trestle (punctuated by a lift bridge) of the Nickel Plate Road. Here ...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Another look at the former Nickel Plate in Cleveland, again from the Ohio State Route 43 bridge and this time featuring one of the Norfolk & Western's...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- The now-gone Independence Blvd. bridge provided an excellent vantage point for watching traffic through downtown Cleveland. In the foreground Norfolk ...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Cleveland's Terminal Tower looms in the right background in this view looking east from the Independence Boulevard bridge (now gone). At the very top...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- It seems like every state, somewhere, has a location referred to by railroaders as "puzzle switches." This particular spot is on the Nickel Plate's li...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Another look at "puzzle switches" on the Nickel Plate's east Cleveland mainline, clearly showing the layout of the junction. (See the previous slide f...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Cleveland's West 25th Street bridge crosses over the Nickel Plate Road main line, here seen looking west. The bridges in the distance cross the Big Fo...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Here on the west side of the Cuyahoga River Alco no. 2855 and an unidentified GP lead a westbound Norfolk & Western freight through Cleveland, Ohio on...
- Nickel Plate Road (Cleveland, Ohio (BD Yard); August 28, 1970)
- This is what remained of the Nickel Plate's "BD" Yard in 1970, as seen from Ohio Route 43. Below, the Nickel Plate main can be seen curving off to the...
- Norfolk & Western (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- A Norfolk & Western transfer run navigates the relatively new "Cadillac Curve" at FW Tower in Buffalo, New York. The curve was built to facilitate han...
- Norfolk Southern (Star, North Carolina; June 16, 1973)
- No, not that Norfolk Southern, but the real deal, which ran from Norfolk, Virginia to Charlotte, North Carolina and Beaufort, South Carolina. It was u...
- Northern Pacific (Trestle Creek, Idaho; September 6, 1999)
- No schedule is perfect. The Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited managed to fit in quite a lot: several hundred miles along the Mississippi River, t...
- Northern Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- The Milwaukee Road's Western Avenue Station, located northwest of Union Station, would seem to be an unlikely place to find the combined Northern Paci...
- Northern Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- The effects of the Burlington Northern merger of the previous year can be seen in this view of Amtrak's combined North Coast Hiawatha/Empire Builder a...
- Northern Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- A closer look at that Northern Pacific B unit, still in glorious North Coast Limited colors and with the classic monad as well.
- Northern Pacific (Chicago, Illinois (Western Ave. Station); July 27, 1971)
- One more look at the former North Coast Limited vista-dome as it passes through Western Avenue Station.
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Bozeman Tunnel); June 14, 2003)
- The current Bozeman Tunnel at the summit of Bozeman Pass, built by the Northern Pacific in 1945 and 3015 feet in length, is actually the second; the f...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Bozeman Tunnel); June 14, 2003)
- An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight on the Montana Rail Link (former Northern Pacific) has just passed West End and is approaching Bozem...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Bozeman Tunnel); June 14, 2003)
- This eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight on the Montana Rail Link (former Northern Pacific) is about to enter the west portal of Bozeman Tu...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Bozeman Tunnel); June 14, 2003)
- Of course, Montana Rail Link also ran its own trains through Northern Pacific's Bozeman Tunnel as well as the considerable BNSF through traffic. Here ...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Clark Fork River); September 6, 1999)
- As late as 1999 semaphores could still be found on the former Northern Pacific (by now part of Montana Rail Link). This one was on the "low-grade" fre...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Clark Fork River); September 6, 1999)
- Another semaphore on the former Northern Pacific low-grade freight line between De Smet and Paradise, Montana along the Clark Fork River. This one was...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Homestake Pass); September 5, 1999)
- The original Northern Pacific main line was routed via Helena, Montana and Mullan Pass. Only in 1889 did NP commence construction of the Butte Short L...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Homestake Pass); September 5, 1999)
- Another look at the Northern Pacific's Butte Short Line on the east side of Homestake Pass, from Delmoe Road.
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Homestake Pass); September 5, 1999)
- Looking timetable west from Delmoe Road at the Northern Pacific's Butte Short Line this time. Ahead is the Homestake Pass Tunnel and the long descent ...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Homestake Pass); September 5, 1999)
- Another look at the Northern Pacific's Butte Short Line over Homestake Pass, once route of the North Coast Limited, here seen from Interstate 90. Alth...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Homestake Pass); September 5, 1999)
- Here is what's left of the passing track at the summit of Homestake Pass on the Northern Pacific's Butte Short Line. Ahead would be the spectacular de...
- Northern Pacific (Montana (Homestake Pass); September 5, 1999)
- Another look at the summit of Homestake pass and former host to the North Coast Limited,, this time looking east. Unlike most former Northern Pacific ...
- Northern Pacific (Bearmouth, Montana; June 13, 2003)
- One of the joys of riding the Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited was watching for Milwaukee Road freights on the frequently parallel trackage. At ...
- Northern Pacific (De Smet, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- The original Northern Pacific main line west out of Missoula, Montana began the steep climb over Evaro Hill at a location called De Smet, which was al...
- Northern Pacific (De Smet, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Here a closer look at one of the typical Northern Pacific signal bridges at De Smet, Montana. At one time those searchlight signals would have been se...
- Northern Pacific (De Smet, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Another look at the junction at De Smet, Montana, this time looking back towards Missoula. Those signal bridges held semaphores at one time, and clear...
- Northern Pacific (De Smet, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- This view is just south of De Smet, Montana, where the Northern Pacific's Evaro Hill and St. Regis freight lines converge to two tracks for the rest o...
- Northern Pacific (Dixon, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Once over Evaro Hill, the Northern Pacific's original main line descended into the valleys of the Jocko and Flathead Rivers, seen here west of Dixon, ...
- Northern Pacific (Dixon, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- As an experienced photographer once said, "Move a few feet and it's a whole new picture." Nowhere is this dictum better illustrated than here at Dixon...
- Northern Pacific (Evaro, Montana (Marent Gulch Trestle); September 6, 1999)
- About 10 miles northwest of Missoula, Montana, near Evaro, the Northern Pacific's Evaro Hill line crosses a deep gulch on a bridge over 180 feet high,...
- Northern Pacific (Garrison, Montana; September 5, 1999)
- At Garrison, Montana, the Northern Pacific main from Helena met the western end of the Butte Short Line via Homestake pass. Here, seen from the Inters...
- Northern Pacific (Garrison, Montana; September 5, 1999)
- Looking west from the same Interstate 90 exit ramp at Garrison, Montana, things become more interesting. The original main is straight ahead, with the...
- Northern Pacific (Lothrop, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Although most of the great scenery west of Missoula, Montana on the Northern Pacific was to be found on the Evaro Hill line, the freight line via St. ...
- Northern Pacific (Lothrop, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Another view of the Northern Pacific's St. Regis freight line at Lothrop, Montana. The Clark Fork River is at left.
- Northern Pacific (Missoula, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Missoula was always an important halfway point for the Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited; to the east was the climb from Livingston to the Bozema...
- Northern Pacific (Missoula, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- The Northern Pacific's Missoula, Montana has a rather depressing ambience on this grey overcast day, especially with no prospect of passengers to brin...
- Northern Pacific (Missoula, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Dome cars in Missoula, Montana? In 1999? No, the North Coast Limited has not made a spectral reappearance, nor has Amtrak had a change of heart, but t...
- Northern Pacific (Missoula, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- A momentary break in the clouds floods the former Northern Pacific Missoula depot in morning sunlight, lighting up the two preserved semaphores and si...
- Northern Pacific (Missoula, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- A convenient pedestrian bridge provided this view of the east throat of the former Northern Pacific Missoula, Montana yards. The engine terminal is vi...
- Northern Pacific (Missoula, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- These are the former Northern Pacific yards at Missoula, Montana, seen looking west from the pedestrian bridge west of the station. At left is a wye c...
- Northern Pacific (Missoula, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- The privately operated Montana Daylight is leaving Missoula, Montana after its overnight stay as it continues east to Livingston. A corner of the stat...
- Northern Pacific (Missoula, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- With two Montana Rail Link units on the head end (nos. 151 and 131), the Montana Daylight heads east out of Missoula, Montana on former Northern Pacif...
- Northern Pacific (Missoula, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Although regularly scheduled passenger trains are long gone from the Northern Pacific main through Montana, special "land cruise" trains still continu...
- Northern Pacific (Paradise, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Legend has it that Paradise, Montana on the Northern Pacific was originally named "Pair of Dice." It's a nice story; as Winston Churchill once wrote, ...
- Northern Pacific (Paradise, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Here a look at the business side of the Northern Pacific's Paradise, Montana depot. The Evaro hill line is to the left with the St. Regis freight line...
- Northern Pacific (Paradise, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Just east of the Paradise, Montana depot the Northern Pacific's St. Regis freight line crosses Montana Highway 200. This view faces south (railroad ea...
- Northern Pacific (Paradise, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- This view looks west along the Evaro Hill line towards the Northern Pacific's Paradise, Montana depot. The St. Regis freight line along the Clark Fork...
- Northern Pacific (Perma, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- East of Perma, Montana, the Northern Pacific's Evaro Hill line ran along the south bank of the Flathead river, as seen here from Montana Highway 200 l...
- Northern Pacific (Ravalli, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Once over the steep grades of Evaro Hill, the Northern Pacific's passenger line between De Smet and Paradise, Montana first followed the valley of the...
- Northern Pacific (Rivulet, Montana; September 6, 1999)
- Although the Northern Pacific's Evaro Hill line was noted for its @NP_MT.DES__99.09.06.51_L{Marent Gulch Trestle}, the St. Regis freight line along th...
- Northern Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 7, 1970)
- In 1970 this boxcar was not yet a historical artifact (although the Northern Pacific was by then part of Burlington Northern), as the North Coast Limi...
- Northern Pacific (Washington (Yakima River); June 14, 1972)
- One of the peculiarities of Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha (the succesor to the Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited) was that it combined the North ...
- Northern Pacific (Benton City, Washington; September 8, 1999)
- One of the many rewards of riding the Northern Pacific's North Coast Limited was the long run alongside the Yakima River; this view is from U.S. Route...
- Northern Pacific (Pasco, Washington; September 8, 1999)
- In this view from the Ainsworth Street grade crossing in Pasco, Washington, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight is about to cross the Columbia Rive...
- Northern Pacific (Pasco, Washington; September 8, 1999)
- This BNSF freight on former Northern Pacific rails is heading south across the Columbia River, in this view from the Ainsworth Street grade crossing i...
- Northern Pacific (Prosser, Washington; September 8, 1999)
- Between Yakima and Pasco, Washington the former Northern Pacific passed through a number of small towns in this heavily agricultural part of Washingto...
- Northern Pacific (Prosser, Washington; September 8, 1999)
- Another view of the former Northern Pacific mainline at Prosser, Washington, this time looking southwest from the 6th Street grade crossing.
- Northern Pacific (Toppenish, Washington; September 8, 1999)
- Toppenish, Washington didn't rate a stop by the North Coast Limited (although it was served by the Mainstreeter) but it nonetheless boasted a magnific...
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- The Northern Pacific's Naches branch ran from Yakima to Naches, Washington, northwest of Yakima, crossing the Yakima Valley Tranportation Company at g...
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; June 14, 1972)
- The Northern Pacific's Yakima, Washington depot was a particularly attractive structure, and immediately recognizable as NP. This view is looking west...
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; June 14, 1972)
- Another look at the Northern Pacific's classic Yakima, Washington station.
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; June 14, 1972)
- The Northern Pacific lost no opportunities to promote its service. This "Ship Travel Northern Pacific" sign on Yakima, Washington's West Yakima Avenue...
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; June 14, 1972)
- What appears to be a portable watchman's tower was photographed opposite the Yakima, Washington Northern Pacific depot.
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; June 14, 1972)
- The Northern Pacific's Yakima, Washington turntable and roundhouse were very quiet this June afternoon. Burlington Northern's reluctance to route frei...
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; June 14, 1972)
- It may be Amtrak's combined North Coast Hiawatha/Empire Builder pulling into the Yakima, Washington station but it still looks enough like the North C...
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; September 8, 1999)
- Although the former Northern Pacific mainline is now down to one track at Yakima, Washington, the former station is still in excellent condition and a...
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; September 8, 1999)
- In this view looking south (railroad direction east) from the Northern Pacific's Yakima, Washington station we see the former freight station at left ...
- Northern Pacific (Yakima, Washington; September 8, 1999)
- This semaphore, on display opposite the former Northern Pacific depot in Yakima, Washington, may or may not be the one formerly east of the station se...
- Oregon Trunk (Wishram, Washington; September 12, 1999)
- There's a lot to see in this view from the Washington State Route 14 overlook above Wishram, Washington on the north bank of the Columbia River. There...
- Pennsylvania (New Haven, Connecticut; August 1, 1973)
- It may have been painted in drab Penn Central black by 1973, but it was still a GG1 and still in use, here seen at the New Haven, Connecticut station....
- Pennsylvania (Chicago, Illinois; June 3, 1973)
- South of the West 18th Street bridge the Union Station throat narrows to just two tracks before crossing the Chicago River (South Branch) lift bridge....
- Pennsylvania (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- Although the Pennsylvania had its own tracks through Chicago's Forest Hill Crossing, this Penn Central transfer run appears to be on the shared Chesap...
- Pennsylvania (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); July 28, 1971)
- At the far south end of Chicago's Union Station trackage is this lift bridge over the Chicago River South Branch, followed by the complex trackwork of...
- Pennsylvania (Chicago, Illinois (Twenty-First Street Crossing); June 3, 1973)
- A closer look at the massive Pennsylvania Railroad lift bridge over the Chicago River (South Branch). Except for Milwaukee Road trains using the north...
- Pennsylvania (Dolton, Illinois (Dolton Crossing); June 6, 1973)
- Dolton Crossing, located in the Chicago suburb of Dolton, Illinois, featured the crossing of lines of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Baltimore & Ohio...
- Pennsylvania (South Chicago, Illinois (South Chicago Crossing); June 2, 1973)
- Unlike the former four-track New York Central bridge over the Calumet River at South Chicago, Illinois, the Pennsylvania's four track mainline narrowe...
- Pennsylvania (South Chicago, Illinois (South Chicago Crossing); June 2, 1973)
- Amtrak's eastbound Broadway Limited approaches the double-track bridge (behind the camera) over the Calumet River at South Chicago, Illinois. The trac...
- Pennsylvania (Dunreith, Indiana; May 24, 1975)
- At Dunreith, Indiana the Pennsylvania Railroad's Panhandle Line crossed a branch of the Nickel Plate Road (extending from Muncie to Rushville) at grad...
- Pennsylvania (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); January 26, 1970)
- It was for some reason a personal challenge for the photographer to try get a usable shot of the Pennsylvania's line to the New York Central west of B...
- Pennsylvania (Buffalo, New York (Buffalo Central Terminal); October 23, 1970)
- The second attempt to capture the Pennsylvania's connection with the New York Central west of Buffalo Central Terminal met with slightly more success:...
- Pennsylvania (Buffalo, New York (FW Tower); April 4, 1971)
- Looking south from Buffalo's Seneca Street bridge, the Pennsylvania's modest yard is at right with the Buffalo Creek trackage through FW Tower (behind...
- Pennsylvania (Elmira, New York; March 7, 1970)
- The Pennsylvania maintained a modest yard in Elmira, New York to serve its Elmira branch from Williamsport, Pennsylvania to Sodus Point, New York, on ...
- Pennsylvania (Elmira, New York; March 7, 1970)
- The Pennsylvania's Elmira yard engine facility included this turntable. A roundhouse is just visible at far right.
- Pennsylvania (Elmira, New York (HO Tower); April 1, 1977)
- Here just north of HO Tower, north of Elmira, New York, the Pennsylvania Railroad's Elmira branch has left the Erie on its way to Sodus Point on Lake ...
- Pennsylvania (Horseheads, New York; March 7, 1970)
- The Pennsylvania Railroad's Elmira Branch ran from Williamsport, Pennsylvania to Sodus Point on Lake Ontario and was a heavy-duty coal-hauling line. T...
- Pennsylvania (Mayville, New York; July 21, 1970)
- Mayville, New York is an attractive little town on Chautauqua Lake in upstate New York, just north of Chautauqua itself, famous for concerts and cultu...
- Pennsylvania (Mayville, New York; July 21, 1970)
- This view of the Pennsylvania's Oil City, Pennsylvania to Brockton, New York Chautauqua Branch is from the New York Highway 394 bridge looking west at...
- Pennsylvania (Mayville, New York; August 16, 1970)
- It's apparent from the signals turned away from the tracks that the Pennsylvania's Chautauqua Branch from Oil City, Pennsylvania to Brockville, New Yo...
- Pennsylvania (New York, New York (East River Tunnels); July 29, 1973)
- The Pennsylvania's four single-track East River Tunnels were bored in 1904-1909 as part of the Pennsy's massive Pennsylvania Station project, connecti...
- Pennsylvania (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- The Pennsylvania's line to Rochester, New York was mostly abandoned by 1971, including what must have been a highly scenic stretch through what today ...
- Pennsylvania (West Rochester, New York; April 9, 1971)
- A closer look at the tiltboard signal protecting the crossing of the Pennsylvania and the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh (Baltimore & Ohio) in West R...
- Pennsylvania (Yorkshire, New York (Arcade Junction); August 16, 1970)
- The heavy rail and well-groomed roadbed contrasts oddly with the tiny block-wall station, only identifiable as such by the Penn Central green place-na...
- Pennsylvania (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- The Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula Branch ran from Detour (Niles), Ohio through Warren and then nearly due north to the ore docks i...
- Pennsylvania (Ashtabula, Ohio (NP Tower); July 10, 1974)
- Another look at the Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula branch and its crossing of the Nickel Plate Road's double-track mainline at NP T...
- Pennsylvania (Cleveland, Ohio (Erie Crossing); March 27, 1970)
- Erie Crossing was the location where the Erie and Pennsylvania mainlines into Cleveland crossed at grade. This slide was grabbed on the fly from the E...
- Pennsylvania (Girard, Ohio; August 21, 1971)
- This massive coal tipple marked the beginning of the Pennsylvania's complex Youngstown, Ohio network. Ahead are connections with the Lake Erie & Easte...
- Pennsylvania (Girard, Ohio; December 30, 1971)
- Looking west from the Liberty Street Bridge at Girard, Ohio reveals a westbound Penn Central train of empty hoppers on the former Pennsylvania's Erie ...
- Pennsylvania (Girard, Ohio; December 30, 1971)
- This time looking east from the Liberty Street Bridge in Girard, Ohio, we see the Erie's Cleveland & Mahoning main at the far left, and the Pennsylvan...
- Pennsylvania (Girard, Ohio; December 30, 1971)
- Two Penn Central Geeps (nos. 7332 and 5793) on the former Pennsylvania's Erie & Ashtabula Branch are about to roll beneath the Liberty Street bridge i...
- Pennsylvania (Girard, Ohio; December 30, 1971)
- An eastbound Penn Central train of scrap metal gons approaches Girard, Ohio's Liberty Street bridge; in a few moments it will be passing through the m...
- Pennsylvania (Girard, Ohio; December 30, 1971)
- It takes a close look to appreciate the complexity of the Pennsylvania Railroad's position light signals, with their mountings and supports. This one ...
- Pennsylvania (Marion, Ohio; May 23, 1975)
- When the Norfolk & Western absorbed the Nickel Plate Road and Wabash in 1964, it created a system with one major problem: nowhere did the former Norfo...
- Pennsylvania (Marion, Ohio (AC Tower); May 23, 1975)
- A southbound Norfolk & Western freight on trackage purchased from the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1964 crosses the Erie and Big Four mainlines at Marion,...
- Pennsylvania (Marion, Ohio (AC Tower); May 23, 1975)
- Marion, Ohio's AC Tower is visible at the left in this view looking north along the former Pennsylvania Railroad's Sandusky line. This is the line tha...
- Pennsylvania (North Warren, Ohio; July 1969)
- This view of the Pennsylvania's Erie & Ashtabula branch was probably taken from Griswold Street NE in North Warren, looking north. If so, the bridge i...
- Pennsylvania (Ravenna, Ohio; March 28, 1971)
- One of the most heavily trafficked lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad was the Cleveland & Pittsburgh line that diverged from the east-west Fort Wayne ...
- Pennsylvania (Ravenna, Ohio; March 28, 1971)
- Ravenna, Ohio was served by three different mainlines: the Erie, the Pennsylvania (its Cleveland line) and the Baltimore & Ohio, but all three remaine...
- Pennsylvania (Salem, Ohio; March 31, 1971)
- Although the Pennsylvania Railroad was famous as the "Standard Railroad of the World," in reality it seemed as if everything the Pennsy did was unique...
- Pennsylvania (Warren, Ohio; August 1981)
- Just east of the Erie's Warren, Ohio freight station (later temporarily repurposed as a passenger station until the end of Cleveland commuter service)...
- Pennsylvania (Warren, Ohio; August 1981)
- Looking south from the former Erie overpass in Warren, Ohio at the Pennsylvania's formerly double-tracked Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula branch. F...
- Pennsylvania (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- This Pennsylvania Railroad Wooster, Ohio passenger station has seen much better days, but at this date at least two trains a day each way still stoppe...
- Pennsylvania (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- It used to be that virtually every town in America had a place like this, down by the tracks, with an old wooden freight shed near a few brick industr...
- Pennsylvania (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- The creeping rot of deferred maintenance that was rapidly destroying Penn Central in the early seventies had clearly not yet reached the Fort Wayne li...
- Pennsylvania (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- A closer look at a Pennsylvania Railroad signal bridge in Wooster, Ohio. The Pennsy's distinctive position light signals came in a huge variety of con...
- Pennsylvania (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- Yet another look at one of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Wooster, Ohio signal bridges. The single light centered below the upper backplate indicated an ...
- Pennsylvania (Wooster, Ohio; April 22, 1971)
- A Penn Central freight on the former Pennsylvania Fort Wayne mainline "smokes it up" through Wooster, Ohio.
- Pennsylvania (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- Unlike the Baltimore & Ohio or the Erie, which took relatively direct routes through Youngstown, Ohio, the Pennsylvania's Erie & Ashtabula Branch thre...
- Pennsylvania (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- Just east of the Federal Street Bridge over the Mahoning River, the Erie's local freight line through Youngstown crossed the Pennsylvania's Erie & Ash...
- Pennsylvania (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- East of the crossing of the Baltimore & Ohio's secondary freight line through Youngstown, the Pennsylvania's Erie & Ashtabula Branch had this modest y...
- Pennsylvania (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- Another view of the Pennsylvania Railroad Erie & Ashtabula Branch's small downtown yard seen from Youngstown's Wick Avenue bridge looking west, this t...
- Pennsylvania (Brockway, Pennsylvania; 8/17/1970)
- A Pennsylvania Railroad pedestal signal protects the crossing of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh's connection with the Pittsburg & Shawmut. The Pe...
- Pennsylvania (Driftwood, Pennsylvania; August 17, 1970)
- Driftwood, Pennsylvania was at one time an important junction for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Located on the former Philadephia & Erie, which carried t...
- Pennsylvania (Emporium, Pennsylvania; July 26, 1972)
- Emporium, Pennsylvania was once an important junction for the Pennsy's northern Pennsylvania lines, as it was where lines from Erie and Buffalo joined...
- Pennsylvania (Greenville, Pennsylvania; March 29, 1970)
- Lost in the attention paid to the Bessemer & Lake Erie's strong presence in Greenville, Pennsylvania is the Pennsylvania's Erie & Pittsburgh branch, r...
- Pennsylvania (Lake City, Pennsylvania (Girard Junction); March 27, 1970)
- Just west of Lake City, Pennsylvania the Pennsylvania Railroad's Erie & Pittsburgh Branch from New Castle met the New York Central mainline at a locat...
- Pennsylvania (Paoli, Pennsylvania; July 20, 1973)
- Although the Pennsylvania electrified the complete Philadelphia-Harrisburg line during the first half of the twentieth century, its commuter service f...
- Pennsylvania (Paoli, Pennsylvania; July 20, 1973)
- One of the Pennsylvania's Silverliners, first introduced in 1963, is seen at Paoli, Pennsylvania from the rear of Amtrak's eastbound National Limited....
- Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Zoo Interlocking); July 20, 1973)
- Probably one of the busiest interlockings in the world, as well as one of the most famous, Zoo Interlocking is where electrified lines of the Pennsylv...
- Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Penn Station); July 20, 1973)
- The Pennsylvania's Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania station was located at the junction of the Pennsy's Fort Wayne and Panhandle lines (to Chicago and Indiana...
- Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Penn Station); July 20, 1973)
- Pittsburgh's Penn Station could be a rather gloomy—even gothic—setting on an overcast, rainy morning. By this time only the Broadway Limited...
- Pennsylvania (Slovan, Pennsylvania; March 31, 1971)
- Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, located on a Pennsylvania Railroad line connecting Weirton Junction, West Virginia with the Pennsy mainline at North McKee...
- Pennsylvania (Warren, Pennsylvania; July 22, 1970)
- Warren, Pennsylvania was at one time an important rail center for northwest Pennsylvania, with the Pennsylvania's Philadelphia & Erie line between Lak...
- Pennsylvania (Westport, Pennsylvania; May 27, 1971)
- Nothing special about the location here, which is near Westport, Pennsylvania (east of Driftwood) on the Pennsylvania's Buffalo line, but oh! those be...
- Pennsylvania (Newell, West Virginia; March 31, 1971)
- The Pennsylvania Railroad took no chances with permitting other railroads to access the Ohio River in the East Liverpool, Ohio area. At one time it ha...
- Pennsylvania (Newell, West Virginia; March 31, 1971)
- Looking west along the Pennsylvania's line along the east bank of the Ohio River at Newell, West Virginia leaves no doubt about the decaying nature of...
- Pennsylvania (Weirton, West Virginia (Weirton Junction); August 21, 1972)
- Weirton Junction was at one time part of a major through route for heavy freight on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Located north of Mingo Junction, and wi...
- Pennsylvania (Weirton, West Virginia (Weirton Junction); August 21, 1972)
- How many fallen flags can you spot? This view of Weirton Junction, looking south this time (towards Mingo Junction), reveals the tower on the left, no...
- Pittsburg & Shawmut (Brockway, Pennsylvania; July 26, 1972)
- Just south of Brockway, Pennsylvania, the Pittsburg & Shawmut crosses over US Highway 219 and the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh's main (here hidden ...
- Pittsburg & Shawmut (Brockway, Pennsylvania; July 26, 1972)
- West of Brockway, Pennsylvania is evidence that the Pittsburg & Shawmut was definitely a coal road and doing well at it, based on the excellent track ...
- Pittsburgh & West Virginia (Banning, Pennsylvania; July 2, 1972)
- The Pittsburgh & West Virginia was to be the final link completing George Gould's (son of Jay Gould) transcontinental system that included the Western...
- Republic Steel (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Most steel mills are secretive places, inaccessible to photographers and rarely hospitable to visitors of any kind (for safety reasons more than anyth...
- Republic Steel (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- A Republic Steel switcher moves a string of hot metal "bottle cars," seen from the north side of the Clark Avenue bridge in Cleveland, Ohio. In the ba...
- Republic Steel (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- The planner of industrial trackage has just one imperative, to fit trackage which will accomplilsh the needed tasks into the space available. The resu...
- Republic Steel (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- Youngstown, Ohio also had its vantage points for observing the inner workings of the steel industry. Here, from the Packard Street bridge we see a cen...
- River Terminal (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- The River Terminal Railroad was another Cleveland-area switching road, originally incorporated as a subsidiary of the Corrigan-McKinney Steel Company,...
- River Terminal (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- Seen from the Clark Avenue bridge in Cleveland, Ohio, River Terminal switcher no. 96 works alongside the Cuyahoga River.
- River Terminal (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- River Terminal switcher no. 96 on River Terminal trackage crosses the RT's interchange line to the Baltimore & Ohio across the Cuyahoga River.
- River Terminal (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- The River Terminal's bridge across the Cuyahoga River has been lowered, presumably for a transfer run. Seen from the north side of the Clark Avenue br...
- River Terminal (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- A River Terminal transfer run heads south to the interchange yard with the Newburgh & South Shore. Overhead is the Wheeling & Lake Erie's viaduct lead...
- Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg (New York Central) (Charlotte, New York; September 7, 1975)
- The New York Central's former Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg line along Lake Ontario and down to Rochester, New York, also known as the "Hojack Line," g...
- Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg (New York Central) (Rochester, New York; April 21, 1976)
- Just north of downtown Rochester, New York the Genesee River drops 96 feet into the Genesee River Gorge on its way to Lake Ontario. In this view looki...
- Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg (New York Central) (Rochester, New York; April 21, 1976)
- One of the obstacles faced by the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg was that by running along Lake Ontario it encountered almost no towns (i.e. revenue sou...
- Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg (New York Central) (Rochester, New York; April 21, 1976)
- Here, seen from Browns Race, is the west end of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg's trestle across the Genesee River gorge looking east. Today the brid...
- Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg (New York Central) (Rochester, New York; April 21, 1976)
- A better look at the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg's bridge over the Genesee River gorge, looking east.
- Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg (New York Central) (Rochester, New York; April 21, 1976)
- A brief downpour forced the photographer to take shelter in the short tunnel at the west end of the bridge, passing beneath several residential street...
- Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg (New York Central) (Rochester, New York; April 21, 1976)
- Once across the Genesee River Gorge, the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg's Rochester branch ("Hojack Line") headed north, paralleling the river through a...
- Rutland (Burlington, Vermont; June 4, 1976)
- An eyeless semaphore distant signal still guards the junction of the abandoned north end of the Rutland with the Central Vermont connector, visible on...
- Rutland (Montpelier Junction, Vermont; June 4, 1976)
- A beautifully maintained wooden Rutland caboose was unexpectedly found at Montpelier Junction, Vermont, far from any Rutland trackage
- Salt Lake, Garfield & Western (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- Although best known for running excursion trains between downtown Salt Lake City and its resort at Saltair on the Great Salt Lake, the Salt Lake, Garf...
- Salt Lake, Garfield & Western (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- The eastern end of the Salt Lake, Garfield & Western, looking east from the grade crossing at 1000 W Street towards the Union Pacific Depot and downto...
- Soo Line (Chicago, Illinois; July 27, 1971)
- Although everyone's heard of the Soo Line, how many know that the complete name was the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie? Sault in this contex...
- Soo Line (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- There's no mistaking who this locomotive belongs to, as Soo Line SD no. 749 heads north through Chicago's Ash Crossing. This transfer run is probably ...
- Soo Line (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Although at this time it was more common to see Soo Line transfer runs on the Chicago River & Indiana at Ash Crossing (the tracks just to the right of...
- Soo Line (Chicago, Illinois (Ash Crossing); July 27, 1971)
- Transfer cabooses are a common sight in the Chicago area, and can be anything from a flat car with a small "doghouse" added to a full-scale caboose, u...
- Soo Line (Chicago, Illinois (Canal Street); July 28, 1971)
- The Soo Line maintained this magnificent freight station on Canal Street in downtown Chicago. Note the older "$oo Line" logo proudly displayed overhea...
- Soo Line (Minot, North Dakota; June 15, 1972)
- Sometimes it's just all about luck. The photographer was riding Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder from Washington state, and during the Minot, North D...
- Soo Line (Minot, North Dakota; June 15, 1972)
- The adjacent westbound Soo Line freight led by nos. 741, 733 and 721 is about to make the right turn to cross the Great Northern main in Minot, North ...
- Southern Pacific (California (Cajon Pass); November 1981)
- Southern Pacific was a latecomer to Cajon Pass, being built 1966-67. Unlike the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's line which was basically a way to gain e...
- Southern Pacific (California (Cajon Pass); November 1981)
- Facing north from the same location, the Southern Pacific's Colton-Palmdale Cutoff heads uphill towards Summit, crossing California State Route 138 on...
- Southern Pacific (California (San Timoteo Canyon); 1988)
- The Southern Pacific mainline east out of Colton, California passes through San Timoteo Canyon on its way to Beaumont Hill and Yuma. Here an SP freigh...
- Southern Pacific (California (San Timoteo Canyon); 1988)
- Southern Pacific may not have been in great financial shape by 1988, but it certainly still knew how to do heavy-duty railroading, as witness this fre...
- Southern Pacific (California (San Timoteo Canyon); 1988)
- Another freight approaches the east end of San Timoteo Canyon as it works its way uphill to Beamont Hill.
- Southern Pacific (Anaheim, California; June 3, 1970)
- The Southern Pacific's yard at Anaheim was a busy place in the 1970s, with added responsibility for switching many of the former Pacific Electric line...
- Southern Pacific (Anaheim, California; June 3, 1970)
- Southern Pacific no. 1125 idles at Anaheim, California.
- Southern Pacific (Anaheim, California; June 3, 1970)
- These days about the only way to view the cab of an early diesel switcher is at a railroad museum, but no. 1953 (whose controls are seen here at Anahe...
- Southern Pacific (Anaheim, California; June 3, 1970)
- Another shot in the busy Southern Pacific yard, this time with switcher no. 1124 showing its nose among two SP cabeese and another unidentified switch...
- Southern Pacific (Anaheim, California; June 3, 1970)
- Switcher no. 2506 at the Southern Pacific refueling stand.
- Southern Pacific (Colton, California; 1988)
- A look east down the Southern Pacific's main to Arizona and onwards. San Timoteo Canyon and Beaumont Hill lie ahead; Colton Crossing (with the Santa F...
- Southern Pacific (Colton, California (Colton Crossing); 1988)
- If there was anything that characterized the last days of the "real" Southern Pacific (before its purchase by the Denver & Rio Grande Western) it was ...
- Southern Pacific (Colton, California (Colton Crossing); 1988)
- It may not look like much, just two tracks crossing two other tracks at grade, but Colton Crossing is one of the busiest crossings in the country. The...
- Southern Pacific (Fremont, California (Niles Canyon); July 15, 1983)
- The Southern Pacific's line through Niles Canyon, just east of Fremont, California, was at one time an important through route for SP between Stockton...
- Southern Pacific (Fremont, California (Niles Canyon); July 15, 1983)
- A short Southern Pacific caboose hop led by #2674 heads east through Niles Canyon.
- Southern Pacific (Fremont, California (Niles Canyon); July 15, 1983)
- Another look at the Southern Pacific's now-abandoned line through Niles Canyon, with a bridge over Alameda Creek in the distance. Here the ballast loo...
- Southern Pacific (Fremont, California (Niles Canyon); July 15, 1983)
- The Southern Pacific's Niles Canyon line was obviously not a high speed line, perhaps part of the reason it was eventually abandoned. In the foregroun...
- Southern Pacific (Fremont, California (Niles Canyon); July 15, 1983)
- A better look at the Southern Pacific's Niles Canyon line, now abandoned, and the bridge over Alameda Creek. And yes, this is one of those Pictures-Yo...
- Southern Pacific (Lone Pine, California; September 24, 1978)
- Located in some of the most desolate scenery in the country, Lone Pine, California sits in the Owens Valley between the Inyo Mountains and the John Mu...
- Southern Pacific (Lone Pine, California; September 24, 1978)
- A closer look at the tracks at Lone Pine reveals relatively new ballast and shiny rails, so the line is still getting some use.
- Southern Pacific (Lone Pine, California; September 24, 1978)
- You take water very seriously in the desert, especially when building across what appears to be a dry wash. What's dry today can be a roaring flash fl...
- Southern Pacific (Los Angeles, California; July 29, 1983)
- Three Southern Pacific units work along the Los Angeles River in this shot from an unidentified Amtrak train approaching Los Angeles Union Station.
- Southern Pacific (Los Angeles, California; July 29, 1983)
- At Glendale Junction, just north of downtown Los Angles, an Amtrak train has just left Los Angeles Union Station, running alongside the Los Angeles Ri...
- Southern Pacific (Los Angeles, California; July 29, 1983)
- This transfer run led by nos. 2456 and 2613 is heading south along the Los Angeles River at Glendale Junction on Southern Pacific rails. The bridge ov...
- Southern Pacific (San Jose, California; July 1982)
- One of Amtrak's southbound Coast Line trains departs San Jose in late afternoon for Los Angeles, as seen from the West San Carlos Street Bridge lookin...
- Southern Pacific (San Jose, California (SP Station); July 1982)
- A view of the San Jose, California south station throat from the San Carlos Street bridge looking north. The tracks at right are the Southern Pacific'...
- Southern Pacific (San Jose, California (SP Station); July 1982)
- Southern Pacific ran a commuter service along the peninsula from San Jose to the 4th & Townsend station in downtown San Francisco. One of the hallmark...
- Southern Pacific (San Jose, California (SP Station); July 1982)
- A northbound commuter train of Southern Pacific gallery cars heads out of the San Jose station for downtown San Francisco.
- Southern Pacific (Visalia, California; June 18, 1982)
- Visalia, California is an agricultural city in California's San Joaquin Valley, and was served by both Southern Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa F...
- Southern Pacific (Visalia, California; June 18, 1982)
- Southern Pacific Geep no. 3744 on former Visalia Electric trackage is about to cross the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's branch running down the length ...
- Southern Pacific (Visalia, California; June 18, 1982)
- In this view looking east from the North Santa Fe Street grade crossing (and in-street diamond crossing of the Santa Fe's Visalia branch) at Visalia, ...
- Southern Pacific (Battle Mountain, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Battle Mountain is a small town in north central Nevada, located on the Southern Pacific main line across the state. It was also the jumping off point...
- Southern Pacific (Battle Mountain, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Looking east into the late morning sun at Battle Mountain, Nevada, the Cortez Mountains loom ominously in the distance, but the rails will pass them w...
- Southern Pacific (Battle Mountain, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Here is a closer look at Southern Pacific's station at Battle Mountain, Nevada. Although a flag stop for Southern Pacific passenger trains, it must ha...
- Southern Pacific (Carlin, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- In this view looking west from Nevada State Route 278, at a location just west of Carlin, Nevada we see the parallel mainlines of the Western Pacific ...
- Southern Pacific (Carlin, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- Here from the same location (from Nevada State Route 278 a bit west of Carlin), this time looking east, we see a westbound freight on the Southern Pac...
- Southern Pacific (Carlin, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- Another look at that westbound freight as it heads towards Palisade Canyon on former Southern Pacific rails.
- Southern Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- Sadly, in its last decade before acquisition by the Denver & Rio Grande Western in 1988, it was not unusual to find Southern Pacific locomotives in th...
- Southern Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- That the grime afflicting the Southern Pacific in its later years was not limited to locomotives is evident in the caboose of this freight passing thr...
- Southern Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- The Southern Pacific's Elko, Nevada freight station is visible at left, as this westbound SP freight disappears into the distance, seen from the Third...
- Southern Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- Since eastbound and westbound trains through Elko, Nevada used the tracks of different railroads, two Amtrak stations were probably inevitable. Here i...
- Southern Pacific (Palisade, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- Just west of Carlin is Palisade Canyon, another pinch point for the parallel Southern Pacific and Western Pacific mainlines. This is the Southern Paci...
- Southern Pacific (Palisade, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- This view of the Southern Pacific mainline is just north of Palisade, Nevada, looking west (track direction) towards the first of the two Humboldt Riv...
- Southern Pacific (Reno, Nevada; November 9, 1978)
- The Southern Pacific mainline "somewhere east of Reno" is all that's written on this slide. Plus, of course, the fact that it's late afternoon, which ...
- Southern Pacific (Weso, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- At Weso, Nevada, the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific began a paired traffic agreement which dated back to World War I. The two roads had parallel...
- Southern Pacific (Winemucca, Nevada (Tule Siding); November 8, 1978)
- Tule Siding is located on the Southern Pacific mainline a short distance east of Winemucca, Nevada. At this point the Southern Pacific was part of the...
- Southern Pacific (Cottage Grove, Oregon; September 13, 1999)
- Lower-quadrant semaphores could still be found as late as 1999 on Southern Pacific's Shasta line, here seen from Oregon Highway 99 near Cottage Grove,...
- Southern Pacific (Ogden, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Sights like this used to be common in American small towns, but with consolidations, abandonments and grade separation projects the sight of a simple ...
- Southern Pacific (Ogden, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- The Southern Pacific mainline at Ogden's 17th Street grade crossing again, this time looking northwest towards the Lucin Cutoff's causeway across the ...
- Southern Pacific (Ogden, Utah; September 2, 1996)
- This view of the Southern Pacfic's Lucin Cutoff mainline, taken somewhere in the vicinity of 4200 Street east of Ogden, Utah, looks west towards the G...
- Southern Pacific (Ogden, Utah; September 2, 1996)
- Another view of the Southern Pacific's Lucin Cutoff mainline west of Ogden, Utah, this time from 2800 Street looking east. The Wahsatch Range is in th...
- Southern Pacific (Ogden, Utah (Cecil Junction); September 1, 1996)
- Seen from 17th Street in the northwest part of Ogden, Utah is the Southern Pacific mainline to California, here looking southeast back towards Ogden w...
- Southern Pacific (Ogden, Utah (Cecil Junction); September 1, 1996)
- A concatenation of railroads here at Cecil Junction, seen looking north from the 20th Street bridge in northwest Ogden, Utah. Here the Southern Pacifi...
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (Washington (Lake Sacajawea); September 8, 1999)
- One of the tragedies of Burlington Northern's rationalization mania after the 1970 merger was the decision to pull up the Spokane, Portland & Seattle ...
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (Lyle, Washington; September 12, 1999)
- The area around Lyle, Washington on the north bank of the Columbia River is a particularly scenic place to view the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle...
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (Lyle, Washington; September 12, 1999)
- Another view of the westbound unit train as it heads downriver along the Columbia towards Vancouver, Washington; Washington State Route 14 is now at ...
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (Lyle, Washington; September 12, 1999)
- Also near Lyle, Washington on the north bank of the Columbia River is a highway rest area off Washington State Route 14. One of its special attraction...
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (Lyle, Washington; September 12, 1999)
- Another view from the Lyle, Washington highway rest area just off Washington State Route 14, this time showing some of the surrounding scenery. The co...
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (Marshall, Washington; September 7, 1999)
- Rarely does one find such a treasure as the Cheney Spokane Road highway bridge at Marshall, Washington. Beneath passes most of the traffic moving via ...
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (Marshall, Washington; September 7, 1999)
- Facing north from the Cheney Spokane Road highway bridge in Marshall, Washington presents a mirror image of the various lines. Here the line at far le...
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (Wishram, Washington; September 12, 1999)
- Wishram, Washington, on the north bank of the Columbia River, was at one time a major classification yard for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle, but w...
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle (Wishram, Washington; September 12, 1999)
- Looking east from the same location (Washington State Route 14 above Wishram), a westbound train is emerging from one of the many tunnels on the Spoka...
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County (Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- The St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County had an involved history, starting as a division of the Portland & Ogdensburg, part of that being sold to the Bosto...
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County (Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- Another view of the St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County, somewhere between St. Johnsbury and Danville, Vermont. At its height the SJ&LC ran from a Maine C...
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County (Danville, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- The St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County followed a tortuous path from St. Johnsbury to Swanton, Vermont, for reasons evident in this rock cut near Danvill...
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County (West Danville, Vermont; June 3, 1976)
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County caboose no. SJL 5 has evidently met with an unfortunate mishap, as is apparent in this slide taken in West Danville, V...
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County (Wolcott, Vermont (Fisher Covered Railroad Bridge); June 3, 1976)
- Although located in Wolcott, Vermont, this magnificent bridge on the St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County is officially known as the Fisher Covered Railroa...
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County (Wolcott, Vermont (Fisher Covered Railroad Bridge); June 3, 1976)
- Seen from ground level the St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County's covered bridge at Wolcott, Vermont is quite an imposing structure. It was built in 1908 a...
- St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County (Wolcott, Vermont (Fisher Covered Railroad Bridge); June 3, 1976)
- It takes a broadside view of the St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County's Wolcott, Vermont covered bridge to appreciate the actual size of the structure. The...
- St. Louis-San Francisco (Kansas City, Missouri; May 30, 1975)
- A day's visit to Kansas City produced this and the following two shots of St. Louis-San Francisco no. 919 and friends along Southwest Blvd. The "Frisc...
- St. Louis-San Francisco (Kansas City, Missouri; May 30, 1975)
- Frisco no. 919 followed by no. 901 prepare to leave yard limits at Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City.
- St. Louis-San Francisco (Kansas City, Missouri; May 30, 1975)
- Frisco no. 919 and no. 901 pull on to the St. Louis-San Francisco main at Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City.
- St. Louis-San Francisco (Kansas City, Missouri; May 31, 1975)
- There's nothing like a good overhead bridge to put things into perspective. Here we see (left to right) the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, the shared...
- Strasburg (Leamon Place, Pennsylvania; July 20, 1973)
- Although most railfans think of the Strasburg Rail Road as a tourist line, it's actually one of the oldest common carriers in Pennsylvania, chartered ...
- Toronto Transit Commission (Toronto, Ontario; June 9, 1972)
- When most U.S. cities were discarding their streetcar systems, many of the PCC (Presidents' Conference Committee) streetcars found homes outside the c...
- Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo (Hamilton, Ontario; April 30, 1973)
- The Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo provided a connecting link between Buffalo, New York and Hamilton, Ontario as well as between American passenger railr...
- Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend (Ajo, Arizona; May 29, 1978)
- Ajo, Arizona marked the south end of passenger service on the Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend; the station can be seen in the distance past the yard trac...
- Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend (Ajo, Arizona; May 29, 1978)
- This ornate station at Ajo marked the southern end of the Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend's passenger service and presumably also served as the railroad'...
- Tucson, Cornelia & Gila Bend (Gibson, Arizona; May 29, 1978)
- Originally begun in 1915 as the Cornelia and Gila Bend Railroad and opened a year later, this railroad had one prime purpose: to haul copper ore from ...
- Union Pacific (California (Afton Canyon); May 14, 1988)
- Although the best-known scenic attraction along the Union Pacific's Los Angeles & Salt Lake route is the Meadow Valley Wash (including Rainbow Canyon)...
- Union Pacific (California (Afton Canyon); May 14, 1988)
- A look east along the Union Pacific mainline through Afton Canyon reveals a scene of severe beauty and apparent calm, though it doesn't do justice to ...
- Union Pacific (California (Afton Canyon); May 14, 1988)
- This time looking west towards Los Angeles on the Union Pacific's Los Angeles & Salt Lake line through Afton Canyon. Like so many bridges in the Mohav...
- Union Pacific (California (Afton Canyon); May 14, 1988)
- Another bridge over a (usually) dry wash on Union Pacific's line through Afton Canyon, again looking west.
- Union Pacific (California (Afton Canyon); May 14, 1988)
- This time looking east along the Union Pacific's Los Angeles & Salt Lake line near the eastern end of Afton Canyon. Ahead is the open desert. A color-...
- Union Pacific (California (Afton Canyon); May 14, 1988)
- So far all of the bridges seen in Afton Canyon have been fairly small affairs, spanning side washes which can nonetheless turn vicious during flash fl...
- Union Pacific (Cima, California; April 12, 1987)
- Union Pacific trains on the former Los Angeles & Salt Lake line approaching or leaving Las Vegas, Nevada from the west face a significant obstacle in ...
- Union Pacific (Cima, California; April 12, 1987)
- A closer look at the unusual bumper in place in the Union Pacific's Cima, California wye. That tail track looks awfully short for turning a locomotive...
- Union Pacific (Cima, California; April 12, 1987)
- Between Cima and Kelso, California Union Pacific's Los Angeles & Salt Lake line is a succession of sidings and washes, such as that seen here. Like ma...
- Union Pacific (Daggett, California; May 14, 1988)
- The Union Pacific did not attempt to build over Cajon Pass, instead making arrangements to use the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe's line over the pass fr...
- Union Pacific (Daggett, California; May 14, 1988)
- At Dagett, California, a westbound Union Pacific freight approaches the junction with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe for the run over Cajon Pass. The...
- Union Pacific (Daggett, California; May 14, 1988)
- Judging from the exhaust smoke, this westbound Union Pacific freight has received clearance to enter the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe main at Daggett, ...
- Union Pacific (Ivanpah, California; April 12, 1987)
- Heading south on the Union Pacific's former Los Angeles & Salt Lake presents a series of obstacles to the unwary train. After a high-speed virtually t...
- Union Pacific (Kelso, California; April 12, 1987)
- Kelso, California was once an important stop for the Union Pacific on its trek across the Mohave Desert, both for water and to provide a chance for pa...
- Union Pacific (Colorado (Coalmont Branch); September 29, 1997)
- The Union Pacific's Coalmont Branch began life as the Laramie, North Park & Western and ran from Coalmont, in Colorado's Yampa Valley, to Laramie, Wyo...
- Union Pacific (Kings Canyon, Colorado (Coalmont Branch); September 29, 1997)
- Kings Canyon, Colorado is located on Colorado State Highway 127 a few miles south of the Colorado/Wyoming border. The Coalmont Branch here has been co...
- Union Pacific (Blackfoot, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- At Pocatello, Idaho, the Union Pacific's former Utah & Northern line splits off from the Oregon Short Line route (from Granger, Wyoming to Portland, O...
- Union Pacific (McCammon Junction, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- McCammon Junction, Idaho (southeast of Pocatello) is a major hotspot on the Union Pacific's Pacific Northwest lines. Here two lines from the south (fo...
- Union Pacific (McCammon Junction, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- Another view of the northern end of McCammon Junction, Idaho on the Union Pacific, with the final crossover in the foreground. This view faces towards...
- Union Pacific (McCammon Junction, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- This view from an unmarked access road north of McCammon faces south towards the junction. The signal bridge carries the southbound home signals for t...
- Union Pacific (McCammon Junction, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- Here at the Union Pacific's McCammon Junction, looking south from the 1st Street grade crossing, the actual junction of the two lines is apparent. The...
- Union Pacific (McCammon Junction, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- One more look at the Union Pacific's McCammon Junction, with the former Utah & Northern rails from Salt Lake City in the foreground and the Oregon Sho...
- Union Pacific (Pocatello, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- As its hub of operations for the Pacific Northwest, it's not surprising that the Union Pacific's Pocatello yards are among its largest. The East Bento...
- Union Pacific (Pocatello, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- This engine refueling rack is located along the north side of Union Pacific's Pocatello, Idaho yard complex. Note the Chicago & North Western units; t...
- Union Pacific (Pocatello, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- An eastbound Union Pacific freight is working its way along the south side of the UP's Pocatello, Idaho yard as seen from the East Benton Street bridg...
- Union Pacific (Pocatello, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- A westbound Union Pacific freight is working through the Pocatello, Idaho yard. Part of the engine refueling rack is visible at right. Again, shot fro...
- Union Pacific (Pocatello, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- Seen from Pocatello, Idaho's East Benton Street bridge is the Union Pacific's refueling rack on the north side of UP's Pocatello yard complex.
- Union Pacific (Pocatello, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- The Oregon Short Line heritage of the Union Pacific's Pocatello, Idaho depot is visible in the heralds on either side above the main entrance. (Althou...
- Union Pacific (Pocatello, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- A visually appealing symmetrical geometry is presented in this central passing track, seen from the Michaud Creek Road grade crossing west of Pocatell...
- Union Pacific (Pocatello, Idaho; August 18, 1998)
- Another view of the same passing siding at the Michaud Creek Road grade crossing, this time looking east towards Pocatello as the three tracks narrow ...
- Union Pacific (Kansas City, Kansas; May 30, 1975)
- Looking east from James Street towards Kansas City, Kansas, the Union Pacific's bridge over the Kansas River is at left and the Missouri Pacific's at ...
- Union Pacific (Kansas City, Kansas; May 30, 1975)
- The Union Pacific served a considerable amount of heavy industry in Kansas City, Kansas. This yard, seen from the Quindaro Boulevard grade crossing lo...
- Union Pacific (Kansas City, Kansas (Kaw River Junction); May 30, 1975)
- Kaw River Junction is located amid a jungle of highway overpasses; this shot was apparently taken from the approach to the Minnesota Avenue bridge, lo...
- Union Pacific (Kansas City, Missouri; May 30, 1975)
- In this view from James Street, on the western edge of Kansas City, Missouri, the photographer is basically standing on the border between Missouri an...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); April 1978)
- Ominous clouds are gathering in this view of the Union Pacific mainline just below the south end of Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash. This view looks south...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); April 1978)
- A southbound Union Pacific freight is just emerging from the south end of Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash. The weather looks just right for triggering one...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); April 1978)
- The engineer of this southbound freight is probably glad to be leaving the wash, notorious for flash floods, before the storm hits.
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); April 1978)
- A pair of green-over-red searchlight signals beckons on this southbound Union Pacific freight as it heads for fairer weather; the Meadow Valley Wash h...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); April 1978)
- A Union Pacific business car has been tacked on behind the caboose on this southbound freight just south of the Meadow Valley Wash. The next community...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- Here, just north of Etna, Nevada, a southbound Union Pacific freight exits the northernmost tunnel in Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash. This location is ea...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash may be remote, but it's busy. The signals here are red-over-green, indicating that this southbound freight will be taking ...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- This southbound Union Pacific freight has almost cleared the main for a meet with a northbound.
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- The northbound Union Pacific freight has made its appearance as the southbound waits in this siding near the north end of Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash,...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- The northbound Union Pacific freight passes the north end of the siding. Soon the southbound will continue on its way through Nevada's Meadow Valley W...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- This northbound Union Pacific freight north of Etna, Nevada will soon be exiting the Meadow Valley Wash. Ahead is Caliente and yet another stretch of ...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- There are plenty more tunnels in Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash. Here, a little ways north of Stine, a southbound freight exits one tunnel only to dive i...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- Yet another southbound Union Pacific freight exits yet another tunnel in Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash, this time south of Etna…
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- …only to dive into yet another tunnel.
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- In spite of this solid consist of Denver & Rio Grande Western SD's, this is still the Union Pacific in Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash. Presumably a tempo...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- These Denver & Rio Grande Western units should be quite used to a bit of tunnel running, even if it is on Union Pacific rails. This train is southboun...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); May 1, 1982)
- Union Pacific signaling practice on the Salt Lake to Los Angeles line normally used color light signals like these for block signals, with a pair of w...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); February 17, 1985)
- Further south along Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash Rainbow Canyon becomes much narrower; eventually the highway (Nevada Highway 317) becomes a dirt track...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); February 17, 1985)
- This location just north of Boyd, Nevada was a favorite for photography as the hillside is easily scaled and provides a fine view in both directions. ...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); February 17, 1985)
- A short time later a southbound enters the wide spot north of Boyd, working its way along the walls of Rainbow Canyon to stay out of flash flood dange...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); February 17, 1985)
- The southbound passes the camera, framed by some carefully selected rocks.
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); February 17, 1985)
- The southbound approaches the bridge over the wash and Nevada Highway 317 and prepares to thread its way through some of the narrowest parts of Rainbo...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); February 17, 1985)
- Another view of the southbound freight as it passes Boyd, Nevada in the Meadow Valley Wash.
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); October 16, 1996)
- Without a (very good) off-road vehicle the southern part of the Meadow Valley Wash is pretty much inaccesible to all but ranchers and the Union Pacifi...
- Union Pacific (Nevada (Meadow Valley Wash); October 16, 1996)
- The signals for the siding recede into the distance as Amtrak's Desert Wind traverses the southern end of Nevada's Meadow Valley Wash and continues on...
- Union Pacific (Apex, Nevada; December 22, 1985)
- The Union Pacific had a tough climb in either direction out of the Las Vegas Valley. Here, a few miles west of Apex, Nevada (site of a large industria...
- Union Pacific (Apex, Nevada; December 22, 1985)
- A westbound Union Pacific freight snakes downgrade around the reverse curves a few miles west of Apex, Nevada. It's hard to believe that downtown Las ...
- Union Pacific (Apex, Nevada; December 22, 1985)
- It's fortunate that this slide of the Union Pacific at Apex, Nevada was taken in December. Temperatures here in the Mojave Desert can easily top 115&d...
- Union Pacific (Arden, Nevada; September 24, 1978)
- Union Pacific trains in and out of Nevada's Las Vegas Valley face stiff grades on either end of the valley, while the mainline across the valley and t...
- Union Pacific (Caliente, Nevada; March 27, 1978)
- Caliente is Spanish for "hot," and here in the Nevada desert that's no joke. Caliente was an important water and crew change stop on the Union Pacific...
- Union Pacific (Caliente, Nevada; March 27, 1978)
- Looking north along the Union Pacific at Caliente, Nevada, we see the entrance to the Clover Creek Wash, a somewhat less forbidding version of the Mea...
- Union Pacific (Garnet, Nevada; September 2, 1996)
- North of Las Vegas, Nevada, at a location known as Garnet, a southbound American Orient Express emerges through a rock cut. The AOE used Amtrak employ...
- Union Pacific (Garnet, Nevada; September 2, 1996)
- A closer look at the motive power for the American Orient Express is seen here on the Union Pacific at Garnet, Nevada. Connoisseurs of cab ride videos...
- Union Pacific (Garnet, Nevada; September 2, 1996)
- Early in its history Amtrak created quite a stir (let's face it, a stink) when it promulgated a rule that all cars carried in Amtrak consists had to b...
- Union Pacific (Garnet, Nevada; September 2, 1996)
- Having threaded its way through the tight curves at Garnet, Nevada, the American Orient Express prepares for some fast running over Union Pacific as i...
- Union Pacific (Las Vegas, Nevada; February 1978)
- By 1970 most of the Union Pacific's grade crossings in Las Vegas, Nevada had been closed or converted to over/underpasses (the Charleston Boulevard un...
- Union Pacific (Overton, Nevada (Mead Lake); April 1978)
- The Union Pacific's St. Thomas Branch leaves the UP mainline at Moapa, located between the Meadow Valley Wash and Las Vegas, Nevada, and the site of a...
- Union Pacific (Overton, Nevada (Mead Lake); April 1978)
- The Union Pacific's St. Thomas Branch included a wye near the end of track at Mead Lake for turning locomotives. Here UP no. 3025 is being turned for ...
- Union Pacific (Overton, Nevada (Mead Lake); April 1978)
- The remainder of the Union Pacific's St. Thomas Branch local waits on the main at Mead Lake (near Overton, Nevada) as UP switcher no. 3025 and several...
- Union Pacific (Overton, Nevada (Mead Lake); April 1978)
- The actual end of track at Mead Lake was this makeshift bumper. At one time the track extended on past the wooden coaling tower to St. Thomas until in...
- Union Pacific (Overton, Nevada (Mead Lake); April 1978)
- It looks like this tank car is actually blocked in on both sides at the end of track of Union Pacific's St. Thomas Branch at Mead Lake. Presumably the...
- Union Pacific (Overton, Nevada (Mead Lake); April 1978)
- A closer look at the ancient coaling (and watering?) tower past the end of track bumper on Union Pacific's St. Thomas Branch at Mead Lake.
- Union Pacific (Panaca, Nevada; December 6, 1978)
- Not all of Union Pacific was heavy duty double and triple track mainlines. The UP's Pioche Branch, which took off from UP's Los Angeles & Salt Lake li...
- Union Pacific (Sloan, Nevada; March 1978)
- Although the most spectacular part of the Union Pacific's climb out of the south end of the Las Vegas Valley is past, and the track seems to open out ...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Castle Rock); August 31, 1996)
- This eastbound Union Pacific freight is working the uphill grade out of Echo Canyon, Utah and about to pass Castle Rock. The westbound main is in the ...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Castle Rock); August 31, 1996)
- An eastbound freight is climbing through Echo Canyon, here below the formation that gives the location its name: Castle Rock. This freight will shortl...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Castle Rock); August 17, 1998)
- Castle Rock is located about halfway up Utah's Echo Canyon, where the tracks veer out of sight of Interstate 80 (and become inaccessible to anything l...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Castle Rock); August 17, 1998)
- This westbound freight is descending Echo Canyon at Castle Rock, Utah. The eastbound track is visible above the train and will shortly disappear into ...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Castle Rock); August 17, 1998)
- The westbound freight continues its descent of Echo Canyon. Evidence of the 1997 absorption of the Southern Pacific is obvious in the SP unit at the r...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Devil's Gate); August 31, 1996)
- One of the major obstacles encountered in building the Union Pacific west to Ogden, Utah was Devil's Gate in Weber Canyon. Here a major bridge was req...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Devil's Gate); September 1, 1996)
- It's no secret here that Union Pacific had swallowed up the Chicago & North Western the previous year, with C&NW widecab no. 8717 leading this consist...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Devil's Gate); September 1, 1996)
- Ogden is just a few miles away as this westbound freight crosses Weber Canyon's Devil's Gate bridge in late afternoon.
- Union Pacific (Utah (Devil's Slide); September 1, 1996)
- Devil's Slide, not to be confused with Devil's Gate, lies a few miles east of Taggarts on the Union Pacific's Weber Canyon line. Described by Wikipedi...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Echo Canyon); August 31, 1996)
- This eastbound freight is ascending Echo Canyon and will soon pass Castle Rock and Wahsatch before reaching Evanston, Wyoming at the top of the grade....
- Union Pacific (Utah (Echo Canyon); August 31, 1996)
- On the north side of the Echo Canyon Road bridge the Union Pacific's double track main up Echo Canyon, Utah splits into eastbound (left) and westbound...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Echo Canyon); September 1, 1996)
- North of Echo, Utah, the Union Pacific's double track main is paralleled by Echo Canyon Road, which provides a number of highly photogenic locations. ...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Echo Canyon); September 1, 1996)
- It would be an interesting project to research just how many rock formations across the country have acquired the nickname "headache rock." This one, ...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Echo Canyon); September 1, 1996)
- Another view looking southwest down the Union Pacific mainline in Echo Canyon, Utah. Note that left-hand running is the rule here as the right hand tr...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Echo Canyon); September 1, 1996)
- This eastbound freight is working upgrade in Echo Canyon towards the summit, as seen from the northeast side of Echo Canyon Road. The left-handed runn...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Echo Canyon); September 1, 1996)
- Another pair of freights passes beneath the Echo Canyon Road bridge, with the eastbound on the left being passed by a westbound on the right. Intersta...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Taggarts Tunnels); August 31, 1996)
- The two Taggarts Tunnels, located a few miles east of Morgan, Utah, pierce a ridge associated with a sharp bend in the Weber River which the Union Pac...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Taggarts Tunnels); August 31, 1996)
- Another look at the Taggarts Tunnels and bridges over the Weber River; this view shows more clearly the curves just before the tunnel portals. Left ha...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Taggarts Tunnels); August 31, 1996)
- Even in 1996 one didn't have to wait long between trains on the Union Pacific's Utah main line. Here an eastbound led by no. 6077 emerges from the Tag...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Taggarts Tunnels); September 1, 1996)
- A return visit to the Taggarts Tunnels the following day was rewarded with this eastbound charging over the Weber River, led by a Union Pacific unit f...
- Union Pacific (Utah (Zion National Park); June 9, 1970)
- The railroads' role in building up and promoting the nation's national parks is almost forgotten today. E.H. Harriman's son Averell, who went on to a ...
- Union Pacific (Echo, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Not all of Weber Canyon consists of narrow canyon walls. Much of it is fertile farming country, as in this view of the Union Pacific mainline west of ...
- Union Pacific (Echo, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Echo, Utah marks the effective end of Weber Canyon and the start of the steep climb up Echo Canyon. This view looks west back towards Weber Canyon fro...
- Union Pacific (Echo, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- From the same grade crossing west of Echo, Utah, this time looking east towards Echo Canyon. The tracks will narrow to three before Echo, then to two ...
- Union Pacific (Echo, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- At the little town of Echo, Utah, the Union Pacific mainline makes a sharp right-angle turn (actually closer to 80°) as it leaves Weber Canyon and...
- Union Pacific (Echo, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Now looking downgrade (west) down the Union Pacific mainline from the sharp curve at Echo, Utah. This is the end of the Weber Canyon stretch. A bit of...
- Union Pacific (Echo, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Seen from just north of Echo, Utah, the Union Pacific mainline has here narrowed down to two tracks, one for each direction. Soon they will begin to f...
- Union Pacific (Echo, Utah; August 17, 1998)
- Just east of Echo, Utah, Interstate 80 features a convenient rest area with an elevated pavilion, providing a spectacular view of the Union Pacific's ...
- Union Pacific (Echo, Utah; August 17, 1998)
- Seen from the Interstate 80 elevated rest area (complete with shaded pavilion), a westbound freight descends Echo Canyon with a container train in tow...
- Union Pacific (Echo, Utah; August 17, 1998)
- Another view from the Interstate 80 rest area east of Echo, Utah, this time looking upgrade up Echo Canyon. A westbound freight has just rounded the b...
- Union Pacific (Emory, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Emory, Utah is a now unremarked townsite just south of Castle Rock near the head of Echo Canyon, with only a small cemetery (not visible here) to dist...
- Union Pacific (Lake Point, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- Lake Point, Utah is where the Union Pacific's Los Angeles & Salt Lake line to Salt Lake City emerges from the Sevier Desert to encounter the Great Sal...
- Union Pacific (Lake Point, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- Another look at Lake Point, Utah, where the Union Pacific's Los Angeles & Salt Lake line to Salt Lake City encounters the Great Salt Lake before turni...
- Union Pacific (Layton, Utah; August 30, 1996)
- The Union Pacific posessed a heavy-duty double-track mainline (part of the former Oregon Short Line) to handle its traffic between Ogden and Salt Lake...
- Union Pacific (Layton, Utah; August 30, 1996)
- Two Union Pacific freights pass in what seems to be rather crowded quarters at the Layton, Utah grade crossing with N 2200 W, looking south.
- Union Pacific (Layton, Utah; August 30, 1996)
- It's apparent that the Union Pacific's mainline between Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah is bidirectionally signaled, and with traffic this heavy it's n...
- Union Pacific (Lund, Utah; July 9, 1994)
- Lund, Utah today is just a wye in the middle of Utah's Escalante Desert, but in the earlier part of the twentieth century it played a major part in th...
- Union Pacific (Lund, Utah; July 9, 1994)
- Another view of the wye at Lund, Utah, where the Cedar City Branch once took vacationers to Cedar City and the southern Utah national parks. This view...
- Union Pacific (Lynndyl, Utah; August 30, 1996)
- The Union Pacific has two lines running south out of Salt Lake City. One, of course, is the former Los Angeles & Salt Lake line via Las Vegas, Nevada;...
- Union Pacific (Morgan, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Morgan, Utah is a small town located on the Union Pacific's Weber Canyon mainline just west of the Taggart Tunnels. Here a father and son (presumably)...
- Union Pacific (Ogden, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Here on the west side of Ogden, Utah the Union Pacific's lines south to southern California and east through Weber Canyon diverge via a wye. Once Sout...
- Union Pacific (Ogden, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- A Union Pacific container train is navigating the wye connecting the UP's Weber Canyon line east with the Los Angeles & Salt Lake line south in Ogden,...
- Union Pacific (Ogden, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Just north of Cecil Junction in northwest Ogden, Utah on the Union Pacific's Oregon Short Line is this junction with the branch to the Defense Depot O...
- Union Pacific (Ogden, Utah (Union Station); August 30, 1996)
- The Utah State Railroad Museum maintains an attractive collection at Ogden's Union Station. Some of the treasures found therein include EMD's monster ...
- Union Pacific (Ogden, Utah (Union Station); August 30, 1996)
- Also found in the Utah State Railroad Museum's collection at Ogden, Utah's Union Station is Union Pacific gas turbine-electric (GTEL) no. X-26, one of...
- Union Pacific (Ogden, Utah (Union Station); September 1, 1996)
- The Utah State Route 53 (also known as 24th Street) bridge in Ogden, Utah provided an ideal vantage point for viewing both Union Station and the heavy...
- Union Pacific (Ogden, Utah (Union Station); September 1, 1996)
- Another view from Ogden's Utah State Route 53 bridge, this time looking southeast for a better view of Union Station and its now almost unused platfor...
- Union Pacific (Ogden, Utah (Union Station); September 1, 1996)
- Again looking south from the Utah State Route 53 (24th Street) bridge in Ogden, Utah, with one of the two through tracks directly below. This entire a...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 5, 1970)
- In 1970 the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City depot still saw a few passenger trains, including the combined City of Los Angeles Challenger/City of Kansa...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 5, 1970)
- A northbound local is passing the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City depot (visible in the background) on the road's former Oregon Short Line trackage. Sa...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 5, 1970)
- It's actually a bit jarring to see a Union Pacific caboose without one of UP's assertive slogans across the side. No. 25266 seems a bit—well, nak...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 5, 1970)
- As far as I know EMD's GP20 was the only model Geep in which some units (such as no. 408) were built with a sloped low nose. The Union Pacific was als...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 5, 1970)
- The Union Pacific's Butte Special to Pocatello, Idaho and Butte, Montana via the Oregon Short Line patiently awaits its 7:30 p.m. evening departure at...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- Active working steam was long gone on the Union Pacific when this tender was spotted behind the UP's Salt Lake City depot. In the background is the UP...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- Another day, another Butte Special, seen here at Union Pacific's Salt Lake City depot. The Special arrived at 7:00 a.m. and will not depart until 7:30...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- This view of the Union Pacific's former Oregon Short Line main through Salt Lake City looks north, towards Ogden. The station is at right; the tracks ...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- The Union Pacific has two lines into Salt Lake City from the south. One, the Los Angeles & Salt Lake, approaches via the Sevier Desert and runs along ...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- The Union Pacific's Butte Special, led by E-unit no. 950, prepares for its 7:30 p.m. departure to points north from the UP's Salt Lake City Depot. In ...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- One of the Union Pacific's last surviving passenger trains, the Butte Special from Salt Lake City to Butte, Montana, departs the Salt Lake City UP dep...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; June 6, 1970)
- The Butte Special has just begun to move on its overnight run from Salt Lake City to Butte, Montana. Along the way will be stops at Ogden, Utah, and P...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- The passage of almost thirty years has not noticeably altered the appearance of the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City depot, except for a bit of street r...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- This sidelong look at the Union Pacific depot in Salt Lake City provides a better sense of the architectural details that bring this building alive. T...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- By 1998 the Union Pacific was the only United States Class I railroad still operating under its original name. The original "shield" herald dates back...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- In 1998 the familiar footbridge connecting the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City station with the area west of the tracks was still in place, providing t...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- Another view of the now-gone trackage behind the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City depot. The former Denver & Rio Grande Western station, now used by Amt...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- A Union Pacific northbound transfer run approaches the camera traveling down the middle of Salt Lake City's 4th West Street on the Union Pacific's for...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- South of the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City depot the road's former Oregon Short Line main via Provo and Nephi navigates an S-curve to run down the ce...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- A Union Pacific switcher brings a cut of cars north down the center of 4th West Street in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. In a few moments the line wil...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- A bit further west the Union Pacific's former Los Angeles & Salt Lake mainline is down to a single track as it heads away from downtown Salt Lake City...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- Because of the 2002 Winter Olympics much of the area around Salt Lake City's two stations has been drastically transformed, with most rails moved furt...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); June 5, 1970)
- A northbound freight at Salt Lake City's Grant Tower is coming off the Los Angeles & Salt Lake wye west of the Union Pacific's depot, crossing the Den...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); June 5, 1970)
- West of the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City depot was the junction of the UP's former Oregon Short Line from Ogden to Provo and beyond and the road's L...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); June 6, 1970)
- The light was nearly gone when this northbound freight came off the Los Angeles & Salt Lake wye to join the UP's former Oregon Short Line to Ogden, le...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); August 20, 1998)
- The passage of almost forty years has brought changes to Grant Tower interlocking, the Los Angeles & Salt Lake junction behind the Union Pacific's Sal...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); August 20, 1998)
- Seen from the footbridge connecting the Union Pacific's Salt Lake City station with the area west of the tracks, a northbound freight off the former L...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); August 20, 1998)
- This is the west end of Grant Tower interlocking, the wye which provides the Union Pacific's former Los Angeles & Salt Lake with access to its Salt La...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); August 20, 1998)
- Known as Grant Tower interlocking, this Salt Lake City junction at S. Temple & 600 W is just west of the Union Pacific depot, and is where incoming li...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); August 20, 1998)
- Another view of Grant Tower interlocking just west of the former Union Pacific passenger station in Salt Lake City, Utah. Here the incoming Los Angele...
- Union Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah (Grant Tower); August 20, 1998)
- Another look at Grant Tower interlocking, the Salt Lake City junction at South Temple & 600 W, this time looking east. The line barely visible at the ...
- Union Pacific (Vernon, Utah; August 30, 1996)
- One doesn't have to get very far south of Salt Lake City to be reminded of the surrounding desert. Near Vernon, Utah, the Union Pacific's Los Angeles ...
- Union Pacific (Wahsatch, Utah; August 31, 1996)
- Wahsatch, Utah marks the summit of the grade out of Weber and Echo Canyons, and the location where the eastbound and westbound tracks again converge i...
- Union Pacific (Wahsatch, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Just south (track direction west) of Wahsatch, Utah, the eastbound main returns to Echo Canyon after taking a side trip via Tristam Creek, Curvo, and ...
- Union Pacific (Wahsatch, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Here an eastbound container freight charges up the deep cut that replaced a short tunnel south of Wahsatch, Utah on the Union Pacific's Echo Canyon ea...
- Union Pacific (Wahsatch, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- This is the abandoned tunnel that was replaced by the deep 'n' steep cut in the preceding slide, located a short distance south of Wahsatch, Utah on t...
- Union Pacific (Wahsatch, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- Just above the abandoned tunnel south of Wahsatch, Utah the westbound main prepares to enter the maze of canyons and washes west of Echo Canyon where ...
- Union Pacific (Wahsatch, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- This view may give a slightly better view of the way the eastbound (foreground) and westbound (background) mains wind their way through the intervenin...
- Union Pacific (Wahsatch, Utah; September 1, 1996)
- One last look at (left to right) the Union Pacific's westbound and eastbound mains and the abandoned tunnel on the former eastbound grade, just south ...
- Union Pacific (Marshall, Washington; September 7, 1999)
- A Union Pacific inspection vehicle is seen here at Marshall, Washington on the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle (by now Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
- Union Pacific (Marshall, Washington; September 7, 1999)
- A northbound Union Pacific freight has appeared on the connecting link between the former Spokane, Portland & Seattle (right) and Northern Pacific (le...
- Union Pacific (Marshall, Washington; September 7, 1999)
- This northbound Union Pacific freight on the central connector at Marshall, Washington is about to pass beneath the Cheney Spokane Road highway bridge...
- Union Pacific (Marshall, Washington; September 7, 1999)
- This time looking north from the Cheney Spokane Road highway bridge at Marshall, Washington, we see this northbound Union Pacific freight which has ju...
- Union Pacific (Wishram, Washington; September 12, 1999)
- Looking across the Columbia River from the Washington State Route 14 rest area above Wishram, Washington, three different transportation corridors are...
- Union Pacific (Wyoming (Coalmont Branch); September 29, 1997)
- The Union Pacific's Coalmont Branch still retained rails and ties in 1997, at least north of the Colorado/Wyoming border. Here it passes beneath Wyomi...
- Union Pacific (Wyoming (Coalmont Branch); September 29, 1997)
- Another view of the Union Pacific's Coalmont Branch from Wyoming Highway 230 just north of the Colorado/Wyoming border, this time facing west.
- Union Pacific (Wyoming (Dale Creek Fill); September 29, 1997)
- It seems like every picture book on the construction of the Union Pacific includes an 1860s era photograph of the famous Dale Creek Trestle, terrifyin...
- Union Pacific (Aspen, Wyoming (Aspen Tunnel); August 31, 1996)
- East of Evanston, Wyoming, completion of the Union Pacific's long climb out of Echo Canyon did not mean easy going from there on. In particular, from ...
- Union Pacific (Aspen, Wyoming (Aspen Tunnel); August 31, 1996)
- By the 1970s the Aspen and Altamont Tunnels east of Evanston, Wyoming were again becoming a bottleneck for the Union Pacific, this time because of cle...
- Union Pacific (Aspen, Wyoming (Aspen Tunnel); August 31, 1996)
- This Union Pacific eastbound led by no. 9507 is about to enter the Aspen Tunnel located east of Evanston, Wyoming. The parallel Altamont Tunnel is jus...
- Union Pacific (Aspen, Wyoming (Aspen Tunnel); August 31, 1996)
- An eastbound Union Pacific freight dives into the Aspen Tunnel east of Evanston, Wyoming, soon to emerge at CP Aspen and continue on to Leroy, where t...
- Union Pacific (Buford, Wyoming; September 29, 1997)
- Among E.H. Harriman's first acts in 1897 as the new executive of (and major shareholder in) the recently bankrupt Union Pacific was to set chief engin...
- Union Pacific (Cheyenne, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- Unlike its relatively limited facilities at Laramie, Wyoming, the Union Pacific maintained a substantial classification yard at Cheyenne, due not only...
- Union Pacific (Evanston, Wyoming; September 1, 1996)
- At the top of the Echo Canyon grade and just over the Utah border is the important Union Pacific town of Evanston, Wyoming. Until 1972 the location of...
- Union Pacific (Evanston, Wyoming; September 1, 1996)
- This Union Pacific employee clubhouse in Evanston, Wyoming appears to be beautifully maintained. Regrettably the photographer did not make a note of t...
- Union Pacific (Evanston, Wyoming; September 1, 1996)
- No longer used by Overland Route trains or Amtrak (the last regularly-scheduled train to stop here was in the early 1990s), Union Pacific's Evanston, ...
- Union Pacific (Foxpark, Wyoming (Coalmont Branch); September 29, 1997)
- A few miles further north on Union Pacific's Coalmont Branch reveals rails in slightly better condition. This grade crossing with Wyoming Highway 230 ...
- Union Pacific (Foxpark, Wyoming (Coalmont Branch); September 29, 1997)
- Looking north from the Coalmont Branch grade crossing with Wyoming Highway 230, a few miles south of Foxpark, reveals that crossing flashers are still...
- Union Pacific (Granger, Wyoming; August 31, 1996)
- One would expect Granger, Wyoming, to be an ideal hotspot for railfan lurking. After all, the Union Pacific's Overland Route mainline across Wyoming w...
- Union Pacific (Granger, Wyoming; August 31, 1996)
- Here at Granger, Wyoming's Pine Street grade crossing we're looking east down Union Pacific's Overland Route main, with the Oregon Short Line from Por...
- Union Pacific (Granger, Wyoming; August 31, 1996)
- Looking west along the Union Pacific's former Oregon Short Line to Portland, an eastbound Union Pacific freight is approaching this gravel road grade ...
- Union Pacific (Granger, Wyoming; August 31, 1996)
- Another eastbound Union Pacific freight roars through Granger, Wyoming on the UP's main Overland Route. The Oregon Short Line to Portland begins at le...
- Union Pacific (Granger, Wyoming; August 31, 1996)
- This view from atop the U.S. Route 30 highway underpass is about a mile east of Granger, Wyoming, looking west towards the town and the junction with ...
- Union Pacific (Harriman, Wyoming (Harriman Cutoff); October 1, 1997)
- With traffic constantly increasing over Sherman Hill around the mid-twentieth century, UP management decided to build a third track over the Hill to c...
- Union Pacific (Harriman, Wyoming (Harriman Cutoff); October 1, 1997)
- Looking west from the Union Pacific's Harriman Road grade crossing at Harriman, Wyoming, the east end of Harriman Siding on the Harriman Cutoff is see...
- Union Pacific (Harriman, Wyoming (Harriman Cutoff); October 1, 1997)
- Clearly the original intention to reserve the Union Pacific's Harriman Cutoff for westbound freights was not graven in stone; here an eastbound heads ...
- Union Pacific (Hermosa, Wyoming; September 29, 1997)
- Just south of Laramie, Wyoming the eastbound UP mainline splits into two lines: the original line built in 1868 and a newer (1901) line with better gr...
- Union Pacific (Hermosa, Wyoming; September 29, 1997)
- East of Hermosa, Wyoming, two Union Pacific freights meet at the summit. The eastbound on the left is just emerging from the Hermosa Tunnels at the su...
- Union Pacific (Hermosa, Wyoming; October 1, 1997)
- Such alterations in the landscape as railroad grades can last a very long time in the arid climate of Wyoming. The Union Pacific's original 1868 line ...
- Union Pacific (Hermosa, Wyoming; October 1, 1997)
- Another view of the abandoned 1868 Union Pacific line over Sherman Hill, again at Hermosa, Wyoming. The original plan was to abandon this line as soon...
- Union Pacific (Hermosa, Wyoming; October 1, 1997)
- An eastbound Union Pacific freight works its way uphill beneath the signal bridge at Hermosa, Wyoming as the last bit of sunlight fades.
- Union Pacific (Laramie, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- Laramie, Wyoming is the western "anchor" for the Union Pacific's Sherman Hill line, and as such hosts extensive rail facilities (though not, interesti...
- Union Pacific (Laramie, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- Again facing south (railroad east) from Laramie, Wyoming's Clark Street Bridge, the Union Pacific mainline is now directly below the camera. The headl...
- Union Pacific (Laramie, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- The Union Pacific's Laramie, Wyoming passenger station, no longer used since Amtrak rerouted its San Francisco Zephyr via the former Denver & Rio Gran...
- Union Pacific (Laramie, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- A bit of downtown Laramie, Wyoming is visible in this shot facing north (railroad west) from the Garfield Street footbridge. The Clark Street bridge i...
- Union Pacific (Laramie, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- An eastbound freight passes the Union Pacific's now unused Laramie, Wyoming station as seen from the Garfield Street footbridge. A headlight is visibl...
- Union Pacific (Laramie, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- The bearer of the headlight seen in the preceding slide has appeared! The eastbound and westbound freights pass in front of the Laramie, Wyoming Union...
- Union Pacific (Laramie, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- A closer look at the Union Pacific's Laramie, Wyoming depot. When Amtrak was first instituted it routed its San Francisco Zephyr via the UP's overland...
- Union Pacific (Laramie, Wyoming (Coalmont Branch); September 29, 1997)
- Union Pacific's Coalmont Branch (originating in the town of Coalmont, Colorado) ultimately ends up in Laramie, Wyoming. At this date it's clear that t...
- Union Pacific (Laramie, Wyoming (Coalmont Branch); September 30, 1997)
- In this view from Laramie, Wyoming's Clark Street bridge the main item of interest is of course the Union Pacific mainline (the "Overland Route"), in ...
- Union Pacific (Leroy, Wyoming; August 31, 1996)
- Leroy, Wyoming is the north end of the "new" trackage built in 1901 (including the Aspen Tunnel) to bypass steep grades and severe curves in the old l...
- Union Pacific (Leroy, Wyoming; August 31, 1996)
- Another view of the Union Pacific main at Leroy, Wyoming, this time looking north (railroad east) towards Granger from the Leroy Road grade crossing.
- Union Pacific (Leroy, Wyoming; August 31, 1996)
- An eastbound Union Pacific freight heads north through Leroy, Wyoming at the Leroy Road grade crossing.
- Union Pacific (Otto, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- Otto Road (Wyoming Highway 225) follows the Union Pacific's Sherman Hill line west out of Cheyenne as far as the location called Otto, where it turns ...
- Union Pacific (Otto, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- Seen from Otto Road (Wyoming Highway 225) west of Cheyenne, a ballast train works its way uphill on the Sherman Hill double track line. Note the bi-di...
- Union Pacific (Otto, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- Another shot of the westbound Union Pacific ballast train heading into the afternoon sun at Otto, Wyoming. Seen from Otto Road (Wyoming Highway 225).
- Union Pacific (Otto, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- The scenery around the Union Pacific's Sherman Hill main out of Cheyenne may appear featureless and relatively flat, but that only means that there is...
- Union Pacific (Otto, Wyoming; October 1, 1997)
- One of the technologies that enables the Union Pacific to carry such a formidable flow of traffic over an obstacle like Sherman Hill on just two track...
- Union Pacific (Sherman, Wyoming (Ames Monument); September 29, 1997)
- In 1875 the management of the Union Pacific Railroad decided to honor Oakes Ames, one of the founders of the road (and unfairly tarnished by the Cr&ea...
- Union Pacific (Sherman, Wyoming (Ames Monument); September 29, 1997)
- A closer look at the monument to Oakes Ames, one of the original founders of the Union Pacific. Fortunately being well off the beaten path, the monume...
- Union Pacific (Sherman, Wyoming (Ames Monument); September 29, 1997)
- One more look at the Ames Monument at Sherman, Wyoming. A careful look at the background will reveal the original grade of the Union Pacific's line ov...
- Union Pacific (Speer, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- At Speer, Wyoming, the Union Pacific's line from Denver (former Denver Pacific) joins the Harriman Cutoff for the remainder of the way into Cheyenne. ...
- Union Pacific (Speer, Wyoming; September 30, 1997)
- Speer, Wyoming sees the junction of the Union Pacific's former Denver Pacific line from Denver with the Harriman Cutoff. The track in the foreground i...
- Union Pacific (Speer, Wyoming; October 1, 1997)
- A northbound Union Pacific freight from Denver on the UP's former Denver Pacific line approaches the bridge over the former Colorado & Southern (now B...
- Union Pacific (Speer, Wyoming; October 1, 1997)
- Another look at the northbound Union Pacific freight from Denver as it crosses over the former @COS_WY.SPE__97.09.30.28_R{Colorado & Southern} at Spee...
- Union Station (Chicago, Illinois (Union Station); July 28, 1971)
- Ownership of Chicago Union Station was originally shared by the Pennsylvania, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Michigan Central (which dropped out of the...
- United States Government (Nevada (Lake Mead); March 1979)
- An industrial project as immense as the construction of Boulder (later Hoover) Dam involves the transportation of huge amounts of materials, both raw ...
- United States Government (Nevada (Lake Mead); March 1979)
- One of the many tunnels along the U.S. Government line from Boulder City to the floor of Boulder Canyon. This line was not built for the ages and neit...
- United States Government (Nevada (Lake Mead); March 1979)
- A closer look at one of the tunnels on the U.S. Government Railways line to the Boulder Dam construction site. Another tunnel is visible in the distan...
- United States Government (Nevada (Lake Mead); March 1979)
- In a scene eerily reminiscent of the Denver & Rio Grande Western's Moffat Tunnel line up the Front Range of the Rockies (but minus vegetation other th...
- Utah (Castle Gate, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- A northbound Utah Railway coal drag out of Helper, Utah, approaches the grade crossing at Castle Gate. Although the Utah Railway owned one of the two ...
- Utah (Castle Gate, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- Famous at one time for its white diesels, by 1995 the Utah Railway was sporting this eye-catching red and yellow on gray scheme, seen here heading nor...
- Utah (Castle Gate, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- Castle Gate. Denver & Rio Grande Western. Utah Railway. 'Nuff said.
- Utah (Castle Gate, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- Utah Railway nos. 9007, 9013 and 9003 lead a northbound coal run from Helper, Utah to Provo on Denver & Rio Grande Western rails through Castle Gate, ...
- Utah (Castle Gate, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- It's hardly surprising that with the steep grade over Soldier Summit ahead the Utah Railway would include mid-train helpers in its heavy coal consists...
- Utah (Castle Gate, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- One of the more unusual railroad operations in the United States was that of the Utah Railway. Operating a number of mines around the Helper, Utah are...
- Utah (Castle Gate, Utah; May 20, 2001)
- A southbound Utah Railway train on Denver & Rio Grande Western rails approaches Castle Gate north of Helper, Utah.
- Utah (Castle Gate, Utah; May 20, 2001)
- Although the Utah Railway was famous for many years for its fleet of white Alco road switchers, in 2001 it relied upon a fleet of former CSX SD40's pa...
- Utah (Helper, Utah (Utah Junction); September 3, 1995)
- Here looking south towards Helper, Utah at Utah Junction. Utah Railway trains diverged to the right to enter the Utah's mine trackage and D&RGW trains...
- Utah (Helper, Utah (Utah Junction); September 3, 1995)
- Another look at Utah Junction, just north of Helper, Utah, where trains of the Utah Railway (tracks in foreground) enetered the Denver & Rio Grande We...
- Utah (Kyune, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- An eastbound train of empties is returning to the Utah Railway mines radiating out of Helper, Utah, here seen at the north end of Kyune passing siding...
- Utah (Kyune, Utah; September 4, 1995)
- This eastbound Utah Railway train of empties continues its trip towards the mines around Helper, Utah. The center track here is Kyune passing siding o...
- Utah (Springville, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- Here at Springville, Utah, looking south from the Utah Highway 77 bridge, we see where the individually owned tracks of the Utah Railway and the Denve...
- Utah (Springville, Utah; September 3, 1995)
- Another look (south from the Utah Highway 77 bridge) at the shared double track line through Spanish Fork Canyon; on the left are the Denver & Rio Gra...
- Wabash (Buffalo, Illinois; May 24, 1975)
- That the Wabash was a well-maintained, heavy-duty railroad is apparent from this view of the mainline between Buffalo and Dawson, Illinois looking eas...
- Wabash (Chicago, Illinois (Forest Hill Crossing); June 18, 1972)
- A Norfolk & Western Geep (which may be no. 2528) leads a transfer run west over former Wabash rails at Forest Hill Crossing in the Chicago area. The t...
- Wabash (Springfield, Illinois; May 24, 1975)
- In 1964 the Wabash was absorbed into the Norfolk & Western, giving that carrier a highly profitable route from Detroit to the Midwest. Here an N&W fre...
- Wabash (Hannibal, Missouri; May 25, 1975)
- This imposing bridge over the Mississippi River at one time marked the easternmost end of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad via ownership of the Hann...
- Wabash (Hannibal, Missouri; May 25, 1975)
- Upon crossing the Mississippi River at Hannibal, Missouri the Wabash immediately crossed the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy's line along the west bank o...
- Wabash (Hannibal, Missouri; May 25, 1975)
- There frequently isn't a lot of room along the base of the Mississippi River bluffs, and on more than one occasion a bridge across the river has had t...
- Wabash (Windsor, Ontario; April 29, 1973)
- It's probably stretching things to call this a Wabash photograph, but the road did run across southern Ontario from Buffalo to Windsor via trackage sh...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Ansonia, Pennsylvania; August 17, 1970)
- The Wellsville, Addison & Galeton Railroad was a surviving fragment of the long-defunct Buffalo & Susquehanna Railway. Originally begun as a collectio...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Elkland, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- Elkland, Pennsylvania was the easternmost point on the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton; a continuation to Addison, New York was abandoned in 1960 due to...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Galeton, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- Galeton, Pennsylvania is the southernmost point on the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton, and the location of this impressive bridge over Pine Creek.
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Galeton, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- Another look at the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton's bridge over Pine Creek at Galeton, Pennsylvania. Ahead (looking west) is the WA&G's main yard and ...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Galeton, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- Parked at the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton's main yard in Galeton, Pennsylvania is this well-maintained wooden caboose. Also visible are several of t...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Galeton, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- Another unexpected find in the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton's Galeton, Pennsylvania main yard was this 4-wheel wooden caboose, bereft of paint but ot...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Galeton, Pennsylvania; November 28, 1976)
- This Wellsville, Addison & Galeton depot and headquarters building in Galeton, Pennsylvania was built by predecessor Buffalo & Susquehanna in 1898. An...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Galeton, Pennsylvania; November 28, 1976)
- This view of the Galeton, Pennsylvania Wellsville, Addison & Galeton depot and headquarters building looks east, with the line to Elkland leading away...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Galeton, Pennsylvania; November 28, 1976)
- Snow in northwestern Pennsylvania was always a serious matter, whether for the Buffalo & Susquehanna, the Baltimore & Ohio, or the Wellsville, Addison...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Genesee, Pennsylvania; May 27, 1971)
- The Buffalo & Susquehanna's line from Galeton to Genesee, Pennsylvania was built in 1895, providing a connection to Wellsville, New York via the exist...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Genesee, Pennsylvania; May 27, 1971)
- A closer look at the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton's Genesee, Pennsylvania station. Clearly maintenance has been lacking for some time; witness the co...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Genesee, Pennsylvania; May 27, 1971)
- Looking south along the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton at Genesee, Pennsylvania. The Genesee River is just behind the row of trees directly in front of...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Genesee, Pennsylvania; May 27, 1971)
- One of the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton's wood-sided boxcars, here painted in Salzberg orange and cream as seen at Genesee, Pennsylvania.
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Genesee, Pennsylvania; May 27, 1971)
- A closer look at one of the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton's wood-sided boxcars at Genesee, Pennsylvania.
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Newfield Junction, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- Newfield Junction was located at the summit of the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton's steepest grade: the 2.85% climb to Cutler Summit. Here at Newfield ...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Osceola, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- "West of Elkland" is all that's written on this 1972 slide; without a station name on the building I'd guess that this is Osceola, Pennsylvania. If so...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Westfield, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- At Westfield, Pennsylvania, the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton line west from Elkland, which up to now has been running along the Cowanesque River, mak...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Westfield, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- South of Westfield, Pennsylvania, the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton follows Mill Creek. Here we see two of the three F7A's purchased in 1968 from Sout...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Westfield, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- Two of the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton's glamorous ex-Southern Pacific F7A's are caught south of Westfield, Pennsylvania. Sadly, scenes like this on...
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Westfield, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- The F7A's cross Mill Creek south of Westfield, Pennsylvania.
- Wellsville, Addison & Galeton (Westfield, Pennsylvania; January 31, 1972)
- When the newly acquired F7A's were repainted, Wellsville, Addison & Galeton caboose no. C103 was also given the treatment, with spectacular results. O...
- Western Maryland (Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania; July 2, 1971)
- Looking east from the Western Maryland's "Ohio Pyle" station we see the bridge over the Youghiogheny River with the Mill Run Road (Pennsylvania Route ...
- Western Maryland (Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania; July 2, 1971)
- The Western Maryland maintained this trim station at Ohiopyle (spelled as two words by the WM) along the Youghiogheny River. Allthough controlled by t...
- Western Maryland (Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania; July 2, 1971)
- At Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania, the Western Maryland crosses the Youghiogheny River on a long deck girder bridge. Although by this time the WM was pretty m...
- Western Maryland (Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania; July 3, 1971)
- The following day the photographer caught another eastbound crossing the Youghiogheny River, this time with an all Western Maryland consist.
- Western Maryland (Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania; July 3, 1971)
- Two units lead an eastbound Western Maryland freight across the girder bridge over the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania. One wonders if th...
- Western Maryland (Elkins, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- Elkins, West Virginia was a favorite hot spot for Western Maryland enthusiasts. At one time a network of coal mining branches radiated out from here, ...
- Western Maryland (Elkins, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- Several F-units and a caboose have received the newer (1969) Western Maryland "circus" colors, as seen here in the Elkins, West Virginia yards.
- Western Maryland (Elkins, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- Three F-units, including no. 51, await their next assignment at Elkins, West Virginia. It's a pretty safe bet that it involves coal.
- Western Maryland (Hutchinson, West Virginia; August 21, 1972)
- Just south of Hutchinson, West Virginia, U.S. Route 19 passed under this Western Maryland trestle, now long gone. At one time the WM connected with th...
- Western Pacific (Fremont, California; July 15, 1983)
- At Fremont, California both the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific lines emerged from Niles Canyon and crossed at the tower on the left. The line ac...
- Western Pacific (Nevada (Ruby Siding); March 28, 1978)
- East of Wells, Nevada the Western Pacific leaves the paired trackage agreement with the Southern Pacific and strikes out on its own, piercing the Pequ...
- Western Pacific (Carlin, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- Looking east from Nevada State Route 278, at a location just west of Carlin, Nevada. Parallel mainlines of the Western Pacific (right) and Southern Pa...
- Western Pacific (Carlin, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- Here, a few miles west of Carlin, Nevada the parallel mainlines of the Western Pacific (left) and the Southern Pacific (right) enter Palisade Canyon. ...
- Western Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- A westbound Western Pacific freight on Southern Pacific rails passes the Southern Pacific's freight station at left on its way out of Elko, Nevada. Du...
- Western Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- Western Pacific caboose no. 480 brings up the rear of a westbound freight on Southern Pacific rails through Elko, Nevada.
- Western Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- Like most Western Pacific properties at the time, this WP freight station at Third and Commercial Streets in Elko, Nevada was painted a light blue-gre...
- Western Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- Unlike the Western Pacific's freight station, the WP's Elko, Nevada passenger station at Third and Commercial Streets was not painted blue-green; perh...
- Western Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- Elko, Nevada is much different today than in 1978. In this view of the Western Pacific mainline looking northeast, the gravel road on the right bears ...
- Western Pacific (Elko, Nevada; March 28, 1978)
- This Western Pacific unit seen at Elko, Nevada, is actually dark green and orange. Judging from the smoke above the stack, Geep no. 2001 is in active ...
- Western Pacific (Elko, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- Unlike the previous slide, this Western Pacific Geep (no. 727) is clearly stuffed and mounted. Located on the former right of way of the Southern Paci...
- Western Pacific (Elko, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- A closer look at Western Pacific no. 727, on display in a small park in Elko, Nevada.
- Western Pacific (Golconda, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- There are several "pinch points" where the parallel Southern Pacific and Western Pacific mainlines across northern Nevada are forced into close proxim...
- Western Pacific (Golconda, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Our approaching eastbound on Western Pacific rails in Emigrant Canyon soon reveals itself to be powered by four Union Pacific units, although the 1983...
- Western Pacific (Golconda, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Looking east from the same vantage point as the previous slide, we see the eastbound continuing on towards Battle Mountain. Soon the two lines will di...
- Western Pacific (Golconda, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Three Southern Pacific units lead an eastbound freight on Western Pacific trackage through Emigrant Canyon at Golconda, Nevada. This was part of the p...
- Western Pacific (Palisade, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- This view from just north of Palisade, Nevada looks south (track direction west) towards the two tunnels that cut through a spur of Palisade Canyon. T...
- Western Pacific (Palisade, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- South of Palisade, Nevada, we at last see the other side of those tunnels through an outcropping of Palisade Canyon. In this view looking south (track...
- Western Pacific (Palisade, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- A better look at the two bridges over the Humboldt River just south of Palisade, Nevada. The near bridge is the Western Pacific's, with the Southern P...
- Western Pacific (Palisade, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- A train has appeared! In this case, a westbound on the former Southern Pacific, emerging from one of the tunnnels just south of Palisade, Nevada. The ...
- Western Pacific (Palisade, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- This westbound freight on former Southern Pacific rails south of Palisade, Nevada will next encounter the metropolis of Beowawe (population in 2017: 4...
- Western Pacific (Wells, Nevada; August 16, 1998)
- Wells, Nevada is near the eastern end (Alazon is the name of the actual junction) of the paired trackage agreement between the Western Pacific and Sou...
- Western Pacific (Weso, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Weso, Nevada is the western end of the shared trackage agreement between the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific, in which eastbound trains across no...
- Western Pacific (Weso, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Another look at Weso, the west end of shared Western Pacific/Southern Pacific trackage across northern Nevada, this time looking west. An easttbound W...
- Western Pacific (Weso, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Another look at the Western Pacific's unusual light green paint used for its trackside structures, here seen at Weso, Nevada (the west end of the pair...
- Western Pacific (Winemucca, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- Between Alazon and Weso, Nevada (just east of Winemucca) the Southern Pacific and Western Pacific operated a shared trackage agreement dating back to ...
- Western Pacific (Winemucca, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- The Union Pacific unit in this westbound consist at Winemucca, Nevada is an interesting harbinger of things to come; the UP absorbed the WP on January...
- Western Pacific (Winemucca, Nevada; November 8, 1978)
- This westbound WP freight has just passed beneath Winemucca, Nevada's Melarkey Street bridge heading into the late afternoon sun. Ahead are countless ...
- Western Pacific (Lake Point, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- At Lake Point, Utah, a westbound freight on the former Western Pacific starts across the southern end of the Great Salt Lake on a long causeway, on it...
- Western Pacific (Lake Point, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- Looking for all the world like an extra-long string of barges, this westbound Western Pacific freight continues across the southern end of the Great S...
- Western Pacific (Salt Lake City, Utah; August 20, 1998)
- Fresh from crossing the Wendover salt flats and the southern edge of the Great Salt Lake, the Western Pacific mainline takes aim for downtown Salt Lak...
- Wheeling & Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio; August 28, 1970)
- The Wheeling & Lake Erie (later merged into the Nickel Plate Road in 1949, which became part of the Norfolk & Western in 1964) entered Cleveland, Ohio...
- Wheeling & Lake Erie (Cleveland, Ohio; March 26, 1971)
- Now this one was a puzzler, at least until a correspondent kindly provided an explanation. The Wheeling & Lake Erie, which entered Cleveland from the ...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Gromore, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- Gromore, Washington was also the terminus of one of the Yakima Valley Transportation Company's branches and a major source of traffic. Its current sta...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Gromore, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- The light-duty construction of the Yakima Valley Transportation Company, a heritage of its interurban origins, is apparent in this trestle along Wide ...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Wiley City, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- Wiley City, Washington was once a major traffic source for the Yakima Valley Tranportation Company, shipping out carloads of apples at a time. That th...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Wiley City, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- At right is one of the many produce warehouses that used to provide carloads of traffic for the Yakima Valley Tranportation Company. These days it loo...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- Just north of Yakima, Washington the street running Yakima Valley Tranportation Company crossed the Northern Pacific's Naches branch in the middle of ...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- The Yakima Valley Tranportation Company was a former interurban system which still survived as a freight carrier, owned by Union Pacific since 1908. H...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Company no. 298 is here caught alongside 16th Avenue North near downtown Yakima, Washington.
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- Another view of Yakima Valley Tranportation Company no. 298 as it performs switching chores alongside 16th Avenue North near downtown Yakima, Washingt...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- Ignore either of these traffic signs on Yakima, Washington's Nob Hill Boulevard at your peril, as the Union Pacific-owned Yakima Valley Tranportation ...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- The Yakima Valley Tranportation Company main has turned away from street running on Nob Hill Boulevard and headed out into the fruit orchards of the Y...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- Seen here from Ahtanum Boulevard outside Yakima, Washington, the Yakima Valley Tranportation Company's line splits, heading for the tiny communities o...
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- The interurban ancestry of the Union Pacific-owned Yakima Valley Tranportation Company is apparent in this scene along Ahtanum Boulevard.
- Yakima Valley Tranportation Co. (Union Pacific) (Yakima, Washington; June 13, 1972)
- Another fruit warehouse served by the Yakima Valley Tranportation Company, this one along Wide Hollow Road outside Yakima, Washington
- Youngstown & Northern (Girard, Ohio; December 30, 1971)
- The Youngstown & Northern was a small industrial road in northern Youngstown providing a connection between steel industries in McDonald (a company to...
- Youngstown & Southern (Columbiana, Ohio; July 2, 1971)
- One of the many interurban lines created in the heady days of the early twentieth century was the Youngstown & Southern, running from a connection wit...
- Youngstown & Southern (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- Here we see the Youngstown & Southern mainline from Youngstown's Gibson Street bridge looking east. The steel mills of Campbell are visible through th...
- Youngstown & Southern (Youngstown, Ohio; July 30, 1970)
- Seen looking west from the Gibson Street bridge in Youngstown, Ohio, the Youngstown & Southern mainline continues its climb out of the Mahoning River ...
- Youngstown Sheet & Tube (Gary, Indiana; July 26, 1971)
- This Youngstown Sheet & Tube switcher is dwarfed by the huge mill looming behind. In this view from an Amtrak train on the former New York Central (no...
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