Looking out the window of Canadian National SD70M-2 No. 8016, a Canadian Pacific transfer train on X-Track (left) waits for light power at Symington Yard in Winnipeg, Man., on Oct. 23, 2007. A. Ross Harrison photo […]
Through the looking-glass
Section: Photos
If this is Hell, I can only imagine Heaven
Providence & Worcester, led by B40-8 No. 4002, exercises overhead trackage rights exiting Hell Gate Bridge in New York in January 2010. Photo by Thomas Mik […]
Toting minerals in Michigan
A trio of six-axle Alcos moves tonnage through Partridge, Mich., on Feb. 19, 1981 on the Chicago & Northwestern. Tom Murray photo […]
Through the Texas heat
A pair of Kansas City Southern GP22ECO rebuilds, products of Electro-Motive’s repowering program, work westward toward Metro Junction near Denton, Texas, on Aug. 28, 2010. The train uses ex-Santa Fe rails to reach the junction. Steve Schmollinger photo […]
Southern Alco paradise
Louisville & Nashville Alco C420s Nos. 1377 and 1361 lead a freight at East Bernstadt, Ky., on June 29, 1978. L&N’s four-axle Alco fleet was one of the last big bastions of Alcos. Tom Murray photo […]
Riding high in the Bay Area
A trio of BNSF power has doublestacks and autoracks in tow at Martinez, Calif., on Nov. 29, 2004. Tom Murray photo […]
Texas draw
An eastbound Union Pacific freight smokes it up leaving Taylor, Texas, on a December 1995 day. On the point is a leased unit, Motive Power Industries, SD40M-2 No. 9037. The unit started out as Louisville & Nashville, SD40-2 No. 1237. J. Parker Lamb photo […]
The light at the end of the tunnel
Union Pacific “Heritage” SD70ACe No. 1989 emerges from the tunnel at Newcastle, Calif., on July 31, 2010. The engine is leading UP’s high-priority Chicago-Lathrop, Calif., intermodal train, and it’s on the home stretch to the Roseville, Calif., yard. Jake Millie photo […]
Florida from the air
We’re high above Seaboard Coast Line’s Uceta Yard and locomotive shop on Sept. 26 1970. Below is the busy former Atlantic Coast Line yard and the neighboring Seaboard Air Line Yeoman Yard that were brought together under the SCL banner with the 1967 merger. The locomotive shop would distinguish itself in the late 1970s with […]
North Star in waiting
A North Star commuter train waits at the end of the line, Big Lake, Minn, before its return trip to Minneapolis on April 10, 2010. Photo by Rick Johnson […]
A key connection
A southbound Norfolk & Western freight train approaches the Southern Railway junction at Front Royal, Va., in this undated photo. The junction here will become a key connection when N&W and Southern merge to form the Norfolk Southern Railway in 1982. Photo by Michael S. Murray […]
Rich Cannistra’s American Flyer Christmas Layout
In the December 2010 issue we chronicled the amazing Christmas display that Rich Cannistra constructs in the four weeks after Thanksgiving. Here are some additional photos that we didn’t have room for in the magazine. […]
