While this blog is dedicated to railroad signaling, I occasionally veer into the command and control of railroad traction power systems beca...

Mel Bernero photo At dusk, a South Shore freight leaves the yard at Burnham on the Illinois/Indiana border. A pair of R-2 electrics will handle the train into the night. Burnham, IL Circa May 1972 ...

Photographer unknown Sitting outside the Michigan City shops, South Shore R-2 703 reflects on a Winter day in the 1970s. 703 had been built for the New York Central. Michigan City, IN Late 1960s Tr...

Part of our NMRA's recent bus trip to the Boston area included a stop at George Sellios' Franklin and South Manchester HO scale layout. No i...

Freiberg Tram 53 exits a building tunnel on October 17, 1965. Freiberg is in the German state of Saxony, southwest of Dresden. The town was founded in 1168.

Santa Fe 2926 completed successful test runs on the former Santa Fe main line in New Mexico, covering 80 miles Sept. 26 and 27.

EMD F9 demo 975 stands next to Rio Grande L-131 2-8-8-2 3601 at Tennessee Pass Siding which will be the rear pusher. 1953. Kodachrome by the Late Bob Konsbruck, from my collection.

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