Willamette and Pacific #2304 leaving the Southern Pacific Eugene Oregon yard headed North up the Willamette Valley on December 24th, 1994. Later this unit would be lettered for the Portland and …

It is my understanding that in the first versions of the diesel electric locomotives, that the main generator was a DC machine with comutator bars and brushes. Somewhere down the line, the main generator …

Date: 12/23/25 08:15 Re: Season's Greetings - Soda Springs, Calif. 11/13/1965, First S Author: Chico56

In late 1955 then McCloud River Railroad president Flake Willis talked the railroad's Board of Directors into retaining the company's 2-6-2 #25 as a momento of the steam era instead of sending it off to …

Feb 4, 2026 · Discussion relating to railroads in Western North America. Also is the place to comment on RailCam observations.

Hello Group: Did any SP F7 A or B make it to retirement still in black widow paint? If so, would you happen to know the numbers? Anybody have pictures? Thanks in advance.. SkokieSwift

All these years I have always assumed that the work on the 4 axle steering truck was a precursor to the self steering 3 axle. But if I understand what you wrote correctly, they were two very different items. …

Pretty cool ! I knew a guy who worked as station agent in Leadville in the early 1960's when they still ran steam. I don't recall why he said steam was used there so long. Glen Tucker was his name. …

Wonder how many levers you have to throw to complete the switch reversal. Looks like two pieces of the cog rail shift position, and one of them lays on top of a running rail? The other running rail seems to …

McCloud River RR cabooses 101 and 102 parked in front of the shop at McCloud (CA). These two extended vision cars, built to a custom 25 foot length by International Car in 1962, were the only …