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For the first time in over 80 years since it was built Union Pacific 4014 heads eastbound through New York and down to Philadelphia.

Nevada Northern 81 charging up grade towards Keystone.

Nevada Northern 250, former SP 4426, idles away at East Ely before it's 9:30 departure. This locomotive is painted in a special scheme for the US Semiquincentennial.

Santa Fe Kodachrome units 5959, 1569 and Blue units 5967, 8794 at the San Bernardino yard in December 1985.

Santa Fe 5117, 5116, 9543 and two other units are at the SP diesel facility after bringing a coal train to Tucson Electric Power plant in October 1987.

Rare leader on the Waseca

Southern 4501 heads down the East Chattanooga Belt Terminal line towards the NS interchange at 23rd Street

CSXT M637-21 heads westbound through Little Falls, New York with CSXT GE CM40-8 7774 on point.

1309 is arriving at Frostburg on a cool autumn day

Santa Fe F45 5962 leads 2 SF SD45's, 2 SP SD45's and a SP45T-2 Tunnel Motor at the SP Taylor yard in December 1984.

Conrail SD60M 5517 leads a wild colorful consist with CSX 5865 and 3 units each from the UP and SP at the east end of the SP Tucson yard in February 1999.

On the return of the 11am Missionary Ridge Local, the Frisco 200 crosses over the Chickamauga Creek. This is the first full day in service for the 200 for TVRM

It's 1943, and World War 2 is being fought across both oceans. Back in rural Georgia, a crew is getting ready to head south towards Macon, where they'll swap out with another crew that will head west to Savannah where war supplies will be shipped to Europe. The young crew knows they have to keep time or risk delaying more than just a few business men on the way to work, they would delay a decent bit of the war effort. The fireman was keeping the firebox hot and roaring and the engineer took his turn to oil the rods. A few minutes later, the locomotive would whistle off, and her mile long train would fly down the rails. This crew would actually make it to Macon an hour ahead of schedule and the new crew hadn't even arrived yet. This same crew would take their engine to the coaling tower and water tank, do some small maintenance, and run hard back towards Chattanooga for another load. They would swap with a new crew around Rome and be back the next day, once again with the MacArthur 699. In reality, it's 2025 and this is Southern 4501 dressed as 699. Hunter Terrell is in the cab while Christian James is on the ground. This was after the TVRM Founder's Day night shoot and both of them wanted to pose with the 699, and I don't blame them!

CofG 699 receives final touches

The most spectacular derailment I have witnessed and photographed happened on April 21, 1990. Santa Fe 2862 east, with SF 2849, EMD 764 (Ex-Conrail) and 6371 ran into the back end of another stopped eastbound at Mountainair, NM. The oncoming westbound train had trailers ripped opened by derailed cars fouling the main. It was quite a mess on this April 21st, 1990 afternoon.

Santa Fe Kodachrome helpers 1564, 1573 push hard against SF caboose 999236 and a Los Angeles-Barstow manifest train near Alray in November 1985.

UP 4014, UP 1616 and UP 1776 are on display at the Ogden Union Station, as thousands of people come to see the train.

RMRX 8020, RMRX 8021 and the Canyon Spirit passenger train at the Seven Mile siding, rest underneath the stars near Arches National Park in Moab, UT.

UP 8937 West burst into the sunshine at Henefer with a long PSR combined grain/manifest train.

UP 6059, UP 7045, and UP 5906 helper units wait for their next assignment at Helper, UT on a beautiful afternoon.