October is almost over, so here is our Aerial Ask for this month. This color photograph shows a classification yard as it existed in 1982. Where is this yard is located?

Husband-and-wife comedic duo Jim and Marian Jordan, better known as Fibber McGee and Molly waving upon their arrival in Omaha, Nebraska, October 1951. Fibber McGee and Molly were famous for their radio program.

Missouri Pacific (MoPAC) conductor, Glenn Voyles working inside caboose, MP 13738, in St. Louis, Missouri, October 1977. MoPAC joined Union Pacific in 1982

Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 locomotive, SP 4262, photographed in Truckee, California, October 1949. Southern Pacific built these locomotives out of necessity in traversing tunnels through the Sierra Nevadas. This type of locomotive was known by many names, what do you call it?

Union Pacific General Electrical Foreman, R.E. Burkart, inspecting a light in the nose of a UP Streamliner on this day, October 3, 1946. Do you know the name of this light? BONUS if you can name the company!

Southern Pacific's (SP 6006) is getting overhauled at the Sacramento General Shops in California, September 1953.

Railroad depots were the center of a town. They were where the townspeople got their mail, received shipments, set their clocks, and traveled to far places or welcomed people home. Here is the interior of a UP depot in Oakley, Kansas, September 1912.

Employees in the Omaha Shops, c1945.

Can anyone tell us when the caboose was phased out of service, and what replaced them on modern freight trains?

Summer has passed us by and today marks the 2026 Fall Equinox. Image: Fall 1957, exterior of Southern Pacific's "Del Monte" passenger train, enroute.

This photograph was taken September 20, 1933, 93 years ago, today, detailing the construction process of Boulder Dam in Nevada. Do you know what this dam is called now?

We have a question for steam enthusiasts! What locomotive do you think this engineer and fireman are standing next to? When do you think this striking color photo was taken?

Here is our Aerial Ask for the month of September- Which yard and terminal is this? And when do you think this photograph was taken?

Southern Pacific locomotives at night at the Taylor Yard in Los Angeles, California, circa 1970s.

On the right-of-way in Palatine, Illinois, September 1951. This is a smaller example of the type of equipment that replaced the “hand car.” Can you guess the name of this piece of MOW equipment?

Happy Labor Day! This holiday celebrates the history of American workers, in the many shapes and forms they come in, and their contributions in building our country. Image of Southern Pacific employees working in the shops at Ogden, Utah, in the 1940s.

Here’s the Aerial Ask for August! Which roundhouse is this? Hint: the special 135ft long turntable was installed specifically for UP’s “Big Boy” locomotives.

A.J. Russell stereograph photo of railroad bridge building in 1868. Green River, Wyoming. Plate No. 176.

Check out this station! Next to it is the last car of a passenger train, named on the drumhead as the “San Francisco Limited,” from the F.M. Gill Collection, Album 2. Do you know where this station is located?

August 20 is National Radio Day! With the advent of a ‘portable’ radio, people could listen to music in even the most scenic of places! Like Bryce Canyon National Park, circa 1925.