BNSF 1826 (SD40-2 in old school paint) sits in the engine servicing yard in Denver, Colorado.

The Union Pacific brought Challenger #3995 to the 2001 NRHS convention hosted by the St. Louis Chapter NRHS, shown here enroute to St. Louis. The convention paid homage to the 150th anniversary of... (more)

My, what big radiators you have
With all of the added emission restrictions over the last couple of decades, the cooling capabilities of modern locomotives demand larger radiators, culm... (more)

An Old Soul In recent years, the MBTA has rebuilt its World War II-era PCC cars with modern Brookville parts. Though this car's appearance is straight out of the 1940s, it was recently ret... (more)

Northbound empty Y25 led by AC44i #9889 arriving in Itirapina.

2816 pulls out of it's fourth maintenance stop of the day, on top of meeting six trains, on the marathon run of about 320 miles from Minot, ND to Glenwood, MN. Here the Hudson says goodbye to Nor... (more)

As the Marathon takes petroleum barges down the Ohio River, a grain train sails east high overhead

Striking a Pose. The NC Transportation Museum put on a great night photo session as part of the commemoration of the roundhouse's centennial anniversary. The session concluded with four SO... (more)

This shot rather landed in my lap due to an errant merge onto the "A" route thru, as opposed to around, town. Thought I was done for, but the train maintained a delicate speed and I was... (more)

Trestle Time: NS 4086 leads manifest train NS 118 eastbound over Coopers Trestle in Bramwell, West Virginia, along the NS Pocahontas District toward Bluefield, West Virginia.

Springtime lilacs are blooming in a roadside park as a southbound BNSF coal train passes an old water tank that once filled CB&Q steam locomotives with water at Gurley, Nebraska, on May 23, 2014.

Loaded iron ore train weighing around 43000 tons is seen here battling a 8km grade of 0.4% almost finishing its journey of near 1800km to the mines and back to São Luís.

Between Moose Jaw & Regina exists a sprawling network of industrial railroading in Belle Plain which partially includes Viterra's operations which can handle 135 cars of grain within their loop. ... (more)

In the 90s, Amtrak actually serviced a purpose. They ran trains and hauled some mail. Here, the Southwest Chief roars east at Stronghurst on the Chili Sub with a decent size train. Scanned Slide f... (more)

Northern Pacific train number 407 is seen departing Portland Oregon on July 29th 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.