Political strikes has put the VR's freight traffic under a hold, but there are few exceptions. A freight train from Talvivaara has stopped at red lights to wait upcoming trains from South. After t... (more)

Awaiting the passage of a directors' special bound for Oregon, Southern Pacific's PTLAT train is parked in the siding at Mott, California.

Maybe a tad off topic, but by definition a "passenger train," The MGM Grand-Bally's Monorail debuted in 1995, operating between the MGM Grand and Bally's hotels (which had been the MGM G... (more)

The Colorado Railroad Museum's DRGW #491 (K-37 2-8-2) takes a spin on the turntable at the roundhouse.

The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad #5771 (EMD F9) sits in the sun at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. This A/B set used to run into the Colorado Rocky Mountains leading the... (more)

ACWR 200 crosses the Pee Dee River with the Tillery Hydroelectric Power Plant in the background.

A set of power heads down to the south yard to collect coal empties.

On its way to Los Angeles for promotional purposes, British Columbia "Royal Hudson" 2860 (ex-Canadian Pacific 2860) rounds the famed Tehachapi Loop as it climbs up and over the Tehachapi... (more)

Union Pacific ALCO FA1 1610 and B unit mate lead 114 cars east at 55 MPH near Alda Nebraska in 1958. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SU-99 power sits at Little Ferry with 4062 not lashed up. Post 10:23 earthquake.

Just guessing, I'd say the C of G Es were off the SB Seminole while the IC unit is the NB Seminole or the City of Miami. I don't remember but it appears to be winter. That is a great old coaling... (more)

GP60 4028 leads SD45B 5502 and EMDX SD40 6501 on an eastbound.

"Pushing Snow at Charlestown"

On a snowy, but sunny March 24th, 2024, snow-covered Amtrak P42DC #130, painted in the Phase II heritage scheme, leads southbound Vermonter Tra... (more)

SD70 2522 leads a northbound freight.

On its maiden run after receiving Amtrak's Phase VII paint scheme, Amtrak P42DC 167 leads a late train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, as it departs Fullerton headed for its final stop at... (more)