A train passes through Junction 18, possibly the world's busiest rail crossing and interlocking. A real treat to see and so accessible!

Spencer Bound! EMD Demonstrator FT 103 rests in the back of the Museum of Transportation's yard awaiting pickup by a Union Pacific movement. After a 15 mile trip on UP rails, the unit will ... (more)

TVRM's former Southern Rwy 2-8-0 #630 leads a southbound Norfolk Southern/TVRM public excursion train across the massive bridge over the Kentucky River at High Bridge, KY on its round trip between... (more)

Thunderstorm rolled to the North while I was out shooting trains last night. Captured this shot of lightning from the Norfolk Southern Reading Yard last night. Photo by Shawn A Leightcap

Ball signal. As of 2012 the famous ball signal was still in place at Whitefield, NH, though the tracks have not seen any trains in many years. The tracks going left to right was Boston & Ma... (more)

Run-through freight (CNW train 252, The Rocket) has just arrived from North Platte with UP 6907 leading. UP pulled 6907 and two GP38-2s off leaving CNW 6802 to head the train to Chicago. The UP li... (more)

Amtrak GG-1 #926 on display at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY. For more pics & videos from my collection see my website at http://northamericabyrail.info/

Crossing the White River

An interesting array of railroad equipment meet at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland Oregon: an Alco RSD-5, painted as the Nickel Plate Road 324, a Vanderbilt steam locomotive tender, a ... (more)

An airplane is on the approach to Zurich Airport, when the short freight 63191 from Schaffhausen to Limmattal shunting yard with locomotive Re 4/4 III 11361 is crossing the large Rhine viaduct bet... (more)

It isn't a pretty spot where the Palmetto, northbound on the former ACL mainline, is seen crossing the Southern Railway in 1980. But it is a very historic one as Southern began life here one hundr... (more)

Two Trains and an Airplane - A CSX stack train crawls to a stop as the OI-16 train to Browns Yard, led by NS 1703, passes on the right. At the same time, a United Airlines jet makes a la... (more)

In this 5 minute exposure at Baring, MO, it is a crystal clear night with nothing but stars and airplanes lighting up the sky, and in the air the sounds of trains and crying coyotes could be heard... (more)