After having just negotiated the loop at Walong, a Union Pacific special emerges from Tunnel 10, as it works its way through the Tehachapi Mountains.

SP 5316 East blasts out of tunnel 9 onto the Loop as it battles the tortuous grade. Although SP had only 26 SD39s, they were a main player on Tehachapi and Cajon in the late 60s and throughout the... (more)

Southern Pacific No. 4449 returns to Seattle Wa. from Vancouver, Canada. After passing through the tunnel under Downtown Seattle, the 4449 and consist passes under Main street as it arrives King S... (more)

July 4, 1979, finds recently out-shopped 50009 Conqueror exiting the Parson and Clerk tunnel, the last of five tunnels between Dawlish and Teignmouth, with the 13.30 Paddington to Penzance service... (more)

A large crowd of young and old gather in anticipation to see Norfolk Southern's first responder unit. However, both 911, and 3501 faced mechanical issues at Glenita, so T50 was called in from Fris... (more)

The Rio Grande Ski Train curves out of Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 17, 2000. This summer edition of the train operating a round trip from Denver to Winter Park... (more)

Clinchfield F3A fits right in at the north portal of the Twin Tunnels near Hill Station, VA.

103 184 of DB AG (DB Museum Nürnberg) with "TEE Rheingold" on the journey back from Domodossola via Lötschberg mountain line to Dortmund is leaving Felsenburg tunnel III and entering Blausee-Mit... (more)

A Reading & Northern coal extra exiting the south portal of the Mahanoy Tunnel. View more of my photos at http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net

Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr is dexiting 63-foot-long Tunnel 40 in scenic Little Gore Canyon west of Azure, Colorado, on June 3, 2013. Almost lost in the craggy scene on the far left, fi... (more)

The eastbound "Wolverine" is nearing the end of its overnight journey, as it exits the Oscawana tunnel.

The E8's roll out of the Allegheny Tunnel at Gallitzin, with the east end of the 3,605 ft tunnel visible in the distance.

The Royal Canadian Pacific pops out of the Upper Spiral Tunnel on Kicking Horse Pass.

AT&SF rail gang at work just outside Santa Fe's only double track tunnel transposing rails on curves to gain more wear from them. Nelson, Ariz.

The Veteran's unit, SD60E #6920, exits Oak Mountain Tunnel near Leeds, AL, with eastbound Central of Georgia district train #336. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)

The speader waits on the #1 while a westbound train pulls up the finally portion of the grade out of the "big hole"

The "Erie Side" usually came to life in the late afternoon, and this day was no exception. Four F-units and an RS-3 roll eastbound freight into Otisville Tunnel.

Two Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs lead an eastbound coal train out of the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on the colorful autumn morning of September 27, 2000.

T-Centralen is a metro station that forms the heart of the Stockholm metro system, in the sense that it is the only station where all three of the system's lines meet. The statio... (more)

Catching the last rays of sun before it ducks behind the hills surrounding Harpers Ferry. The Capitol Limited blasts out of the tunnel and slows for its regular station stop. Notice the high water... (more)

CSX ethanol train K445-13 exits the Track 1 South Portal of the Grants Bend Twin Tunnels with elephant style CN SD70M-2's leading the way.

Almost at the end of the tunnel that goes under Nationwide Blvd, Front St and a parking garage, before we cross Marconi Blvd at grade.

Southbound #271 exits the south portal of Eagle Tunnel

Train loaded with copper concentrate from El Salvador copper mine, after passing the Montandon former station is a closed horseshoe curve and from there will begin to climb towards CODELCO foundry... (more)

A colorfull consist exiting one of many tunnels on the FRC. A closer look reveals the conductor taking pictures

67561 approaching Niolon station, crossing the viaduct immediately prior to the tunnel above the station, with the 1234 Marseille - Miramas push pull service.

This Pasco, WA to Barstow, CA priority manifest has just emerged from Tunnel 3, as it continues its steady climb through the Tehachapi Mountains. Three Ferromex ES44ACs are assisting with the eff... (more)

Dual system locomotive Gem 4/4 # 801 of the RhB, usually in service on the Bernina line, on a driver training run between Filisur and Davos, in the short Bärentritt gap between Brombenz II and BĂ... (more)

"Track Replacement at Penn Station" Empire Service train 236 prepares to depart from Track 6 in Penn Station while trackmen work on replacing Track 7. Amtrak is in the process of... (more)

NS morning regular 233 crosses over the Bluestone River and the abandoned Bluestone Branch as it heads west toward Williamson. Directly behind the power is Coopers tunnel.

CSXT 5458 peeks around the curve coming into the tunnel at Harpers Ferry as the track 2 signal awaits the eastward Capitol Limited.

As I did last year, I highly recommend to any one considering it to visit the Copper Basin. Not only are they a busy, good looking shortline, but they are also by far the friendliest operation out... (more)

Two rent-a-wrecks lead westbound Autoracks out of the 1892/1931 Harpers Ferry Tunnel

Shavrin's recess is a unique engineering object on the line Simferopol - Sevastopol at the Crimean Peninsula. It was cut into the rock of sandstone more than 130 years ago with t... (more)

103 113 leaves the "Banktunnel" near the town of St Goar.

"CTrail P40 Testing at the East Haven Tunnels"

Freshly rebuilt CTrail (CTDX) GE P40BH 6711 leads CDOT Test Extra 963 west past the East Haven Tunnels in New Haven, Connectic... (more)

CSX Tropicana juice train starts west on 2 through the tunnel at Grays Ferry at the mouth of Eastside Yard with it's pickup of intermodal cars completed behind a pair of GEVOs on a sunny morning.

A clean ACe exits the eastern Portal @ Sandpatch

This head on the way back to sidotopo loco shed after hauled an executive class passenger trainset from Jakarta, Pusat Grosir Surabaya is a Shoping Mall that use PT Kereta Api facility for commerc... (more)

Second to last downhill train approaches the tunnel in last lights suitable for shooting anything that moves. On point with the since then dead Mk45 2002 pulling - I mean slowing - a half-baggage,... (more)

"The EL Emerges in Queens" New Jersey Transit's Erie Lackawanna Railway Heritage ALP-45DP #4519 leads NJ Coast Line train 3326 out of the East River Tunnels in the Long Island Ci... (more)

"Taurus" locomotive 1116 216 of OeBB with a RailJet pushpull train is leaving Biberlikopf tunnel and entering ZiegelbrĂĽcke station on a driver training run. RailJets will start service between Au... (more)

A chip off the ole block. My son, Jacob, salutes a coal train as it exits the Glen Alum Tunnel. It's cool to have a kid that enjoys the hobby as much as me.

The 5518 is heading to Montzen whit this Hupac train.

An eastbound coal train passes through 63' Tunnel 40 and greets the morning light. A mid-train helper consist is just coming into view.

A short southbound manifest climbs the Loop on a very slow Tuesday thanks to MoW work. Even though it was a slow day for action, I'm grateful I got a chance at the 'classic' shot of the Loop.

Ae 6/6 # 11402 "Uri" of SBB Historic from Erstfeld, is shoving the heavy train 43075 Duisburg Ruhrort Hafen to Gallarate on the Gotthard north ramp, from Erstfeld to Göschenen, and pass... (more)

Karnataka Sampark Kranti express exits tunnel No. 3 to negotiate a large curve.

Westbound Railfest Special barreling out of westbound tunnel in evening light , photo taken at 6:06 pm last trip of the day a special trip not listed on timetable.

K674 lead by a pair of ICE SD40-2's, en-route to Baltimore, Maryland, cross a very swollen Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Battling upgrade out of Beaville, BNSF 8251 leads a southbound grain train out of Tunnel 3 and past the long-abandoned Tunnel 4 as it works its way toward Cliff and Tunnel 5. Drones have not opene... (more)

UP 3107 2507 and SP 9040 9274 make a smokey exit from Hermosa Tunnel on a slow eastbound freight heading towards Sherman Hill in September 1985.

Class 7A No. 1007 was 98 years old when this photo was taken and the helper, class 7B No. 1056 was 96 years old! The coastal plain, visible through the notch, is 2400 ft. below.

Little does Mack know, his love message to Heather will disapear very soon. Roderfield is one of 30 tunnels on the Pokey that will change shape during the Hartland Corridor project. In the distanc... (more)

Over a foot of heavy and wet snow clings to the granite of Donner Pass, while Amtrak 5 gently and quietly exits Tunnel 35 on its way down the mountain.