SP 9768 West comes down the original Central Pacific alignment at Newcastle and heads for the now double-track tunnel.
Pushers return light and exit the Breaks Gorge via Pool Point Tunnel.
Another birthday surprise! A 2nd set of SD70ACe helpers transverses Mullan Pass in a 10-minute period. The old Continental Divide sign still stands strong on the spine of North America. Mullan ... (more)
Southbound on the KP, CSX U303 emerges from Russell Tunnel sporting a duo of brand new GE ES44AC's numbered consecutively. The 4th quarter order of AC's consist of engines 950-999. The locomotives... (more)
Locomotive 465 015 "Cats Eye" leased from BLS heads Railcare train 50512 northbound, just leaving the Wattinger tunnel. An unidentified ICN is on the way to the south.
Man, they ran long trains, usually with far more power because you almost never arrived with all the original units running. Like a period to a good sentence, the caboose provided punctuation to ... (more)
A visual symphony of light in the pouring snow at Fort Spring Tunnel.
Train, tunnel and bridge.
A 1967-built SD40 makes a smoky exit from the 1854 Summit, or Allegheny Tunnel, which was rebuilt 1994-95 with two tracks and clearance for double-stacks. As part of that project, Gallitzin Tunne... (more)
The Christmas Miracle? Vermont Rail System has found itself short of motive power this winter and gone to the bullpen to bring in the veteran reliever, Alco RS-1 405, normally reserved for excurs... (more)
GP40-2 leads a work train east over the Potomac River. The CSX Gateway project has lead to an increase in work trains and ballast trains on the Sub.
What?! I can't hear you; there's a steam engine in the tunnel! This was truely one of the loudest experiences of my life. Some see the trail as a an eyesore and a nuisance as for my brother and I,... (more)
A relatively clean MAT64 makes an unscheduled stop in a tunnel for a rare photo.
"Last Shuttle on the Old Track 4"
At 12AM on the dot on August 23rd, 2021, the last train to use the original 42nd Street Shuttle configuration slows to a station stop on Tr... (more)
On September 16th, 1989, two Erie Mining F9As and a pair of C420s lead a loaded ore train through the tunnel at Cramer, Minnesota. Original Slide. Mike Cleary Photo. Sam Foster Collection.
New England Central has been recovering following the CN strike and to facilitate crew shortages, some extra trains have made cameo appearances. On December 18, NECR GP40-2 437 is taking 39 cars ... (more)
Do you hear something? Before the cautionary fencing went up, wild and undomesticated railfans would wander off into Brush tunnel to initiate a foaming ritual as Mountain Thunder #734 would appro... (more)
Kids scream in excitement (which is very loud inside a tunnel) with the approaching MAX.
At 200 km/h (150 mph) the two "Girunos" RABe 501 004 and 001 rush into the 57 kilometer (35,5 miles) long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) at the south portal near Pollegio. The pantograph tes... (more)
Through the hills....literally. A few rays of sunlight highlight the exhaust plume of Crossett Western #10 as she emerges from West Portal of the 300 ft long tunnel near Mouton Falls, on he... (more)
Q130 crosses the Potomac River and is about to enter the west portal of the Harpers Ferry tunnel.
Goods train exits a tunnel in Shindavane ghat.
Harper's Ferry, WV 9/4/2009 - Under the light of the full moon, MARC commuter train P-883 returns empty to Brunswick, MD, crossing the Potomac River from West Virginia into Maryland. P-883 is the ... (more)
SP 4449 and UP 8444 are racing each other up Cajon Pass at Tunnel #2. The SP 4449 would stop just around the curve due to an overheated bearing, ending what was one of the best races up Cajon Pas... (more)
Steamscape: Rock Tunnel. Denver & Rio Grande Western Consolidation #315 pokes her little nose out of the west portal of Rock Tunnel, as she hauls a stock extra on the slow trek to Osier, Co... (more)
A westbound Canadian Pacific coal train curves out of the tunnel in Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on the morning of June 24, 2006.
The only place in the world where trains and buses share the same tunnel and stations. Under the streets of Seattle, Metro buses, Sound Transit Express buses, and Link trains pass each other under... (more)
A pair of KCS SD70ACe's poke out the west portal of the 6.2 mile long Moffat Tunnel as skiers from Winter Park head back to their cars after a rather warm day on the slopes. The KCS pair made it o... (more)
Preserved in BW, the last days of WMSR steam (prior to the bike trail, that is). WM #734 barrels out of the West end of Brush Tunnel on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad.
CP 111 curves around the Mink with 117 cars
Having made an irresistable roar climbing the deep cutting from Liverpool to Edge Hill, GWR Castle Class 5043 'Earl of Mount Edgecumbe' prepares to emerge at Edge Hill station, the oldest continuo... (more)
Five GP30s work their way west, out of Hermosa Tunnel, picking up speed as they move downhill toward Laramie.
Close up of the west tunnel portal at Harpers Ferry looking east from the Shenandoah Division. Famous B&O location has been recently CSX-ified with new signals.
Class leader CP 7000 (xCP 9101) crosses Ainslie Creek bridge on the CN Ashcroft Sub.
A NB out of Danville Yard exits Sproul Tunnel on the Coal River Subdivision.
LIRR M-1 #9554 shows off the new system for designating cars that need to be sent through the washer.
Westbound P877 helps show the size of this tunnel opening. The West portal of the Harpers Ferry Tunnel has 3 tracks but the East portal only has 2. There is a switch for the Shenandoah Sub. just i... (more)
CC20301 "the GE Loco" leads Taksaka Express (Yogya-Jakarta), leaving the Notog Tunnel which a one of the Old's Tunnels in the Indonesian Railways. That's like a serpent out of the nest. I like it.
A lone SD40 leads a 7 car Jimbo past the abandoned tunnel on the West side of Bozeman Pass.
CSX 9042 is lone power for westbound coal empties E746 on a sunny morning. Here the GE shoves through Eastside Yard to the tunnels at Grays Ferry to apply the marker to the back of the train, all ... (more)
Every year during the annual Nevada Northern winter photo shoot, the steam locomotives take the spotlight. But what about the diesels? Where else will you find an operable RS-2 and RS-3 running ... (more)
Ex-Milwaukee Road parlour car CEDAR RAPIDS, lounge WISCONSIN VALLEY and Super Dome 53 dive into UP/ex-D&RGW 6.2-mile long Moffat Tunnel under the Colorado Rockies. Cars headed for NRHS Portland, O... (more)
East portal of a tunnel at stage Alambaj - Tjagun
Western Maryland 734 breaks the silence as it roars through Brush Tunnel on a snowy Winter day. This was truly a experience that I will never forget, dont even think I need to repeat either.
9801 exits Tunnel 9 with a grain train.
For those of you who what to know what The Cascade Tunnel looks like with the door closed, here you go! It looks like its doors either being replaced or repainted.
Rio Grande SD40T-2 Tunnel Motor No. 5400 leads a Union Pacific DVROM freight westbound through Tunnel 29 east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on the morning of April 12, 1999. The 5400 was one of the few... (more)
The mid-train DPU on a westbound potash train approaches Cathedral Tunnel.
Deep in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, a trio of brand new GE ET44AC's lead a train of Duke Power empties out of Natural Tunnel on their way east toward Andover and Carbo, and eventually Shi... (more)
Nearing the end of it's run after making great time outta Memphis, Norfolk Southern's OCS crests the Raccoon Mountain grade and passes the Civil War Era tunnel at Whiteside, TN. The tunnel was bui... (more)
A westbound Union Pacific grain train emerges from the twin bores of Hermosa Tunnels crossing desolate Sherman Hill at Hermosa, Wyoming, on September 24, 2003. General Electric 6,000 hp AC6000CW N... (more)
An eastbound Amtrak Regional Express led by No. 915, emerges from the Hudson River tunnel into the now covered open pit before returning underground for its Penn Station stop. A series of double s... (more)
UP 3557, SSW 9398, SP 9246 and SP 8710 go over the top of their train on Tehachapi Loop. The four unit helper set has just cleared tunnel 9, and the sound of 7 EMDs and 1 GE U-boat in run 8 was a... (more)
Regional train linking St Claude to Dijon is climbing from Morez to Morbier (only 4km=2,6 miles). The track pass on three viaducts and under three tunnels. Difference in level between both statio... (more)
Westbound enters Buda tunnel.
A westbound BNSF freight exits Black Tunnel in Wind River Canyon south of Dornick, Wyoming, on May 25, 2011. Behind the warbonnet Dash-9 and visiting UP SD70M are Boeing 737 fuselages headed for W... (more)
Popping out of the tunnel on to a curve and crossing BNSF Aurora sub and over the Mississippi river bridge.
BNSF 4692 blast up and out of the dark Moffat Tunnel's East portal and head on into the morning sun.
SR GP50 7021 long-hood forward leads a northbound through the Park Ave Tunnel in Lynchburg.
A river can handle a drop in elevation much more comfortably than a railroad. Here the BNSF is making its way downhill a little more gradually than the Flathead River. With no way around the mou... (more)
Like a scene from a storybook: "Black 5" No. 45407, named The Lancashire Fusilier, briefly pops out into daylight between the short Leachabhuidh Tunnels on a typically dreary day in ... (more)
Nevada Northern's Alco #109 emerges from the western portal of the Lower Tunnel in Robinson Canyon with a passenger consist. The history of this particular train spans most of the working life of... (more)
On June 16, 2001, a summertime run of Ansco’s Rio Grande Ski Train passes through 75-foot Tunnel 29 westbound just east of Pinecliffe, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s scenic former Rio Grande Mof... (more)
Exiting the 610 feet Shawinigan tunnel, VIA 600 head south to Montreal Central station with three Rosen Beaudin Leasing (RBRX) ex Toronto's Go Transit F59PH. The engines, leased to VIA Rail during... (more)
Thunder rumbles in the background as an empty unit grain train pounds across the bridge toward Tunnel 23 on the famous NS Rathole.
Delaware Lackawanna ALCO's bring their train out of the 755 foot long Nay Aug Tunnel built in 1865. The parallel bore was built in 1905 as part of the the DL&W modernization. It has not been used ... (more)
Natural Tunnel... A place that has been on my shot list for years is Natural Tunnel. Located in Duffield, Virginia, this tunnel was mostly carved by Stock Creek. The railroad had to carve through ... (more)
CN GE ET44AC No. 3279 and another CN GE counterpart lead CSX bulk commodity (ethanol) train B637-27 southbound out of the Twin Tunnels at Lambs Ferry Road on the CC Subdivision. As you can see, CS... (more)
Northbound pops out of short tunnel. Canon EOS; Kodachrome
Erie 1068 leads loaded coal train 762 east out of Merrimac Tunnel near Blacksburg, VA. The old brick structure is the remains of a smoke ventilation system from steam days on this former Virginia... (more)
E 10 1239 with the TEE Rhinegold in beautiful evening light at the Moselbridge by Edinger Eller. One of 200 trains of a special event called Dampfspektakel. Celebrate the 175 anniversary of the g... (more)
A westbound UP intermodal train, possibly the OMW, exits the former WP Tunnel 1 in Niles Canyon. This location is rarely photographed, yet it is only a short walk from the nearest road.
A Tacoma to Pasco, WA manifest train is framed in the Drano Lake Tunnel.
Looking down the barrel of 6188' long Big Bend Tunnel.
Portal to Portal A 7200 ft long train of mixed manifest and containers off the barge in Whittier is on the move to Anchorage behind consecutively numbered MACs. The heavy train ... (more)
Canadian National GE C44-9W No. 2606 and GE C40-8M cowl No. 2430 lead a westbound freight passing through Black Canyon west of Ashcroft, British Columbia, on the morning of June 25, 2006. In the f... (more)
Reading & Northern SD50s 5014 and 5049 emerge from the unique Route 93 tunnel outside of Nesquehoning with the 425 in tow as they head toward the wye at Haucks. With the possibility of trips incre... (more)
The Beast! Â Ever wonder what craws below the streets of NYC? Well - this might be one of those critters! Then again, the Plasser American 09-32-4S Dynamic Tamping Express Unit ca... (more)
We are inside Hoosac Tunnel looking east. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
In the midst of a heavy summer downpour, CSX autorack train Q217 hurries across the Potomac River bridge into downtown Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Minutes later, the rain would stop, but the clo... (more)
"Amtrak's American View at NYP" Amtrak's Viewliner based Inspection/Theatre car "American View" sits on the rear of Amtrak 98 in New York Penn Station awaiting to head to Sunnyside Yard. Am... (more)
A BNSF grain train races west into the fading light of the day through the rock tunnel at Drano Lake.
The DPU on an Eastbound perishable manifest pushes hard up the grade through Tunnel 35.
CP # 8577 is pulling a long doublestack freight through the lower spiral tunnel on the ascent to the Kicking Horse pass in the Canadian Rockies. Second, not visible locomotive was 9590 and pushing... (more)
Southbound loads led by a pair of brand new AC GEVO's have just emerged from Russell Tunnel, near Haysi southbound on the former Clinchfield mainline.
Re 460 020 "SRG SSR Idée Suisse" with the EC Cisalpino SAN MARCO Basel-Milan-Venice is passing through the 88 meter long Mühle tunnel near Wassen on the northern ascent to the Gotthard tunnel.
