The MRVSJ rolls through the shoe-fly just East of Livermore on a windy, warm Spring afternoon.
Amtrak 5 rolls out of Tunnel 35 and isn't expecting to find the dozen trespassers behind me, around the blind corner. The train took a 9 minute delay thanks to the folks kicking off New Years earl... (more)
An eastbound manifest bursts out of Roseville Tunnel into the sunlight on former Lackawanna rails. The train is minutes away from a meet with the westbound ES-99 Jersey Central run-through. 350mm ... (more)
The morning after a light snow dusted the Front Range mountains outside of Denver, this eastbound slowly emerges from the short Tunnel 29 on its descent toward Denver.
With the smoking bore of Nuttal tunnel in the distance, 'Duchess of Hamilton' looks every bit as regal as her name implies. Doesn't she look a treat in brunswick green livery? I think it suits her... (more)
In a scene that defines the modern day Pokey, new AC pushers shoves hard on a coal drag under the classic sigs and into the ElkhornTunnel. The freezing sleet made for a tuff push up the grade but ... (more)
CSX with their light, and yours truly with mine. An Eastbound works its way through Big Bend Tunnel, while I paint the scene with a spotlight. A wide angle 388 second exposure @ f4.0, ISO 100
KCR 8004 and Bobby Howes have mixed a very nice color for the shot with the green plants beside .
On a railfan trip the BDe 4/4 stops in the summit of Gotthard tunnel at 1154 m / 3786 ft and we could visit the tunnel line room. Here, the man on duty has his half way break when checking the 15 ... (more)
VIRM-VI 8665 as train 3572 (Eindhoven - Schiphol).
Three levels down in the bowels of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, there is a huge barrel vaulted space that welcomes and discharges No. 7 trains. Clattering out of the East River Tunnel... (more)
Union Pacific 3840 is seen poking out of a tunnel at Switch 9 (which goes under I-80) while the rest of the train snakes through Emigrant Gap. The Bear River Valley and snow capped peaks are seen ... (more)
Rear DPU on eastbound stack. If you look closely, you may notice the small notches cut into tunnel 36 to accomodate stack trains on Donner. The roadbed was lowered a bit through the tunnels to a... (more)
The view like that a bridge connect a tunnel is common in Fengsha railway.
The 12:57 London-Brussels train fires through the countryside north of Maidstone. There are several easily-accessible photo locations on the CTRL between Gravesend and Ashford, most from country l... (more)
Mixed freight train emerging from the Loreley tunnel. On the left one of many castles in that part of the Rhine valley: castle Katz.
Surrounded by thick WV forrest growth at the base of a sheer cliff lies Staggerweed Tunnel. This often overlooked tunnel plays a vital link in connecting the P-D Division with the Pocahontas Divis... (more)
Santa Fe GP-40X 3807 going over his train at Tehachapi Loop.
Bountiful Grain & Craig Mountain RR's "Kooskia Turn" exits Tunnel 2 on the 1st Sub of the former Camas Prairie RR.
The Guard checks for stragglers before closing the doors and giving a 2-bell signal to the driver to leave Birkenhead for Liverpool. This was a lucky shot for a few reasons. Since the 7/7 Lond... (more)
CSX K673 is on the bridge built in the 1930s which required the widening of the tunnel. The bridge in the foreground was built in the 1890s and was the second alignment that replaced the original ... (more)
The light at the end of the tunnel might be a train! The 11MPH struggle is almost over for the BNSF 4652 and company, as with the assistance of a quartet of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's, thi... (more)
A new NS ES44AC pushes a coal drag through the seldom seen #9 Tunnel portal built by the Virginian in 1920.
New Link Light Rail trains emerge from darkness into the light on a regular basis now. Within a couple of months of the new lines opening, the new smooth, silent trains are still a wonder to those... (more)
As the crow's fly so does the "Pointless Arrow" leading the Chicago bound Capital Limited in a light rain.
A short walk down from the highway gets you to the east side of Tunnel 29 on the UP Moffat Road line. BNSF has trackage rights over this former DRG&W line and runs several trains a day each way.
CP FP7A no. 1413 leads the eastbound Canadian out of the Connaught Tunnel below Rogers Pass in the Selkirk Range of the Canadian Rockies. The 5 mile tunnel was completed in 1916, lowering the elev... (more)
Through the short tunnel and south for this one.
SP 8560 is leaving Tunnel #33 at Cape Horn. This tunnel was constructed to carry two tracks and to eliminate the orignal mainline overlooking the American River. The SP decided to keep the track o... (more)
"Elephant" freight train steamlocomotive C 5/6 # 2978 of SBB Historic with a train for retired staff of the SBB entering the 60 meter long Mühlefluh tunnel below Läufelfingen on the old Hauenste... (more)
East Portal of Tunnel 6 - Looking back at the east portal of Tunnel 7. Mile post 98 is about 0.3 miles in the opposite direction and this area is two track miles from our jump off point ... (more)
A TGV exits one of the tunnels alongside the Lac du Bourget near Aix Les Bains. The tunnel mouth is highly ornate.
Fast Freight exits the western portal of Brush Tunnel
The new fire fighting and rescue train (LRZ 14) from Erstfeld on a test drive on the upper Meienreuss bridge. The new 4 car self propelled diesel train was built primarily for the Gotthard base tu... (more)
Regular Merchandise Train from Waterloo, IA - Chicago, IL exits the shadows and the East Dubuque Tunnel on its trip east. (Canon EOS20D, 16-35mm f/2.8L USM)
Smashing! An Eastbound stack train exits Tunnel 41, which is known as the "Big Hole", and begins its descent down Donner Pass towards Sparks.
LNER mogul no. 61994 The Great Marquess is currently working at the East Lancashire Railway. She is seen here entering Brooksbottom tunnel while heading a rake of freight wagons on a photographers... (more)
The Reading F units lead the 11AM train out of the south portal of Dillinger Tunnel and are reflected in a puddle/stream along the right of way.
5402 leads 5413, 5351 and 5385 out of the tunnel at Tennessee Pass on a helper set returning to Minturn in September 1985.
A set of DL&W F's blast through the newer of the two Nay Aug Tunnel bores with a passenger special bound for Scranton, PA.
A heritage consist lead by a re-numbered B&O unit in it's original paint scheme leads a westbound out of Carothers Tunnel on the Magnolia Cutoff.
A Link Light Rail train rolls to a stop in the sparkling new Beacon Hill Station. All of Link Light Rail stations and facilities feature art work. Some more artistic than others. The Beacon Hi... (more)
CN 5731 completes a back up move from Lasha siding just east of Lytton, BC to the Rainbow Canyon area near Skihist Park. The train will load Difco dump cars with the ongoing debris that slides don... (more)
Keep left of Fence: Brush Tunnel Westbound. It's a small sign, but a serious warning. The 914 ft. long Brush Tunnel is the one place on the Great Allegheny Passage Rail Trail where the tr... (more)
Highspeed tilting trainset ETR 610 of the SBB (former Cisalpino) is crossing Dala bridge and entering 1365 metre long Leuk tunnel with 160 km p.h., on the way from Geneva to Milan.
Rarely Photographed. Rockport Tunnel is located in the Lehigh River gorge on ex Lehigh Valley trackage. Photographing the tunnel requires a lot of hiking, and a lot of luck to get a train... (more)
Westbound MARC 68, running wrong main, is approaching the station at Harpers Ferry. - Click Here for another shot from th... (more)
MRL Unmanned helper 314 has the duty of bringing this MLAUPAS over Montana Rail Links Mullan Pass. The snow is starting to pile up at Blossburg as the train slowly grinds over the top of the divid... (more)
Interior of Tunnel 11 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] - Looking west thorough Tunnel 11 from the east portal. Most of the tunnels on the desert line are still supported with 100 year old wood... (more)
Reading & Northern Tamaqua Heritage Day Excursion exiting the Tamaqua Tunnel on a perfect autumn day. View more of my photos at http://mst145.rrpicturearchives.net
NB GALX mtys for Typo exit the tunnel at Langford on the CC (KY) Subdivision.
SPMW 209 ducks under the last remaining searchlight signal bridge on Donner Pass. Meanwhile, skiers enjoy perfect snow conditions at the nearby Sugar Bowl Ski Resort.
UP's 4-8-4 emerges from the 10,325 foot Tunnel 41 aka the "Big Hole", after cresting 1.80% grade inside the tunnel. They'll soon stop to take water at Soda Springs, and continue the journey West t... (more)
CP 5411, an ex-QNS&L SD40-2, enters Canada and emerges into daylight from beneath the Detroit River having just crossed the border from Michigan into Windsor on it's trip to Toronto.
After pulling a coal drag over Clarks Gap and setting it off at Algonquin, the motors head back to Elmore Yard to repeat the task all over again. Anybody ever been to Micajah?
DRG&W 5401,5368 have a short eastbound rolling out of the tunnel at Nolan.
Rio Grande GP40-2 3102 leads Rio Grande GP40 3151 and an SP "Kodachrome" SD45 into Tunnel 2, between Caliente and Bealville, in the Tehachapi Mountains.
LMS 733 leads a CN eastbound out of the old Sarnia Tunnel, as the new one is being constructed to the right.
A KCS AC4400CW leads the X-BARQUA1-27C, an empty BNSF grain train out of the tunnel at Nelson, AZ. This double track tunnel was the only one of its kind on the entire Santa Fe system.
The first Martinsburg train arrives at Harpers Ferry with what looks like Santa Claus at the controls.
Time exposure of an eastbound intermodal's EOT entering Gallitzin Tunnel for the trip over the Curve towards Altoona.
One of the longer tangents on the NS Kenova Division allows a shot of the recently altered facade of Tunnel 4 resembling a "mason jar" Note the grade as it rolls into the tunnel, due to the Heartl... (more)
ATN train Z389 eases through Roper Tunnel just outside of Trussville, Alabama
NKP 765 exits Mingo Tunnel in West Williamson.
The Cornish Rivera Express exits Whiteball Tunnel on route to London.
On May 12, 2014, an eastbound CSX coal train eases out of Natural Tunnel at Glenita, Virginia. This 850-foot long bore is 100 feet high inside and was naturally carved by Stock Creek through a hug... (more)
Got smoke? The storied Southern Mikado #4501 bursts out of the west portal of the 19th century Missionary Ridge Tunnel in East Chattanooga, TN on a smokey run-by for photographers, during a... (more)
Juniata Terminal's Pennsylvania E8's Railfest Special heads out of the tunnel at Gallitzen on one of the excursion runs.
Utah Railway 5005 grinds it's way through the incredible Spanish Fork Canyon as it travels north just before sunrise. The engineer will get to witness plenty of MOW work as he brings this 104 car ... (more)
A long manifest pauses to set the air before enter the west port of the Allegheny Tunnel during a heavy snow. Thanks Darryl and BMan for the explaination.
On the other side of this ridge sits the Potomac River and Harpers Ferry, WV. Its just after midnight and Q370 has the clear signal to proceed east and enters Harpers Ferry Tunnel. It's lights ill... (more)
What could be every little boy’s dream is to ride in the front of a dome car and see the railroad in a view similar to the engineer. Surely desirable by a lot of adults too! Here, while riding V... (more)
Tunnel 40—all 63 feet Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, curves along the Colorado River through Tunnel 40 in Little Gore Canyon west of Azure, Colorado, on August 21, 201... (more)
Plunging through Tunnel No. 2 a BNSF grain empty from Vancouver is headed east back to the northern plains for another load of grain.
Finally on the move out of the NS Frisco Yard, T62 has crossed over onto CSX trackage and has just exited the south portal of Click Tunnel on the Kingsport Subdivision.
A Hull Trains Pioneer emerges from the tunnel at Kings Cross 31/03/08
Throttling down the turbos, as part of the speed restriction on this section of track, UP 7069 leads UP 9069 and UP 9643 into the lone Bear River Canyon tunnel. The shrill of the wheel sets as the... (more)
CC20403 "The GE Loco Power" hauled Lodaya Express, leaving the Ijo Tunnel. The Ijo Tunnel is one of Beautifully Tunnels in Indonesia. The routes of this trainset is Solo-Bandung, VV.
Re 4/4 II 11109 in the "Swiss-Express" colors (only two locomotives remained in this paint scheme) with the Inter Regio 2159 from Basel to Locarno is leaving Leggistein tunnel and crossing the upp... (more)
"No man will ever be fool enough to build a railroad through the Feather River Canyon" - Collis P. Huntington The Feather River Canyon is home to steep cliffs, loose rocks and tough railr... (more)
Curving through South Draw Union Pacific’s Denver to Salt Lake City freight (MDVRO) rumbles through the Tunnel District east of Crescent, Colorado, on the afternoon of October 22, 199... (more)
Conductor directs the K276 engineer with guiding the power through Grays Ferry Tunnel back to a coupling with it's train from a rare still Conrail painted unit - what is listed as an SD50-2.
A southbound Red Line train pokes out of the subway at State & 13th Street on its way to Englewood. Red Line trains normally go to 95th Street along the Dan Ryan, but are currently being rerouted ... (more)
A 1x1 powerset on a stacktrain rolls East through Tunnels 9, 10, and 11 as seen from high above the Feather River.
NS' Norfolk & Western heritage ES44AC assists an eastbound NS 764 toward Bluefield, entering the west portal of Elkhorn Tunnel on its crew run from Williamson to Bluefield. Operating on home turf,... (more)
