Nickle Plate Road Berkshire 765 pulls the Bureau excursion through Moline for Trainfestival 2011. The healthy portion of smoke coming out of the stack makes the big 2-8-4 look great. Amtrak's Phas... (more)

Evolution of the Forties.

Seven BNSF engines (including one DPU on the rear) team up to move emptys back to the mine. Though the train's ultimate destination is westward, it is actually moving eastbound at this location. N... (more)

While two UP geeps switch a cut of cars, a local with a nice HLCX leaser eases off of the elevated trackage and into the Lesperance Street yard. A lot of luck went into this shot as the 629 ventur... (more)

The Terminal Railroad has been using a leased ex-BN SD40-2 to shove cars over the hump at Madison Yard. Here, it is paired with a tunnel motor, TRRA 3005. In the background, a pair of BNSF GEs hav... (more)

Sweet light, sweet train. After a few hour stay at the former Gateway Western yard in East St. Louis, KCS's beautiful A-B-A southern belle F units are on the move back to Kansas City. The t... (more)

Emergency Room. Memorial Day wasn't a shining moment for this steam excursion star. On the previous day, UP 844 suffered bearing problems shortly after leaving Marysville, Kansas. With the ... (more)

Where else can you find historic steeplecabs pulling freight in the United States? The answer: no where. The Iowa Traction Railroad is one of the last electric freight operations in the country. T... (more)

Got Smoke? The NKP 765 sure does.

UP 844 limps along the Marysville Subdivision at the blistering speed of 30 miles per hour with a bad bearing. The Mopac heritage unit, UP 1982, is lending a hand to help the northern. This pleasa... (more)

Branson Scenic's F9PH is along for the ride on the morning excursion. With only GP30 #99 used to power the train, the handsome looking cab unit is only needed (besides looks, of course) to control... (more)

Branson Scenic Railway's red and silver GP30 guides tourists out of the entertainment hub of Branson and deep into the Ozarks. Branson's next door neighbor city, Hollister, has unique storefronts ... (more)

Nickle Plate 765 puts on a great show accelerating away from an impromptu stop in the rural town of Atkinson. The excursion, with Amtrak heritage P42s 156 and 66 and a string of Milwaukee Road pas... (more)

NKP 765 runs at track speed through the rural town of Mineral with an excursion to Bureau, IL. Amtrak's phase I and II heritage units, 156 and 66, respectively, are behind the big Berkshire. The t... (more)

Nickle Plate 765 rolls into the Quad Cities after a long day of pulling an excursion train to Bureau, IL, as part of Trainfestival 2011. Amtrak's Phase I and II heritage units are located directly... (more)