The Apache Railway's Blue Looper climbs out of Holbrook as it goes by Mile Post 5 on its way to Snowflake to drop off its load.

Having had a pretty decent heads up on this train I decided to head out to Little Falls a try to catch a shot of it there. Turns out I made the right decision as the K633 is seen passing The Dieh... (more)

The date is September 15, 1985, and it may be Union Pacific by this time, but the locomotive tracks at Yard Center in Dolton, Illinois, sure look like Missouri Pacific. And not a yellow one to be ... (more)

new engine for LSM rail ,built in argentine by TRACFER (EMD licence),and first engine in this country with dash 3 tech.

Fresh from a cosmetic makeover at their Western Avenue shops for National Train Day, this old Metra soldier earns her keep, transporting commuters outbound to Fox Lake, IL., just as she has been r... (more)

A westbound UP coal empty passes through Tolland, Colorado, on the climb to the Moffat Tunnel, amid the color of autumn.

Amtrak's northbound Floridian was a dependable catch about mid-morning in Montgomery, but the southbound train was chronically late, sometimes several hours so. A big reason it eventually failed..... (more)

With the window cracked open, the engineer on BNSF 5003 gets some fresh air as they depart Longmont on the daily Denver to Laurel Manifest.

Canadian Pacific ethanol train #642 crosses the historic Lachine Canal as it leaves the Island of Montreal. The canal became obsolete in the second half of the 20th century, being replaced by the ... (more)

Converging Diverging- Sunrises over the convoluted South Chicago Junction, known as Hayford. A bazaar glow rises up into the atmosphere, as clouds move in to make this spectacular light, morning g... (more)

The uniformity of an empty grain train gleams in the morning sunlight. This empty is east of Wyaconda rolling east towards Galesburg and points north.

The link that makes a train
The coupler of Montana Rail Link caboose No. 1004 rides over the roadbed on one of the many curves on the scenic 10-mile Sixth Subdivision, also known as the... (more)

RAILROADERS: They do more before 8 AM then some people do all day! His work complete, the Ohio Central engineer climbs down from NS 1060. In a few hours, a Norfolk Southern engineer will climb a... (more)

A local farmer works on his plow as a westbound Z-train passes the signals at MP 241. This train has just departed from a Ft. Madison crew change 7 miles back. Most of the ex-Santa Fe intermediate... (more)