The North Carolina Transportation Museum's former Southern FP7 6133 leads a TVRM Missionary Ridge excursion out of the west portal of Missionary Ridge Tunnel. The locomotive was visiting from NCTM... (more)
With 13 empties in tow, DL 211 leads the Westbound Grain Train out of Nay Aug Tunnel and into downtown Scranton.
Western Pacific GP-35 #3005 and WP U23B's #2251 & #2254 Are Eastbound @ Williams Loop near Quincy ,CA .
Southern 4501 coming out of the tunnel finished in 1858 as he approaches the split to head down to Summerville, GA.
Standing inside the west portal of the soot - stained Blue Ridge Tunnel nestled deep in the woods of Afton Mountain, this cold creepy feeling comes over you. Blue Ridge tunnel was one of Claudius ... (more)
Five minutes after the head end has passed, a pair of AC4400's emerge noisily from the curved tunnel at a walk, with the helper engineer lighting up the portal for us, at 02:21! What a show this ... (more)
SCPC 2 enters tunnel #6 under Mission Hill on its way to Wilder Ranch on a test run. It was one year ago today that a steam locomotive returned to Santa Cruz for the first time in almost 60 years.... (more)
Paso Hondo tunnels (Quilpue, near Viña del Mar city) on the old Santiago - Valparaiso railroad route, which is currently very busy by the regional passenger services of ValparaÃso.
Union Pacific #844 leads the Boise Turn Special past the Cutler Dam and out of the Bear River Gorge on its return trip to Cheyenne.
4014 and 844, with the Spike 150 special, start their ascent up Weber Canyon, passing through Sheephead Tunnel. To my surprise, there wasn't another person within sight at this location.
Most of the all-coach, extra-fare streamliner, El Capitan, has passed into New Mexico as it enters the Raton Pass tunnel for westbounds. The stone marker to the left of the "Lower ... (more)
Florida East Coast Railway train 101 passes the Cocoa Tunnel construction site on March 18, 2021. The Cocoa Tunnel is being built as part of the Brightline passenger rail expansion to Orlando. Thi... (more)
This is the international border between Mexico and the United States on the old San Diego & Arizona Eastern (as snapped from a passing train traveling between Campo CA and Garcia, BC, Mexico.
A clean AC44C6M leads the charge of a westbound mixed freight out of the iconic Gallitzin tunnels as an elderly man and his dog look on
40-12 has just left the tunnel underneath the town of Sepid Dasht with the local train from Chamsangar to Dorud. Note the former DB Regio "Silberlinge" passenger cars.
A fresh load of HUMVEEs enter the Glen Alum Tunnel on their way to the middle east.
Waiting...and anticipating...and then a faint glow of light starts to become visible in the dark tunnel. As it slowly makes its way through, the headlight of the UP freight illuminates the inner ... (more)
Just getting underway after stopping to cutoff the helper, BNSF and HCLX power provide a treat for eyes and ears, leaning into the curve here at 00:35.
The first Norfolk Southern loaded autorack train detoured via Canadian Pacific from Schenectady, NY to Whitehall, NY (as CP train 961), then was picked up by a VRS crew for the trip to Bellows Fal... (more)
Airfare to Calgary - $500. Rental Car - $150. Gas to drive from Calgary to the Selkirks - $80. Having a train pop out of Mount Macdonald Tunnel just in time to ruin your shot.... PRICELESS!
Montana Rail Link SD45 No. 377 pops out the the east portal of Mullan Tunnel west of Skyline, Montana, on September 3, 2003. The unique “squirrel cage†round duct structures on both side of th... (more)
A westbound B&O manifest exits Stuart Tunnel at Magnolia, WV on April, 16, 1978, led by WM GP40 No. 3795. At this point in time, WM operations had been integrated into the B&O and WM units on the... (more)
On a "photographer's special", California Western #45 exits Tunnel #1 and crosses the Noyo River on the first photo run of the day
Rio Grande GP60 No. 3155 is about to enter the west portal of the Moffat Tunnel at Winter Park, Colorado, on August 1, 1998. after 6.21 miles of darkness, the locomotive will emerge into daylight ... (more)
CP 5795 west enters the Buda Tunnel.
"Bloody Nose Under the Bear Mountain Bridge" Amtrak's 2017 Autumn Express ducks under the Bear Mountain Bridge on Metro North's Hudson Line.
An independent SP will soon disappear. You have been waiting all afternoon for a final shot of Russell red and gray. The sun is getting low. Finally you hear a hard working westbound. And what... (more)
Delaware Lackawanna Train PO74 is seen exiting the west portal of the Nay Aug Tunnel with recently restored 3007 leading the train back from the Pocono Mountains.
Bridge and tunnel crowd: CN 8951 peeks through a short tunnel and over the Ainslie Creek bridge at MP 120 of the Ashcroft Subdivision.
Q388 eastbound at the edge of the western portal of Falls Cut Tunnel just east of Foley on sandpatch
This photo was taken from the Moonlight Dome on the rear of Amtrak #5 as we were heading back to Salt Lake City from Denver.
WAG-7 class locomotive coming out of a tunnel in Khandala ghat section.
CSX OCS rolls west crossing the Potomac River at Historic Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Emerging from the tunnel at Bridge Bay on Lake Shasta, 4449 will duck into one more tunnel then head out onto the double deck Pit River Bridge which carries both highway traffic on the upper deck,... (more)
The helper engineer on the rear of 227 exchanges waves with a 4-year old railfan.
About to duck into the East Portal of the MUNI's Twin Peaks Tunnel, PCC 1149 is in L-Taravel service. Soon all this track and the tunnel entrance will be demolised for BARTD construction
The only rack railway of Europe with 75cm gauge. in the famous gorge of Vouraikos river.
With the passage of time nature is reclaiming the old GN tunnel. The railroad completed the bore in December, 1900, the original line used a system of eight switchbacks to cross Stevens Pass. In... (more)
Conductor rides the devil. CSX engine move X037 has the conductor directing the engineer on the other end from the steps of the devil's unit, the 666, to back west onto track 6 to RG in Eastside Y... (more)
"Phase III & Phase V Gennies at Penn Station" Amtrak 48 departs New York Penn Station towards Sunnyside Yard with one of the "newly" painted Phase III P32AC-DMs leading.... (more)
Looking west as B&LE F7 #728 approaches the line's only tunnel. Crew was actually switching a coal loading site and needed to work through the tunnel with drags. Photo permission by crew, of cou... (more)
As the day dragged on, the sun and heat gained intensity. I was ready to go back to my motel and crash, but the Santa Fe had a caboose hop coming.
December of 1971, during Amtrak's first Winter, FP7 #6446 leads the San Francisco Zephyr out of the summit tunnel and protecting snow shed. This section of the original Central Pacific line was re... (more)
Just peaking out of Nay Aug tunnel, PO75 heads back to Bridge 60.
CSX 4551 leads a eastbound coal train out of Natural Tunnel in this birds eye view. The green vegetation is slowly returning to the landscape fueled in large part by heavy rains of the past few da... (more)
Lightly gliding out of the Cascade Tunnel, 4 motors on an empty coal train. Two on the front, two shoving up the rear.
A westbound stack train exits Tunnel 35 at Yuba Gap on an overcast winter day.
A few reminders of the once mighty Rock still remain in Kansas City. Tunnel 4 remains on the line South of town.
Clinchfield's SD-45 3612 is about to plunge into Speedy Tunnel (one of three in a straight-arrow row) at Mile Post 193.29 on the train's northbound climb up to the crest at Altapass, N.C. No di... (more)
Tight Squeeze. Originally built as Milwaukee Road 109 in 1950 this loco now wears C&O paint and squeezes through this S shaped tunnel. With only inches on each side to spare as it gingerly roll... (more)
Eastbound NS Duffield local T80 eases out of Natural Tunnel before crossing Stock Creek with a single SD40-2 running 'Southern' style. NS 3264 is a veteran former Southern Railway SD40-2 and has m... (more)
A gargantuan light locomotive set of 13 units wait to enter the Moffat Tunnel at East Portal, Colorado, on September 29, 2003. After passage of of an eastbound coal load and venting of the tunnel,... (more)
Railfan special
NKP 514 and DL 405 lead the 8 car excursion out of Nay Aug Tunnel near the end of a very successful excursion.
Railfan train, with old diesel loco, near Trachina area
Brakes are squealing as the North Carolina Transportation Museum "Blue Ridge Special" is eastbound back to Spencer, seen here exiting one of several tunnels on the west end of the loops.
4 Utah MK5000C's exit Thistle Tunnel with a westbound coal train. The tunnels were built in 1983 when a giant mudslide wiped out the lower alignment and flooded the town of Thistle.
The West Portal of Tunnel 8 - [Gorge Ride 2017 Series] -Air vent tubes from the 2004 rebuild of Tunnel 8, lie outside the west end of the bore between the west portal of 8 and the east por... (more)
Southern Pacific SDP45 3204 pulls gallery cars on eastbound (southbound) commute #130, as it exits a tunnel in San Francisco, California.
A 1971-built ex-Penn Central SD40 leads a train out of the now-closed 1904 Gallitzin Tunnel. The 1854 tunnel on the right, Summit, or Allegheny Tunnel, was rebuilt 1994-95 with two tracks and cle... (more)
SP freight entering the tunnel under the loop
Q541 heads south toward Union City, GA under NS's Inman Yard in Atlanta, GA.
A freight train led by a 500 class on Nei Pori station
The eastbound train continues its journey to Rockwood and is seen entering the Westel tunnel, it appears as the track have disappeared under a blanket of fallen leafs on the east side of the tunne... (more)
Special heritage service between Santiago - Limache by the old and historic Mapocho - Valparaiso line (former first state railroad zone), on your return trip and at the end of the day, cross the L... (more)
The East Entrance to Tunnel 8 - Looking east out of the darkness of Tunnel 8, the longest tunnel on the Desert Line, an old steel water tank is visible on the right. The tank is about 8 ... (more)
A quartet of Montana Rail Link SD70ACe's help a westbound BNSF ethanol train across the Continental Divide on Mullan Pass at Blossburg,MT.
A CSX freight departs Atlanta for Birmingham, taking the tunnel under NS Inman Yard via the old Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad. As you can see, drainage is a constant problem in and ar... (more)
Former NSW Government Railways 'Pacific' locomotive 3801 races out of the Long Island Tunnel and onto the Hawkesbury River Bridge on a special trial run. This was the engine's first run following ... (more)
EMDX 1201, painted in a Caterpillar-inspired demo scheme, led the weekly Cat-train along NS from Illinois to the Port in Savannah, GA. The train is seen here emerging from Tunnel 24, rolling down... (more)
Spring is in full bloom as new GEVO 770 leads southbound coal train CSX N142-12 on the CSX/NS connection tracks at Frisco into Kingsport. Nikon D80
Eastbound Capitol Limited, running wrong main, passes MOW equipment-MT8702-Mark IV Tamper. East Portal of the Harpers Ferry Tunnel. -- Railroad: AmtrakLocomotive: GE P42DCLocation: Sandy Hook, Maryland, USALocomotive #: AMTK 180Train ID: CSX P030Photo Date: August 01, 2006
Just about every paint scheme on the Union is represented on today's Coke train, even a new "Accidents Just Don't Happen" decal on 17.
Cave in! Heading down the Second Subdivision between Reubens and Spalding, ID (yes, THAT 2nd Sub) on a highrail inspection, we encounter various small slides and cave ins. Scott grabs a sho... (more)
A matched set of 4 MK50-3s (former MK5000s) lead an empty coal train eastbound back to the mines.
Amtrak train 065 deadheads over NS's Pennsy mainline, thru the famous tunnel at Gallitzen, on its way to Chicago for National Train Day
Train crossing the frozen lake.
CN 8849 enters the first of two tunnels near Martel siding near Spences Bridge, BC along the Thompson River. The westbound freight is running on CN trackage, now shared with CP between Basque and ... (more)
Headlight ablaze, No. 425 bursts out of White Haven Tunnel working hard upgrade on the wet rails during a summer rain shower.
With historic Harpers Ferry in the backgound ,Q411 is about to enter the tunnel after crossing the Potomac River on a beautiful fall day.
15 Kilometres into Running Tunnel South, the French crossover doors are open allowing a glimpse into the North tunnel.
The future emerging from the past, two-year-old Budd Metroliner 881 pops out of the 97-year old Baltimore & Potomac Tunnel, constructed in 1873 to provide Pennsylvania Railroad trains direct acces... (more)
An eastbound freight lights up the west portal of the enlarged Allegheny Tunnel as a car descends the hill above. Note the gigantic icicles in the abandoned Gallitzin Tunnel portal at left.
An eastbound freight train has just crossed the Continental Divide as they come out of the of Moffat Tunnel at East Portal. Weather can get pretty tough this high up in elevation, as seen with the... (more)
Waxing moon over the Muchetta mountain, stars and the evening train to the Engadine, crossing the Landwasser viaduct towards Filisur, while the lights from the connecting train from Davos shimmers... (more)
ChS7 electric DC locomotive with passenger train goes along the river "Sim" near Asha city (Chelyabinsk region) at the south of Ural mountains. The natural boundary between Europe and Asia take pl... (more)
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The daily Toronto - Edmonton train rolls through the Mink Tunnel
