The engineer keeps and eye out as the train crosses several intersections on it's way to Shirley station and then onto Ayer in some nice fresh snow.

The Iowa Northern split the north train today at Greene due to last night's winter storm. The 1st crew ran lite power north to cut crossings and bust thru snow drifts. Well between Rockford and No... (more)

Snowy conditions this morning with Amtrak Adirondack coming up to speed as it hits a snowbank deposited by the road plow.

SY 1396's making a "atomic bomb" on the mountain top. I've never seen a wonderful steam view like this. But the view has disappeared

A high hood GP38-2 leads Norfolk Southern train P84 north through Thomasville, North Carolina at 10:30 PM on the night of February 9, 2014. This was my first ever successful night shot with flash!

PN 5342 approaches the Reliance Road crossing leaving the cut that trapped a Reading Company passenger train in 1888 during a blizzard.

Two officials inspect the damage to the cab of Chicago and North Western EMD SD38-2 No. 6651. A switching mishap where two trains tried to occupy a diamond at the same time is being cleaned up at ... (more)

A switching mishap where two trains tried to occupy a diamond at the same time is being cleaned up at Chicago and North Western’s Butler Yard at Butler, Wisconsin, in September 1983. C&NW EMD SD... (more)

Getting a huge locomotive back on the track can be quite the undertaking. Morning on a hazy, late summer day in September 1983, reveals a Chicago and North Western EMD SD38-2 laying on its side ne... (more)

Morning on a hazy, late summer day in September 1983, reveals a Chicago and North Western EMD SD38-2 laying on its side near the Hampton Avenue overpass at Butler Yard in Butler, Wisconsin. Work i... (more)

During A Pretty Heavy Snow Storm, NS 8100, The Nickel Plate Road Heritage Sits Parked Idling About 5 Miles From Ayer Yard, I Dont Know Why They Parked It Way Out, Maybe To Hide It From Us Railfans... (more)

A bloody nose for a bloody nose. Amtrak F7A No. 104 (formerly BN 9780; originally NP 6511A) went to early retirement after hitting a truck loaded with 1300 turkeys in northwestern Minnesota on Amt... (more)

While skiers enjoy the slopes of Winter Park, the Rio Grande Ski Train heads further west to turn on the wye at Tabernash, then waits in the siding at Fraser, Colorado, until it is time to head ba... (more)

9801 going by the old CP station at McAdam is the only unit that is lettered as Maine Northern which is the railroad that Irving runs for the State of Maine. The spreader extra is heading down th... (more)

The Interstate heritage unit leads a Pennsylvania Power & Light unit coal train down the mountain, and around Horseshoe Curve. Easing along at 10mph, it takes two big units up front, 4 SD40E helpe... (more)