An assortment of SD70ACe variants sit outside the EMD LaGrange Plant in McCook, IL.
End of the Cog Railway at top of Pikes Peak
After leaving the former DM&IR depot in Two Harbors, the NARCOA (North American Rail Car Operators Association) speeders head down the North Shore Scenic Railroad along Lake Superior towards the d... (more)
A BNSF local works the storage facility in Springfield known as The Springfield Underground. This giant underground storage facility was once a limestone mine. The extra space (being in caves) mad... (more)
In the sunset, Amtrak #69 brings up "Babbling Brook" on the rear. The Babbling Brook was built for the New York Central Railroad in 1949. Having problems competing with inexpensive and faster air... (more)
I found the Ogeechee Railroad, but I did not find what I expected. The locomotive is slowly overturning in the mud.
A Murazze Vado (Tuscany), due to the landslide of a hill, the locomotive Espresso 572 bis, Bari to Trieste, from the south, ending derails across the tracks of the North-South. In a few moments th... (more)
Santa Fe FTA 127L leads an A-B-B-B-A set of FTs off the First District main line onto the Plainview District at Lubbock Junction (renamed Canyon Junction in 1989). The train is en route to Plainvi... (more)
Soon after sunrise, the crew of Amtrak's California Zephyr perform a running air test at Soldier Summit prior to a 25 mile descent (between 1.0-2.3%) eastward to Helper, Utah. This is my 600th pho... (more)
Santa Fe F7 229C leads a westbound freight (geographically southeast) around the curves in hill and dale country of central Texas at Rogers, Jan. 30, 1971.
The Capitol Limited is shown at Grand Central in slide #1 of the three posted here recently. They were all taken on an August day in 1964, at about 9am, as the tower clock reveals. This land tod... (more)
Ore vs. Oil at Ramshaw. With 145 cars of taconite pellets going by at 20 mph there are about 70 chances to try and get the southbound train waiting on the CN Rainy Sub framed in between two ore ca... (more)
Welcome to Chattanooga...railroad closed! On July 29-30, 2018, a small army of CSX, NS, and contract crews were given a complete 48-hour shutdown of the 23rd Interlocking through which CSX's W&A ... (more)
The lowly G train, unique in that it is the only NYC subway line that does not enter Manhattan, gets no respect. It's a slow but necessary lifeline for those along the route it trundles in Queens ... (more)
Spring time railroading.. With a steady rain falling and temperatures dropping, CSXT 8721 has just applied three step for the conductor as they prepare to drop off a cut of 33 cars in South Charle... (more)
Orange Blossom Special, Mamiya 645 color negative.
At the height of the 1993 midwestern flooding many railroads are under water and scrambling to find detour routes to maintain service. At the time, the Chicago & NorthWestern is one of the few (if... (more)
Laurel-Missoula freight snakes its way through Lombard Canyon and along the Missouri River on Montana Rail Link's 2nd Subdivision.
Right on time! A BNSF Grainer crosses a small inlet on the Puget Sound as a stunning sunset begins to form! Click Here for ano... (more)
Just down the mountain in Coal Creek Canyon, the sun shines, but there's still plenty of snow to go around. Seen here, BNSF ES44DC No. 7587 brings up the rear of the Denver, Colorado to Provo, Uta... (more)
That Be Mexico - Looking into Mexico from the South Portal of Tunnel 4. This photo was taken on a railroad that has been embargoed since 2008 and there have been no trains at the point ... (more)
Fans on the west end of the 7107 foot new Elkhorn tunnel helped clear engine exhaust ahead of slow moving east-bound trains. N&W also maintained ventilation fans on the single-track Cowan tunnel,... (more)
The sun rapidly rises over the Brule Mountain Range, while Train A412 pulls up the steep hill on the Grande Cache sub in order to perform their work at Swan Landing without affecting traffic on th... (more)
CPR FP7A 1405 leads number 2, the Canadian, eastbound through Partridge, BC on its way east to Calgary and ultimately Montreal and Toronto. This view is almost to the top of Field Hill on a 2.2% ... (more)
This was from a trip in '99. I rented a 4X4 but ended up "settling" for a convertable Mustang w/out chains. Virtual white out conditions, icy roads, and worse, no trains - thank goodness sake fo... (more)
"The Snake" making it's way down Cuesta Pass with the head end approaching Stenner Creek Trestle, while the helpers are still seen above in the horseshoe curve.
At the beginning of Railfan Weekend 2013, the MSRLHA hosted a small charter along the West Virginia Central Railroad. Here, a B&O GP9 is seen pulling a freight train during a photo run-by about 10... (more)
Brand new Evolution Series products from GE barrel down the test track at top speeds. A primer BNSF C4 leads this set of power west with a fresh CP ES44AC bringing up the rear. Bracketed in the ... (more)
Ever wonder what a 44-ton Alco would look like? Probably something like this. What you see is the front hood, cab, and a section of the rear hood from Soo Line RSD-2 No. 371, mounted on a caboos... (more)
A wide array of Clinchfield power sits outside the Erwin locomotive shops and transfer table pit. On the Clinchfield, having the power in top shape was essential to ensure that the coal would keep... (more)
GP30's 3008 and 3016 sit at Garfield with a loaded train from Monarch while the crew takes a crib break in October 1981.
The first WNYP-painted GE AC60 to operate on the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad is #6002, seen here at the shop awaiting a crew for a road job. The big GE's are supposedly being brough... (more)
At the fork in the ATSF mainline where one leads to Topeka and the other to Ottawa, two trains collided and sideswiped between Christmas and New Years Day 1967. Soap powder anyone... it really ... (more)
The rain only added to P26's complications this afternoon. It took him almost an hour to get from Birmont Jct to this spot, King Plow. The reason, from listening to the scanner, was because someon... (more)
One of the most famous steam engines in the world, PRR K4s 1361, sits against a side wall deep inside the Steamtown shops. During Lackawanna Railfest, the public was given access into these rare p... (more)
The rotary showed a slight sign of life after 10 years of dormancy as it plows out the bank off of the #2 track.
CN 2232 and BNSF 7033 pull Q107 into Jasper for a crew change under two full rainbows!
Derailment at WW II, 1940
Have a drink on me The crew of U250 fills up their 70MAC with some much needed water provided by the friendly West Point Fire Department as a local police officer converses with the o... (more)
A view of the PRR servicing tracks at East Altoona shows a variety of power in this 1955 view. John had written permission from a high-up in the mighty PRR to freely roam East Altoona and take ph... (more)
Just as this westbound UP stacker rounds the curve at switch 9, the storm clouds parted enabling me to get some storm light! I climbed up the hill at the I-80 rest stop to get this image, and let... (more)
MABA switching out its train in NMJ with 2 U18. 407 is shooting flames out of the stack
Siemens motor 822M after overshooting No.2 road and crashing into a Bendigo Bank branch at Sandringham.
Railfans from the '50s record the 810 before reboarding and departing Dover, on what may have been a N. Jersey Chptr. NRHS excursion. From correspondance with viewers, we surmise the trip covere... (more)
Got a hopper in the dirt? That's no problem if you've also got a big hook. And the Nevada Northern Railway Museum does have a big one....a 100-tonner, as a matter of fact. This unit was b... (more)
The "Watts Dodger" local heads north through an s-curve just south of Siloam Springs, AR early on a rainy May 19, 2021 morning.
The last remnants of fog are lifting from the Mohawk River and New York State Barge Canal as this single unit EB rolls by Lock 13 during the early morning. TOMT was an autoparts train from Toledo ... (more)
UP freight crosses remote Pecos River bridge on a hot December afternoon. Digital image.
Union Pacific 3985 is a four-cylinder simple articulated 4-6-6-4 Challenger-type steam locomotive. It was built in 1943 by the American Locomotive Company of Schenectady, New York. The Challenger ... (more)
Milwaukee 261 rises high in the air as the restoration crew removes the driving wheels for overhaul. After the engine was placed back on its lead and trailing trucks it became the world's largest ... (more)
Cab of the leader of 3 SD40-2s sitting in the yard at Keith, staring into the sun. Everyone with an APS-C should have a 10mm lens!
EMD Class 66's for Britian's Freightliner Railway parked in Rockingham Yard
CNW 205 leads an A-A-A-A F-unit consist (205-235-213-269) with two CNW F-units still painted in the CGW red scheme. This southbound train originated at South St. Paul and is approaching Randolph w... (more)
A pair of SD9043MACs poke their noses out on two of the dead line tracks at the north end of Butler Yard. 14 SD70's, 4 C44-9W's, 7 C40-8's, 5 SD9043's, and a lonely MP15 tucked in the middle. In ... (more)
#13 was an early morning mail train out of Newark to Altoona, my usual method of getting there. At Harrisburg, these Baldwin beasts were assigned the run to Pittsburgh. The "T" in the model design... (more)
A perfect ABA set.
While painting the last pipe on the M1b, the photographer could not pass up the opportunity of this rare view of the freshly painted K4 complete with cylinder jacketing and covers. The 'cosmetic r... (more)
Overall view of yard looking south. PRSL Baldwin switching south end of departure yard. Three PRR RS3s departing with long freight, and two PRR RS3s terminating short freight. Also, new EMDs to th... (more)
An insane turn of events leads to this wonderful scene of CSXT 3194 leading Q020 through CP VO.
Three generations of EMD: in the foreground, a brand-new (yet quite ratty-looking) SD70ACe-T4. In the middle, an SD70ACe in demonstrator paint. And in the background, an SD90MAC. Although there is... (more)
The Spencer day job has a Hartley ethanol train as they plow east out of Algona. This railroad is mostly 10 mph, so it is slow going pushing thru the drifts out here. This train will turn into a E... (more)
Built by Disney, WP 804-A is a faux FP-7 built from the scrapped cab of UP 928, an E-8. In August 2011, the train which housed an ice cream shop was removed and donated to the Western Pacific Rail... (more)
"Uh, Dispatch, we can't make our move south due to a train blocking our route." " No worries, he will be clearing up shortly" " I don't think so..." Classic s... (more)
One of three daily tourist trains, just began its trip, through a magic scenery, for Durango returning.
I am sure that this rail vehicle is certainly the most exotic one that has ever been posted on Railpictures.net. The local inhabitants use this slide-board to slide down the Ambarawa railway witho... (more)
Summer thunderstorms are busy dumping rain on the hills around downtown Pittsburgh, as a westbound train makes its way along the Ohio River.
On a October morning the fall foliage colors start to come in. The Viaduct, once known as the longest and tallest railroad structure at 2,053 feet long and 301 feet high, was partially destroyed b... (more)
A snowstorm blanketed Montana’s Clark Fork Valley the day before, and on the morning of February 7, 2021, a BNSF double grain empty cruises eastward on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision b... (more)
Just days out of General Electric’s Erie works on June 28, 1964, and showroom fresh, Southern Pacific U50 8500 simmers under the El Paso sun, about to lend its considerable 5,000 hp to a westbo... (more)
This is why, six years after the end of steam, fans still head for Union Pacific’s Sherman Hill. On September 25, 1965, GTEL 11 leads a GP30-DD35-DD35B-DD35B combination – some 25,750 hp. in a... (more)
Southern Pacific cabooses sit awaiting the call to duty at southern California's Taylor Yard, with Cotton Belt wide-vision caboose 13 sticking out like a sore thumb among all the bay-window caboos... (more)
The 35th Street viaduct in Milwaukee, WI makes a fine vantage point to view a portion of the Milwaukee Road's sprawling shop facility. Shot in March of 1985, this scene would change with the Soo L... (more)
Derailment Site. At approximately 11:30 am on Friday 3-8-19, for reasons unknown at this time, eight cars of fifty six car NS westbound train B08 derailed in rural La Porte county IN near milepost... (more)
Downtown Freehold - One of Conrail Shared Assets Operations' more unique pieces of equipment is a switching platform. These units are used in reverse moves on local freights and don't off... (more)
GN westbound freight with F7s 454D, 462C and 462D cross a bridge near Newport, Idaho on their way to Hillyard in Spokane.
GT 9095 with Solidario passenger Train at Retiro platform 7, reflected from platform 9. Nikon D70 and Tokina 28-80 f2.8
Having come to a stop at the western side of the Valentine siding, BNSF 7486 idles quietly in the hills of Cozier Canyon as it waits for a pair of fellow westbound to overtake it before continuing... (more)
T&NO S2 91 is departing the station at Yorktown with two stock cars loaded with horses and caboose 912. Local freight 377 operated between Yoakum and Kenedy, Texas, on this now-abandoned branch li... (more)
Restoration progresses at a good pace in the LSRM's shop restoring former WC 7495 back to its original roadname and number, Northern Pacific 3617. Once the cosmetic work is done the locomotive wil... (more)
FO17 brings undamaged cars past the wreck sight where K-959 & K-960 collided head-on around 03:25 on 9/22/05.
One of the more colorful power consists that Union Pacific has assembled in modern times, the ZCSSC (Canal Street, IL to Salt Lake City, UT) breezes west through the gathering twilight near Echo, ... (more)
Emergency officails tend to the wreckage of #914's aftermath.
Cranes begin to clear up the burned mesh that left behind the derailment of freight 45214 with fuel tanks on route to the border station of Idomeni. The loco derailed but stayed on the line thus i... (more)
Demonstration during the open house of CN at Montreal.
UP Northern 823 and Big Boy 4006 double head a freight west from Cheyenne towards Sherman Hill.
A week after a derailment at CP 7245, a pile of axels and trucks stands steady in the desert winds. If you look behind the "CAT" on the right hand side, you can see one of the autoracks that derai... (more)
With alittle luck with the clouds, we showed up at the right time to see an eastbound CP stack train past thru the small town of Pense at sunset. The sun is dropping under the clouds making for a ... (more)
