As the first snowfall seen in the winter of 2017/18 lays a blanket on southern Connecticut, Valley Railroad Mikado No. 40 hauls a sold-out North Pole Express towards Santa's Village in Deep River,... (more)
Starry Night. Georges Creek Railway 303 (ex-LIRR 607, nee WM 303, Alco FA2) sits in Barton, Maryland on the night of Tuesday, November 21, 2019. An exposure of over 2 minutes brings in the ... (more)
This was taken just a few seconds after RP photo 312919 and it`s good to see that all on board are still present. I would guess that the train was travelling at around 30mph. 2712 heads a train of... (more)
Twenty years ago to the day, 15 car Union Pacific excursion powered by their 3 refurbished E's, uses the wye at Reno Jct, CA before returning to Portola, 21 miles to the west. The train was in Nor... (more)
A Russell-bound C&O train meets a brace of smoking L&N U-25-B's on a transfer from Decoursey to Sharonville.
A shot of burned out CSXT 151 in the hole at South East Coal Co.
DRGW 315 and its freight train heads north at the high bridge south of Tacoma during Railfest.
On a very foggy night, a the CN local for Bridgeport is seen here waiting for the signal at Le Moyne. This shot was taken off the I-55 on-ramp at Cicero Ave.
Both sides of the tunnel.... Wish I could have caught the Big Boy and company here. Pretty good eats across the Interstate at Taggart's Grill.
A Classic's DemiseIt was a dreary morning, appropriate for this scene. The signal bridge at milepost 225 on the old PRR Middle Division hangs in the air as work crews guide it along... (more)
Maeklong Market, also known as Folding Umbrella Market or Talat Rom Hoop, is a very curious market located in Samut Songkhram. It is composed of stalls that are set up literally along the rail tra... (more)
Abandonned train! The train derailed last July at Ste-Sabine, stopping traffic on the subdivision. After 7 months, the B39-8E still there, vandalized. The headlight was robbed too. N... (more)
PURCELL OK Nov 26 1978 — Santa Fe GP7 2878 has just been derailed at the north end of the Purcell yard. Earlier in the day the unit took off unattended from Oklahoma City and kept gaining speed.... (more)
Special Amtrak move #920 rolls past Morton Grove with the Empire Builder set that was damaged in an unfortunate collision between the train and a tractor in Montana on May 29th.
Lunch pail in hand, an employee at Conrail’s Enola Yard walks toward the servicing area to report for his second-trick duties. A co-worker has already claimed a parking spot closer to the shops... (more)
Receiving a little attention at the engine shed at Kansas City, Ks. is Alco PA 621 while GP-7 1327 takes a spin on the turntable. The Alco was built in 1941, re-engined by EMD in 1953 and eventua... (more)
Relco was acquired by Wabtec in early 2020. This plant spent alot of money in 2020 putting in 5 tracks to the left of the main buildings and track for what looks like stored units tracks. No idea ... (more)
The freshly fallen snow makes a nice contrast with the rich, black, Northern Appalachian Baily Mine coal on a cold winter morning at Belews Creek Steam Station.
In its final weeks of operation, the northbound Ambassador, Boston & Maine train 75, makes its station stop at Bellows Falls, VT, behind an F3/F7B duo (4228/4266B). This was the day train between ... (more)
Pieces of the I35 bridge still lay on top of this destroyed car. I posted this shot Aug. 1, 2008. Later that day I heard on the radio that this day was the 1 year anniversary of the collapse. That... (more)
This Brownhoist heavy crane & boom car are quite an impressive sight. She looks to me, like she can lift quite a bit more than the newer OHIO's. Well I think her more interesting to look at anyway... (more)
Coasting down the east side of the Selkirks, coal empty CP 5813 East has an easy time of it as they cross Stoney Creek bridge. Employees in both cab windows seem intent to stare down the 325-ft... (more)
on a very lucky day for me while checking the south end of ICG's exIC Markum yard on the south side of Chicago ICG's second (and only) BiCentennial painted unit was leading a train south out of th... (more)
WM power started to show up in Rochester in late 1976. This was the first set of pure WM F units that I saw.
After seven days of catastrophik woodenfires even this railcar did not escape from the flames. Greek tragody.
Westbound train 93 passes the wrecked remains of train 92 from the day before. Date is approximate.
NS Control stand in a GE wide cab
The Jordan spreader work train is amply supplied with horsepower with two Milwaukee Road GE box cab electrics E50A and E50B while dressing the ballast near Piedmont, Mont. Easy around those pole... (more)
Yard operations for this 60mm 2-4-0 steam engine.
Serious railway accident in the commune of Freire, in the south of Chile. FEPASA train loaded with wooden logs derails when passing through the old state railways station, overturning the leading ... (more)
A few hours earlier, CN Q101 smashed into the side of VIA #1 in Jasper's station track. When #1 arrived in Jasper, they left a switch open after shoving into the clear in the station track. Luckil... (more)
Museum street! The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and the Strasburg Rail Road sit on opposite sides of the road in Strasburg PA. With extensive and complementary collections, it makes for a great... (more)
Supply Chain & Rails Evergreen Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles / San Pedro. International supply chain issues plaguing the world are very evident in this photo, Container ships an... (more)
It’s Christmas day and the scrappers working in Wisconsin Central’s Shops Yard locomotive facility at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, are home with their families enjoying the holiday. In the fo... (more)
A little info on the locos, from Jody Moore... UPY 2004 - Converted from former SOO fuel tender (GP9) 4001 in Feb. 2005. The unit was shipped to JBS in July 2008 for conversion to RP20BD ge... (more)
NS C-01 led by 5623 crosses Rt 183 bridge on slow orders due to a 18 wheel big rig which ignored the signs 12' 6"
A temporary repair of a broken knuckle after a derail. Engine TPW 4054 moved 4 damaged cars from Macky IN to Oakland City at a blistering speed of 5 mph.
Snaking Out of the Narrows. As the lush, green hills of Tehachapi slowly begin their turn to brown as temperatures across Southern California begin to feel more and more like summer - UP 76... (more)
Arriving at 30th St station as a one car train
In case you ever asked "what happened to the world's first two composite reefer cars?" the answer is they are now essentially a fixture in Stanwood, Washington. These are actually prett... (more)
Being a new engineer has its stresses. There is a lot to look and listen for and learn to feel while managing the demands of the crew's directions. Additionally, older locomotives have their own q... (more)
The GG1 still has plenty of admirers. Here at the URHS event, Raymond Loewy's fine five stripe livery gets a lot of attention. 4877 was built by Pennsy's Altoona Works in 1939. It was one of the... (more)
Fast train 336 from Skoplje to Belgrade and transport of special deliveries, large transformer.
The CZ heads west from Winter Park
San Luis and Rio Grande fireman (fireperson?) Monica Johnson poses with San Luis Central 2-8-0 No. 1 on the morning of September 1, 2013, at Monte Vista, Colorado.
A favorite place in North Dakota for many to photograph trains is Sully Springs. The tracks here run through the very scenic Badlands on the outskirts of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Cool... (more)
Through the mist and darkness... Backwoods of central Russia at the north of Tver region. Local time 4-30 AM. The train appears out of the mist breaking the silence and tranquilit... (more)
Skywalking. Looking down from atop Kopper Glo's massive 8,000 ton storage and loadout silo, NS backs mtys up the hemlock shrouded steep grade in preparation for loading coal. The large prep plant ... (more)
On CTC Board's Day In North America, the early morning sun highlights the rails as far as the eye can see as the photographer anticipates the first train of the day.
Following a September with record rainfall for the region, October of 2016 brought some spectacular fall colors to my home turf. Eager for some sightseeing, my girlfriend and I ventured north to m... (more)
Maersk unit looks a little weathered now that the paint scheme has a few years on it.
NYC leaving Indianapolis Union Station.
WMSR 734 rounds Helmstetter's Curve on a Carl Franz Photo Special.
The east side of the Erie Railroad's Newark Branch lies in ruins since having seen its last train in 1977. Heading west, this branch spurred off the Boonton Line near Arlington and continued acro... (more)
Union Pacific put some cars on the ground while rounding the Steel Bridge to NW Portland.
Ever seen the swarm of electric locomotives that guide and tow ships through the Panama Canal? These are the first two on this port side of a container ship; there are probably six others attach... (more)
Snaking around Lake Superior's Cavers Bay, CP 9835 EAST knocks down the signal at Mile 27.2 on the CP's Nipigon Sub.
Farewell, Old Friend The Lehigh Valley Railroad was the local mainline road when I was learning photography in the mid-1970's. While the newer GP38-2’s and U23B’s drew the hot... (more)
Pacific Surfliner No. 1761 with private cars today. Vista dome Silver Splendor built in 1956 for the CB&Q and the Denver Zephyr. Original name Silver Buckle. Santa Fe Acoma a Club Lounge, built fo... (more)
The fourth and final run of the 2018 New River Train crosses the calm New River on track 1 at Hawks Nest at a brisk 10 miles per hour before picking up speed for an on-time arrival at Hinton for t... (more)
When this slide was taken, I recall one or 2 trains arriving at Long Island City with FA power packs on the west end. All of the other diesel powered arrivals had to be set over and have their uni... (more)
Former Erie PA-1 852 has cut off a passenger train from Hoboken at Port Jervis.
Waiting for a facelift.
Here we see a shot of a unique piece of UP equipment - the 'Snow Bus' caboose. The UP uses UP25809, a former bay window caboose that has had its end porches enclosed to create greater room on the ... (more)
Torpedo powered Maple Leaf arrives Chicago under late afternoon blue sky. Scene also shows Santa Fe and C&WI RS1s plus, a multitude of 1965 style skyline architecture.
DM&IR consolidation 332 (aka D&NE 28) undergoes testing prior to being placed into service this summer on excursion trains along the north shore of Lake Superior. On the left is DM&IR SD18 No. 193... (more)
On a windy but sunny early spring day in the Pacific Northwest, CP's southbound "Royal Canadian Pacific" consist, pulled by a matching A-B-A set of F-units, soars high above the Snake Ri... (more)
A 1959 GP20 (the world's 2nd and one of ten the WP rostered) sits among 1978 Ford Pickups and Thunderbirds in Speed Yard. This was a utility yard for making quick moves either into Ford, or for th... (more)
Richard Beal photo: WOOOOOSH! From Richard: My dad and I rode this fan trip from Wash DC to Harrisburg via the electrified freight only line via Three Mile Island. From there we turned East to... (more)
Roasted toaster from July 8th train #176 seen at Wilmington, DE shops back lot
One of my favorite EMD units and a real rarity (They only had 10) on the UP. Fortunately even then I knew this. When I saw it I was on my way from Virginia to California and veered off the road ... (more)
Metra EMD SW1200 No. 3 moves two newly-acquired EMD F59PHI locomotives on the north end of Metra’s coach yard south of Chicago Union Station on November 8, 2018. METX Nos. 73 and 77 are two of 2... (more)
North American Rayon's fireless cooker #1 about to meet ETWNC 208 for its interchange traffic. The #1 now sits on display in Elizabethton and #208 resides at the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad as S... (more)
Rio Grande Alco PA-1 6013, here sunning itself at Denver Union Station on May 18, 1959. From my collection, Photo by Lou Schmitz.
The Alexandria "metro" system involves EMD G22s pushing and pulling 7 coaches in and out of the city every 20 minutes or so. Here 3897 hauls a train out of Alexandria on a Saturday morni... (more)
An overnight storm system lifts at sunrise while a BNSF eastbound crosses the Diamond Fork River in Spanish Fork Canyon. The fall foliage is at it's peak on this, the first day of fall along the o... (more)
An afternoon, at Tehachapi loop
The sun sets in Cassandra, PA on a cold winter day, as a Norfolk Southern manifest climbs the grade up the Allegheny Mountains. The vivid sunset has hues, making the snow appear purple on the grou... (more)
Quite the surprise today as BCOL 4610 is found on this eastbound UP stack train working around Sullivan's Curve.
There are still traces of snow on the ground from the previous weekend's storms, as a Long Island Rail Road EMD DE30AC is caught by the setting sun leading its train out of Long Island City yard t... (more)
MILLVILLE APPROACH D791 sits just out of sight awaiting confirmation from the CSX BB Dispatcher to proceed east through Millville, WV. Meanwhile, the quarry crews had just taken a cut of empties... (more)
Milwaukee Road E80 is viewed from the cab of MILW E81 at Tacoma Tide Flats Yard. The steeple cabs and boxcab in the background are stored awaiting scrapping after electric operations ceased in Mon... (more)
At the Squamish Docks.
Passing through a massive cut that replaced a daylighted Sunset Tunnel, also known as the 1,928-foot Tunnel 2 between Guernsey and Wendover, are two BNSF coal trains meeting in the siding at Stoke... (more)
Heading to Araraquara to refuel
As a heavy 10,000 foot stack train struggles up the Arizona Divide on main track #1, a hot Willow Springs, IL to San Bernardino, CA UPS train races up main track #2 to run round the slower train. ... (more)
One of the "barneys" that pushes hoppers up the slope into the ore unloader is resting on this morning.
CN 302 clears a major detector in the north Mississippi Delta between Lake Cormorant and Banks.
A LIRR G5s rests in the Oyster Bay yard on a Sunday afternoon, waiting for Monday morning.
