southbound intermodal crosses over the Emory River between tunnels 23 and 24.
The year is 1944. The 844 is brand new and the Tunnel is only 15 years old, as evidenced by the keystone above the portal. Now, what the heck is that futuristic looking blue thing behind the ten... (more)
With 2 dirty GEs and a CEFX SD90MAC up front, UP train M-HKRV climbs out of the Columbia River valley on the BNSF Oregon Trunk Line.
T#3 exits the west portal with 2 SD40-2's, 2 B30-7A's and a F45. More at www.rr-roadtrip.com
After 3 years of blood, sweat and tears, the Heartland Corridor Project opened up today for doublestacks. Here is the first one to exit Glen Alum Tunnel.
B&O SD40-2 No. 7617 was leading a westbound empty hopper train out of Randolph Tunnel near Doe Gully, WV on Oct. 12, 1980.
Norfolk Southern 6720 leads a mixed freight through downtown Columbus.
Almost like the âgood old daysâ Even after Union Pacificâs merger of Southern Pacific, for several years, locomotives for the West local out of Denver on the former Rio Grande Mof... (more)
Roadwork on Interstate 80 continues and drivers head up and down the pass, while Amtrak #5 glides downgrade through Emigrant Gap.
Glowing in the afternoon sun on February 24, 2016, is a southbound (eastbound) Union Pacific intermodal train working upgrade out of the east portal of Tunnel 2 at Bealville, California, on the tr... (more)
UP 8803 lugs a hefty manifest up through Cliff and into a small patch of sunlight as a passing storm system blankets most of the surrounding hillsides across Tehachapi.
A westbound MARC train begins to slow as it crosses the Potomac River preparing to make the station stop at Historic Harpers Ferry.
A short remnant of the meter-gauge Ferrocarril Transandino, which once ran over the Andes between Chile and Argentina, lives on under FEPASA. Although the steeper rack-and-pinion segments further ... (more)
A WDG-3A with tanker rake exiting a tunnel.
Canadian Pacific's newly restored FP9 makes its way eastward through the Yale tunnels
Now it's already two years since the world's longest railway tunnel was officially inaugurated, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) through the Alps from Erstfeld to Bodio. The very f... (more)
CR 8079, CR 3184 with the "1" missing on the left side of the cab, & CR 3011 exit Gallitzin Tunnel. The first car of this westbound freight is an L&N autorack loaded with Ford Pintos. Ga... (more)
2 sets of helpers, a total of 8 units, pass an empty stack train as they drift downgrade on their way back to stage at Helena. There they will wait for the next westbound to provide a shove over M... (more)
The Canadian National has a spectacular bridge over the Fraser River at Cisco, British Columbia, but Canadian Pacificâs crossing there is pretty awesome too. An eastbound CP grain train immediat... (more)
The westbound "California Zephyr" crawls through Gore canyon.
It's a busy morning (for Union Pacific's Ayer Subdivision that is) in the remote Palouse River Canyon of southeast Washington. While we wait at our clifftop vantage point, we can hear the sound of... (more)
A Westbound intermodal with fresh snow on the plow from the blizzard atop Marias Pass exits Tunnel 4 in the John F. Stevens Canyon. This line, arguably one of the most scenic in North America was ... (more)
Cellulose train of FEPASA No. 50.554 crosses tunnel No.2 of subdivision 19 ConcepciĂłn - Arauco line, in the sector of Playa Negra ("Black Beach"), south entrance to Coronel city.
the M&K helper pushes against 80 Eastbound loads at Kingwood Tunnel near the top of Newburg Grade.
The steampowered self-propelled rotary snowblower X rot 9213 of the Bernina line, pushed by "Rhaetian crocodile" Ge 6/6 I 415, on the Landwasser viaduct. The picture was shot during a photostop fo... (more)
Shot high on a hill above the tunnel.
The Pennsy E's exit Nay Aug Tunnel and are minutes away from the days destination at Steamtown.
Running on the new shoofly track around Tunnel #1 in Alray in the Cajon Pass. DPU's make for a nice parting shot of this famous tunnel. The following day this portal was partially torn down ending... (more)
Speeder has just came out of the colored tunnel portal.
Re 460 with Inter Regio from Brig to Geneva crossing Dala gorge in less then 2 seconds between two long tunnels. In the background more then 100 metre high road bridge Leuk-Varen.
NS SD70M-2 2664 leads empty coal train 715 out of the west portal of Natural Tunnel with cold waters of Stock Creek flowing in the foreground. It is amazing to see what the force of water will do ... (more)
West Portal of Tunnel 9 - Looking through the west portal of Tunnel 9, towards the west portal of Tunnel 10. This railroad was embargoed in 2008 and there have been no trains running on... (more)
A westbound Union Pacific Z train emerges from the west portal of tunnel #1 near the old station of Knapp on the western slope of Donner Pass. Tunnel #1 is one of only a few 'Harriman era' double ... (more)
UP 844 heads up the Feather River Canyon through the rain and Honeymoon Tunnels. This would be my last shot of the chase until the east side of the town of Quincy.
Upon close inspection it appears the engineer of this MARC train is an urban cowboy complete with a matching hat pictured exiting the Harpers Ferry tunnel with suburban bound commuters
** This photo landed me the May spot in the 2006 Norfolk Southern Calendar** A GP50 & GP38-2 lead local T50 east out of Natural Tunnel. The tunnel is 850 feet long , 100 - 175 feet high.
A shot I've always wanted to get... A train snaking its way through Tunnels 10 and 11 deep in the Feather River Canyon. UP 4168 has that honor of being the train in the shot, here just East of Poe... (more)
A former Conrail Dash 8-40CW emerges from beneath Jersey City. Above and to the right is the historic Bergen Arches.
Cutting through 738' of nearly impenetrable granite, Tunnel 35 is a classic railroad tunnel along the Donner Pass Route. Originally constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad, Tunnel 35 was part... (more)
Amtrak Vermonter appoaches newly enlarged BF tunnel heading to Palmer interchange.The tunnel goes beneath Bridge St. of this historic New England town.
Here is a rail train through the Glenwood Canyon peeking out of the tunnel.
UP 5716 AC44CWCTE emerges from the Hermosa Tunnels in Wyoming belching smoke from the uphill climb. I can only imagine what it must have looked like when a Big Boy locomotive emerged.
The loco lash up in this scene represents decades of motive power in New Zealand. The DL class is the first Chinese built diesel exported to a western railroad. DFT 7158 started life in 1979 and ... (more)
Through the hills....literally. Crossett Western #10 exits the 300 ft long tunnel near Mouton Falls, and is seen here in the rock cut that marks the approach to the West Portal.
The tun... (more)
Santa Fe loops the loop at Tehachapi.
Eastbound, on track 1, Santa Fe Bluebonnet 8723 crosses the Potomac River and is about to enter the tunnel at Harpers Ferry. I have some pictures taken from above the tunnel showing Harpers Ferry.... (more)
Autorack train Q249 emerges from the Harpers Ferry tunnel and crosses the Potomac River during the last rays of sun on a beautiful Fall afternoon.
Three SD70M's of UP 4457 East pass the daylighted remains of Tunnel 2 on Cajon Pass.
NS 21J slowly emerges out of the famous Gallitzin Tunnel with the Norfolk & Western heritage unit on point as it prepares to crest the grade and begin its downhill descent to Pittsburgh.
Mid-train DPU. It had been snowing about 10minutes prior to photo.
The sun lights up Natural Tunnel as 45 loads of coal bound for Eastman in Kingsport heads south as a clean YN2 AC44 leads the train on the NS Appalachia District.
BNâs executive ski train slips through 90-ft. Tunnel 29 (the shortest one on D&RGWâs Moffat Line) near Pinecliff, Colo. as it heads back to home rails at Denver on Jan. 18, 1994. The F unit... (more)
Fengsha Railway together with Junxie Connected Line (upper bridge with tunnel) and Beijing's West 6th Ring Road.
A heavy train of military equipment from Fort Carson, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, heading to Yermo, California, is westbound on Union Pacificâs Moffat Tunnel Subdivision on June 16, 2017. I... (more)
The spreader has just exited Shed 10 as it continues to plow Westward.
SEPTA's ALP-44 No. 2308 makes an appearance at rush hour pushing a set of Bombardier cars, one with an Eagles banner, from 30th Street Station over the PRR built viaduct and into the Center City C... (more)
Note Hancock air whistles instead of horns
Line 2 runs eastâwest from DĂ©li pĂĄlyaudvar in Buda's KrisztinavĂĄros, through the city center, to Ărs vezĂ©r tere in eastern Pest. It offers connections to Hungarian State Railways at DĂ©li a... (more)
K64, Minolta X-700, Rokkor 35-70mm f3.5
DX5419+DC4035 rolling along the coast north of Kaikoura.
A westbound piggyback winds under itself while heading around Tehachapi Loop behind 5818 8750 8160 in April 1988, during the "Kodachrome' era.
"Rail Train at the Oscawana Tunnels" Metro North GP35rs 103 & 108 emerge from the Oscawana Tunnels towing a rail train up Track 4 on the upper Hudson Line. The train dropped continuously w... (more)
With dusk, rain, and fog all falling along the Pokey, a train of mtys glides out of Elkhorn Tunnel and begins the long descent down to Welch. The huge ventilation system and iron shroud are from a... (more)
SP SD45X 9505 leads an eastbound manifest up No. 1 track through the multiple tunnels at Applegate.
"Brand New "Georgia" Viewliner Diners at Penn" Two brand new Viewliner Diners, 68002 (Atlanta) & 68003 (Augusta), sit on the rear of Amtrak train 236 having just arrive... (more)
Fall colors are barely visible through the thick fog that's surrounding the mountainscape of Donner Pass, while a Westbound enters the rock cut leading to Tunnel 36.
Out of the tunnel and into the darkness! CSXT 4533 battles the grade at Talcott with eastbound black diamond loads for the ports of Virginia.
In search of the Pennsy - With a day to kill I hopped on Acela Express 2160 out of D.C. and got to Baltimore late morning. After exploring and shooting the splendid Penn Station I headed o... (more)
WB BNSF Freight leaving a trail of FRED lights in the tunnel.
Amtrak Empire Service train #280 exiting the tunnel at Garrison.
Just north of 42nd Street, the connection for the Grand Central Shuttle allows for an interesting view of the IRT 7th Ave Subway as an express and local race Uptown with hundreds of passengers hea... (more)
Through the Loop, south/west bound toward Tehachapi and the Mojave Desert.
T#76 has just exited Otisville Tunnel and is slowing for it's stop at Otisville. Pushing is NJ Transit GP40FH-2 #4142.
"Smoking Out ENY" Long Island Railroad's RFX2 shoves the rail reclaim train down the Atlantic Branch at East New York Station on the morning of January 16th, 2021. Atlantic Avenue, from wh... (more)
Inside the east portal of Claudius Crozet's famed Blue Ridge tunnel. Completed in 1858, the 4,273 foot long tunnel was abandoned in 1944 and at the time of its completion was the longest railroad ... (more)
The famous Shakespeare Cliff in Dover - a great location for railfanning. Through the cliff two single line tunnels were built and opend in 1844. They have a rather unusual profile. Nowadays the l... (more)
The morning Cardinal heads out of Manns tunnel on a beautiful fall day.
New York City Transit (NYCT) work locomotive #886 shoves a late night work train east down one of the 42nd Street Shuttle tunnels. crews would perform work the whole night towards the center of th... (more)
Deep down in the bottom of Glenwood Canyon Amtrak 5 takes a shortcut through the mountain via the 134 foot long Shoshone Tunnel 2 while overhead I-70 takes a much longer trip through the mountain
A westbound B&O manifest exits Stuart Tunnel at Magnolia, WV on October 21, 1979. At over 3,000 feet, Stuart is the longest of the four tunnels on the Magnolia Cut Off. It was also the most prob... (more)
This UP manifest at Alray appears to steal the glory from an old icon. A shadow covering what was once Santa Fe's Tunnel 2 is appropriate to define what once was, and what soon will be only a mem... (more)
Train 1003 with 4104 and five HEP equipped heavyweights exits the Bergen Hill tunnel on track 3 and heads west for the Boonton line. 14AUG86
CN #3254 blasts out of Nay Aug Tunnel tackling the grade to Moscow.
Amtrak Across the Keddie Wye! Due to a derailment along UP's Shasta Route (just north of Dunsmuir), Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight was forced to detour via the Feather River Canyon and... (more)
A New York Transit Downtown No.6 train entering the iconic and long closed City Hall Station in Lower Manhattan, as it negotiates the balloon track that will take it to the Uptown platform of Broo... (more)
"Baltimore & Ohio 800" emerges from the south portal of Howard Tunnel on the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad Northern Central Branch with a mantrap sponsored by the Chesapeake Division of the Railroad En... (more)
CP 5820 pops its train out of a tunnel and over the bridge at Cisco, BC. It will tuck under the famous CN bridge at this location and continue east through Lytton and on to Kamloops. The two railr... (more)
An Eastbound Lathrop to Global 3 stacktrain rolls into Tunnel 9 and passes a trestle that was once the old ROW, which is located at "Bardees Bar".
