Smoke and fire!

Fresh Faces. NJ Transit ALP-44M no. 4424 (Asea Brown Boveri, 1996) is seen in front of the United Railway Historical Society of NJ shop building in Boonton, NJ, alongside Erie Lackawann... (more)

UP West Line train #61 swings around the corner at Ogden Ave.

Ready for the road again.

“Line of Departure�
The CSX local has already blown this burg for Hagerstown, as Maryland Midland’s conductor lines the switch in preparation for UBHF (here symbolled as CSX Z437) ... (more)

Southern Railway F3A 6110, built in May 1947, is looking good as it leads a freight near Chattanooga Tennessee on June 20th 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A Trio of critters: (from left to right) LEFT: GE 44 ton powered by 2 CAT D-17000 diesels making 380 horsepower. Built by General Electric in 1943 for the Western Maryland. It served the industri... (more)

Sierra Railroad RB20bBD No. 2666 with a movement of 50 Covered Hoppers that were stored in the Santa Paula yard. They are bound for Saticoy for interchange with Union Pacific and another storage... (more)

The morning desert sun illuminates the Currie Depot along Nevada Northern Railway. Sagebrush has begun to retake the tracks along with the rest of the once prosperous town.

With a train of steaming pellets from the Fairlane Taconite Plant in tow, DMIR 406 leads CN U71781-04 as it slowly makes its way into the yard at Proctor, Minnesota to tie the train down where it ... (more)

Avelia Acela. Amtrak Avelia Liberty 2146 leads test train 849 through Elizabeth Station en-route back to Philadelphia.

NS Train BD27 with the SD40-2 Highhood NS 1628 shoves back onto Zug Island with a single coil and a boxcar, on a super rainy tuesday fall november night in Detroit. The Zug Island Flame is to than... (more)

Where rail meets sail. As the Algoma Innovator is escorted into the Cuyahoga, a Norfolk Southern intermodal train sails over the river

Climbing Cajon Pass as it heads east from Los Angeles to Barstow, and passing through Cajon Pass' iconic Mormon Rocks area, is BNSF Railway train U-LACBAR5-30Z, a "Special Unit Train" co... (more)

NS AC44C6M 4620 and Wells Fargo SD70MAC 8871 lead loaded ethanol train 6K4 upgrade on Track 3 at Lilly, PA. NS is reportedly starting to gather the Wells Fargo SD70MACs to return them to the less... (more)