Men at work on Kefisos bridge. They dont give any care about the big freight.
Regular eastbound train en route to Craigmont over several spectacular trestles and bridges.
CofG 805 leads the Savannah-Atlanta (via Macon) Nancy Hanks.
If you ever visited Hawks Nest or the New River area you know how rare it is just to catch a train while your there let alone catch 2 eastbounds at the same.... I wonder who made it to Sewell firs... (more)
King Street Station as built by the GN and NP prior to the modern glass pedestrian bridge and sheds. BNSF has come to be but today, ex CB&Q GP40M, BN #3507 shares the station tracks with a vener... (more)
An ex-GN SD9, built in 1954 has gotten repainted into modern BNSF colors.
A rare sight, of two nose to nose CN Snowplows No.55421R and No.55265R parked in Bathurst, CN Yard April 06, 1986, and the good looking girl in the picture is my wife Amy.
During the CN Family Day at Taschereau Yard, a specially painted boxcar welcome visitors at the entrance.
"Kodachrome" (failed SPSF merger) painted 7497 still has its air baffles attached to the handrails on the rear of the unit.
Double-header steam excursion with PRR 7002 & PRR 1223 from Strasburg to Harrisburg and turning at Wye at Rockville, is seen having just departed Harrisburg Station on it's return to Strasburg.
It's the Philadelphia Auto Show! But, look a little closer and you'll note this is no ordinary building. ... (more)
During an otherwise dismal week, 'Tornado', Britain's finest achievement of the new millennium, finds a break in the weather as she heads out of Leeds. The brand new Pacific looks absolutely super... (more)
Standing track side in a cold rain while holding an umbrella over the camera and forsaking my dryness, I couldn't help but ask myself "Why?". Ninety seconds later I had my answer. Westbound thro... (more)
Southern Pacific train No. 52, the southbound "San Joaquin Daylight," running south of Caliente in the Tehachapi Mountains of Southern California in January 1960. Photo by Southern Pacif... (more)
Crane A waits for No. 40 and the passenger to clear, before picking up a derailed flat car. This 100 year old steam crane put on a fascinating demonstration at the Winter Steam Spectacular.
It seems to be only a matter of time before the former Chessie System B&O 6525 will be completely enveloped in weeds and brush as it rusts away in Athens, Georgia.
Overview of the NH coachyard at New Haven reveals nuggets from the past..
Bethlehem Kaleidoscope 3 - During Conrail's early years, many foreign visitors spent time in Bethlehem mingling with the local power. Usually they were leased or run-through units. For a short tim... (more)
After sitting almost exactly 24 hours, this engineer must have felt that the GMD-1's needed to "clear their throats". I never had a chance to talk to the hogger, and I always wondered if it was fo... (more)
empties leaving the power plant at Page hit a nice sun hole at the right time.
The Raritan River Railroad local turned a rail on this hot day. We found the train sitting like this, with the hammer beside it, indicating that someone had at least started working on fixing thin... (more)
Six Vale exports from Erie head east on 326 eventually making their way to Norfolk for export to Brazil. The road numbers in this consist are 2008, 2001, 2010, 2009, 2007, and 2006. The tracks on ... (more)
Built by David Kloke and his team, the Lincoln Funeral Car is now finally complete. As it tours the country, it serves as a tribute to a great President and an important piece of bringing history... (more)
This former set of F7 A and B units sits with other first generation power, awaiting and uncertain future.
Russell to Waycross manifest Q693-25 with the CSX "Honoring Law Enforcement" heritage unit leading on it's inaugural revenue run crosses the Levisa Fork on a single-track thru-truss brid... (more)
On a summer afternoon, a couple of patrons from the Iron Horse Bar observe some impressive horsepower as the Hudson Grain local thunders up the big 3.22% grade to South 7th Street with 15 loads. ... (more)
For a brief moment in 2001 the clock was turned back as three Rio Grande SD40T-2s lead a hot Z-train westbound at Castle Gate. As an added bonus, the crew saw fit to use the gyralight.
Having passed this pond a number of times, always wind blown I was pleasantly surprised to find this reflection early one morning.
Cab shot of ARR Rotary #3 stored in Anchorage yard awaiting donation to a railroad display in Curry, AK. The rotary was built by the Cooke Locomotive Works in 1930 and operated under steam until 1... (more)
Iowa Interstate RR rolls Eastbound through Malcom Iowa at sunset. The crossing was currently closed off due to road construction of the crossing
Providence and Worcester's train NR-2, on the Norwich branch, running along the Thames River at Goss Cove, past the Navy Submarine Base and the Nautilus Memorial at Groton. The Nautilus being the ... (more)
Metra's newest heritage paint makes its first revenue run. Here the METX 405 arrives at Grayslake proudly displaying Milwaukee Road colors and decals.
CN Q111 derailed earlier in the afternoon. Almost 12 hours later this is the scene, with engine 5779 resting on the ground and about 4 or 5 other cars waiting to be re-railed or destroyed.
Two Tatras meeting at the narrowest place on the line: in the esses just before Hűvösvölgy. This light and mood got me to take out my gear again and take some shots.
3751 crew member Smokey Smith inspects the area left vacant by the removal of the steam locomotives pony truck. The truck was removed for maintenance and installation of new hardware. Be sure to v... (more)
There was a time when you could visit the yards without any hassles....no barbed wire and unfriendly guards
A trio of brand new, SC-44 "Chargers," glisten on this rainy morning in downtown Los Angeles as they await their first chance to get out and stretch their legs.
Inside VIA Rail dome-observation “Banff Park” at the forward portion of the rear lounge is a stairway ascending to the dome. On the right is a small coffee bar, while under the dome and access... (more)
The Central Pacific,s Jupiter and the Union Pacific,s 119 sit proudly on display at the summit of Promontory. The Golden Spike National Historic Site maintains, what is thought to be very accurate... (more)
Cannibalized for parts, RI 421 like the railroad had seen better days.
Richard Beal photo In your face railfanning! GP30-led NW drag roars past the old tower as the conductor readies himself to grab the orders, the engineer with his hand out just in case he misses... (more)
SP SW1500 2638 heads south on Olive Street in Anaheim, CA on January 26, 1977
With the Great Race 150 complete, the return trip to Cheyenne, Wyoming is under way for the Union Pacific Steam Team and the awakened Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 and the 4-8-4 #844. The train is seen a... (more)
As maintainers maintain the fire burning on the rails while track work is completed, Amtrak 8 flies by Rondout with the "bloody nosed" Phase I 156 on the point. Shortly after, Metra 2140... (more)
Doubleheaded QJ 2-10-2's cross the JiTong line's iconic Simingyi viaduct. This perspective on the bridge shows off the marvelous civil engineering of this relatively new line.
In the pouring rain, a westbound (northbound) Indiana Hi-Rail freight slowly rumbles over the ancient Wabash River Bridge just east of Grayville, Illinois, on April 25, 1993. The train is powered ... (more)
Clearing the switch for the balloon at Fulda. Not much fun!
This sad cab from a 1947 built Alco FA-2 freight locomotive was originally the New York, New Haven & Hartford No. 0402. After years of hard service, in 1963, the railroad traded in 0402 to Alco to... (more)
The Semmering railway (German: Semmeringbahn) in Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gau... (more)
Late afternoons in the summer of 1966, the place to watch the parade of passenger trains out of Denver Union Station is the 23rd Street viaduct. The sun has swung around to the west, catching Unio... (more)
Lehigh Valley 518 is still in the original Cornell red color scheme as the A-B-B-A set of F3 units backs up at Lehighton late on a May afternoon.
The Roebling Museum, yes the Brooklyn Bridge Roebling, recently opened on the site where the cables for the famed bridge were made way back when. This critter was found on the grounds after a Sup... (more)
Although this was 15 years ago, I'll never forget the hot blast of oil smoke gifted to me about 4 seconds after this shot was taken. All for giving the engineer a roll of film for his camera.
Strings of Terminal Railway cars and a ship create a backdrop for a pair of Paducah rebuilds switching in the former GM&O yard. Just a few years earlier, red Alcos would have performed this job.
A 99.8 second exposure at "0419 in the AM" behind the Pennsylvania position lights mounted on Jamestown Road in Portage, PA. A couple weeks later, on June 10th, these signals were removed from ser... (more)
It's 1939, and Soo Line's brand new diesel unit is heading over a bridge with a boxcar... no, wait a minute. That is a BNSF car, and this is in 2011. After Minnesota Northern's usual power went do... (more)
I think that is safe to assume that the engineers that designed this Service and Inspection Facility for Amtrak at their 8th Street Yard in Los Angeles never envisioned that a steam locomotive wou... (more)
The Milwaukee Road's shops in Milwaukee were huge, and virtually inaccessible to most. Unless you ventured up to the viaducts that crossed the Menomonee Valley. Here is a shot from the 35th Street... (more)
A southbound Katy Mikado, built by Lima in 1923, leads its 72 car freight onto a siding in order to take on water. Its immaculate appearance is typical of Katy maintenance standards in the latt... (more)
Texas & Pacific 610 is being very well cared for at the Texas State Railroad Museum in Palestine Texas. It's stored under cover and only brought out when weather is favorable.
A long string of 19 former CSX locomotives, which now have PRLX markings, are stored on the Arkansas & Missouri in Springdale, Arkansas. The line of locomotives curves to the right and then throu... (more)
The Royal Gorge Route! The eastbound return trip to Canon City passes under the Royal Gorge Bridge and is dwarfed by the canon. The bridge was built in 1929 and serves no purpose other than tha... (more)
A Loram Rail Grinder puts on a light (and noise) show for the residents of Tacoma and Ruston, at the site of the form Asarco Smelter. Tunnel #1, just under 400' long, is the lesser known tunnel i... (more)
The one-of-a-kind 10,000 hp EMD GM10B is waiting on a crew at the west end of Manor Siding. Both the locomotive and siding are long-gone, and most of the freight has been moved to the NS Harrisbu... (more)
Former Erie F3 7101 leads an A-B-B-A set on an eastbound freight as the semaphore near the Endicott station drops. This late model F3 had been 710-A on the Erie and the type was sometimes referred... (more)
Here's a look at the doings at the PRR Trenton enginehouse on a overcast Saturday afternoon in May of '53. K4 3768 is under steam, but one track out of view the steam deadlines are growing. Back... (more)
The headlights of the SP 8577 illuminate the side of UP's eastbound IOAG2-23 as it speeds through Livermore. The SP 8577 was on the point of the MNWRV and ran over Altamont for Roseville several h... (more)
A trio of diesels prepare to outbound at Silvis, Illinois
Derelict on display This poor old girl sits rusting away with moss growing in all the dark places in Algonquin Park's Logging Museum. Look closely and you can see a green spot on the smokeb... (more)
Two of the Roy Hill General Electric Transportation System ES44AC6 locomotives - RHA 1001 and 1003 are seen crossing Water Street/Lawrence Parkway on the GETS test track at Erie, Pennsylvania on N... (more)
Backing Up On Bridge After Doing A Photo Runby , Engine Is Ex Reading T1 2101
Sometimes, Cajon Pass is too busy! A case in point is this meet between two trains. While waiting for eastbound train Z-LACNYC9-27 (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal, Los Angeles CA to New York NY), w... (more)
The Fort Pitt is readied for departure to Chicago under the open canopy at the downtown terminal due to construction. Click on "more" (above, after "PRR 5804") for the head-end view of this engin... (more)
At the old South Shop of Southern Railway (later renamed Pegram, in honor of retired v.p. Robert B. Pegram), Ps-4 Pacific 1408 is in the processing of receiving a Class 3 (heavy repairs) overhaul.... (more)
Shining in the afternoon sunA Wisconsin Central trackmobile has tugged newly-painted boxcar No. 47675 out onto the transfer table between shop buildings at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin,... (more)
Less than two weeks before the coming of Amtrak would put it out of its misery, Penn Central train 427 rolls west through Wellesley, MA, on the former Boston & Albany. A single E8 and a snack bar ... (more)
Passing two resting helper sets in a snow-covered yard at Essex, Montana, is an eastbound grain train headed for a climb over Marias Pass on Christmas Eve, 2007.
LS&I 2501,2302,2303 head up the 7AM Hill Job near Empire Jct. The Hill Job started the day with a trip to Tilden mine as no loads for the dock were available at Eagle Mills. While the train made a... (more)
The old Gundian bridge over Ulla river looks to the new high speed line bridge under construction. Arco train #280 "Camino de Santiago" from La Coruña to Irun and Bilbao, crosses this 85 meters ... (more)
Wrecked SD35 at Chattanooga.
Upper Merion & Plymouth 9009 a SW9 works the UMP 800 Job (8AM OD in Coatesville, PA at the Brandywine Valley Railroad base of Operations) works the former Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company now a Ar... (more)
A minor derailment occurred this morning at the east end of the UP yard at West Colton when a section of rail rolled over as cars were passing over it. The work crew is busy getting the tank car ... (more)
The Dave Goodheart "stealth" charter with the 3751 on the Grand Canyon Railway. Dave created a lot of great photo ops for us. Thanks Dave.
Salida was once a railroad town, where Rio Grande had a large dual gauge yard, two roundhouses, company hospital and many other functions necessary for a busy division point. Narrow gauge trains f... (more)
The 3rd La Mirada local passes a disabled stack train at Fullerton. Today's R CAL0061 has a pair of warbonnet GP60Ms for power.
Newly constructed and painted PRR gons are ready for their markings in this July 1952 scene at Altoona.
The shadows of the River Dee are illuminated by late summer evening sunlight, reflected off the side of a local passenger train approaching Glyndyfrdwy in the Vale of Llangollen. Thanks to Richard... (more)
