NS 9914 has a bit of wreck damage, and is shown sitting in the Juniata shops in Altoona, Pa
Polson Logging Company's #2 at the Smith Lake "reflecting pond". A photo charter over the Oregon Scenic Railroad, formerly the Port of Tillamook Bay RR.
Railroad: Polson Logging CoLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Rockaway Beach, Oregon, USALocomotive #: #2Train ID: N/aPhoto Date: May 19, 2018
Under a breathtaking sky, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 and its train speeds east across northern Arizona and passes under one of the Santa Fe's iconic signal bridges as it approaches Seligman on August 31,... (more)
Spreading its holiday message and cheer, the CP Holiday Train stops on the massive Tunkhannock Viaduct for a 10-minute show of its lights and horn blowing. The town had waiting hours in anticipati... (more)
CNR extra 426 is nearing Lutesville on the Springhill subdivision. Gordon Yard is the next stop and train will be recrewed. Four Direct Rail Services, one Fastline Freight and four Freightliner un... (more)
Continuing its jounery west toward Ogden, the UP 4014 pops its head out of the Hermosa tunnel just outside of Tie Siding, WY.
It's a good day for plowin', eh?. Looking a bit like a giant whale surfacing, the White Pass Rotary Fleet climbs out of a deep cut, about 3 miles north of the US/Canada Border, en route to ... (more)
The third diesel powered streamliner in North America was built jointly by the Budd Company and Electro-Motive Corporation for the Maine Central and Boston and Maine Railroads. Pictured here on a ... (more)
With a beautiful sunset Amtrak 48 the Lake Shore Limited takes the curve at Fonda running late on it's way to Rensselaer where it will be split to NYC and Boston. I still can't believe how amazing... (more)
The sounds of rushing waters and birds chirping is interrupted by the sounds of howling dynamics and squalling breaks as loaded train N319-25 has the brakes drawn down and it's motors in full dyna... (more)
A Union Pacific Sales And Marketing Special crosses the Gaviota Trestle heading for a overnight stop in San Luis Obispo. The next day it goes north to San Jose and Oakland. Then up the Martinez su... (more)
In an afternoon downpour - a common summer event down south - a pair of GP30s pass Union Station's trainshed on their way to Mobile with the long-distance local as an Alco switcher (with a transpl... (more)
The West Coast Railway Associations latest locomotive acquisition x-CN 6520 a GMD FP9A is seen here on her first start-up after arriving in Squamish more than a year ago, many thanks to our volunt... (more)
“Madame Queen” the diesel-devotees called her - or the “Queen Mary,” she was SF-1, under her original EMD (General Motors) serial number 744 of December 1937. She was 1800 horsepower, and ... (more)
If you think it's overpowered, click on "CP 402885" to see the snow plow in action a few miles earlier.
The Illinois Railway Museum's Sunday edition of the Nebraska Zephyr to Quincy departs Union Station.
Pan shot of EBT 15 as she marks her return to steam in through the foliage of the 2005 season close. Railroad: East Broad TopLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: EBT 15Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October, 2005
Steam Incorporated JA 1271 crosses the Mangaweka River over the South Rangitikei Viaduct with a passenger excursion. At 315 merters/ 1033 feet long and 75 meters / 247 feet high it's the 2nd long... (more)
Close clearance indeed, NS and RJ Corman can barely fit all their equipment into the tight confines between the Old City and the White Lily flour mill as they clean up the aftermath of 511's dera... (more)
Got a dimensional load coming? This vehicle seems to have all the necessary measurements covered.
After spending most of it's life inside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, NKP 190 is front and center. A true classic, 1 of 2 that were brought back from Mexico. The locomotive looks a little out o... (more)
Bankrupt Milwaukee Road could not find funds to keep the Pacific extension alive, but still managed to put fresh paint and wash jobs on power in the core system as shown here at St. Paul. GP40 loo... (more)
Rusty freight car and locomotive trucks sit in front of an odd stash of locomotives at the Motive Power shops. From left to right are Genset demonstrator 244, ACE 3101, a primed MP36PH-3C under a... (more)
A GP-38-2, GP-35, GP-40 and a pair of U-boats head north up the River Division towards Selkirk. The Empire State building and the World Trade Center appear on the horizon. That's the N.Y.S. & W. ... (more)
In the early days of Conrail, all of the six-axle Alco Centuries were based in Ohio for heavy drag freight service, and the epicenter was Mingo Junction. A long weekend visit yielded less of the b... (more)
The AC-12 class 4-8-8-2 "cab forward" # 4294 of the Southern Pacific was built in 1944 as the last of a series of 20 locomotives by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The only survivor of its... (more)
D&RGW EMD F7(A) #5764, F7(B)#5722, GP9#5924 and F7(A) #5614 painted in four-stripe 'Grande Gold' and aluminum. Photo taken from my slide collection, photographer James Brimhall.
The GW Travel trans-Canada special spent the night at Revelstoke and is heading for Banff in beautiful morning light a few miles east of Revelstoke. Interesting mix of power. In the bar at my mo... (more)
The business end of and AEM-7
Heaven on Earth
A fairly clean EMD power set shoves 48 empty ore cars past the laker Joseph L. Block that is in the process of unloading limestone. The limestone will be loaded into the ore cars 6252 is positioni... (more)
Just after returning from a trip back east, Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 No. 3985 shows some road dirt highlighting its massive boiler. After spotting a couple of cars, the locomotive will back into the ... (more)
A friendly track worker reminds his colleague that trains often come through at MAS on the mainline when you least expect it.
Joso has many moods. One can spend all day watching the light change and finding new ways to photograph this iconic structure and the landscape surrounding it. But it is more difficult to find a ... (more)
I ran across C&O Dynanometer Car DM-1 at Huntington Locomotive Shops on Nov. 10, 1977. I can only hope that this car was preserved some place. It would be a shame if it was scrapped.
As a nice summer day comes to a close, a southbound BNSF intermodal meets a northbound UP intermodal on the Chamber's creek lift bridge. Railroad: BNSF RailwayLocomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)Location: Steilacoom, Washington, USALocomotive #: BNSF 1021Train ID: n/aPhoto Date: June 24, 2008
M Class comparison. Two of Norfolk & Western's numerous M Class 4-8-0s spend the cool autumn night outside an engine house in southern Virginia. Thanks to a "pit crew" of abou... (more)
Gerald Corder of the Locust Heights and Western Railroad sits at the Saw Mill as the Climax simmers away under the days failing light. What started as a caboose built as a playhouse transformed ... (more)
On a hazy, gray winter morning, #6 - the Montgomery to West Point turn - rolls through Auburn.
Cogwheel double railcars Bhe 4/8 # 3044 and # 3041 of the Gornergratbahn in multiple control are running up the mountain between Riffelalp and Riffelberg, with the mighty Matterhorn as background.... (more)
A string of EMD hulks sit at the east end of the Silvis shops, waiting further disposition.
Soo 2719 rolls through downtown Duluth on the North Shore Scenic Railroad on its first revenue passenger run since arriving this past spring. Like the sign on the building says - Welcome to Dulut... (more)
Two of NJ Transit’s ALP locomotives have been wrapped in heritage schemes in honor of the railroad's 40th anniversary. Here is the Pennsylvania (ALP-46A 4636) posing outside the loco shop with C... (more)
Seattle bound Cascade #508 lights up the night as it's crosses the Willamette Draw, not but a few minutes out of Portland Union Station.
DD40X, Wabash F7 and a ex HLCX SD40-2? What a combo!
On August 18, 1990, train 961 eases into Belen on the north main for servicing and a crew change. On the head end are 140-102-2811-3615-5264 (GP60M/GP60M/GP35/GP39-2/SDF40-2). At left, moving off ... (more)
Even a train of this magnitude and importance is dwarfed by the massive Susquehanna River bridge, opened by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1906. The special that carried President-elect Barack Obama... (more)
No, Union Pacific is not repainting No. 4141 (George Bush 41). On May 18, 2015, it was in North Little Rock’s Jenks Shop paint both for some touch up work after installation of a new plow. The s... (more)
A Santa Fe transfer arrives in the UP/RI yards in Kansas City, KS powered by Alco Alligator no. 9818 and a former RSD 4/5 slug. Meantime UP GP9 no. 237 handles switching chores. Not a car with gra... (more)
P99's conductor climbs out of 1072 getting ready to uncouple the locomotives from the train as the PTI van chases them down the track.
Welcome to Whittier! - Two of the last three GP40-2s to wear their 1975 as delivered black and yellow paint march a 6015 ft train out of the 13,338 ft long tunnel and into the town of Whitt... (more)
Long time WW&F Ry engineer Robert Longo, pauses briefly for a photo, before climbing back up into the right-hand seat of No 10's cab. One of seven licensed engineers on the museum's railway, Bob's... (more)
Rotary OY made it to Cumbres, but that was enough for the first day and it backed away for an overnight rest. There have been a couple of questions about the"layering" of the snow. This was just... (more)
Fog is burning off just after sunrise on October 2, 2014, as a BNSF freight crosses the Clark Fork between Heron and Noxon, Montana, while working east on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision.
This shot brings back some great memories of an event that will never again happen. Even today, I'm amazed I was a part of it. This scene was taken by my friend Joe Givens. I was on board the trai... (more)
This Mark IIa long wheelbase landrover has been converted to run on 2-foot gauge rail track. The rear wheels are driven by chain from the original engine. This amazing contraption featured in the ... (more)
The Adirondack skirts along Lake Champlain a mile south of Port Henry behind one of the the D&H's iconic rebuilt PAs.
Westbound East Of Sunbury With PRR 478044 Cabin (Blt 4-51 N8 ) , On The Former Reading Main Line , Special Trains For Sunbury River Festival
Due to a derailment and severe flooding in Baltimore, some reroutes were in order, including this R138 which had gone east previously. R138 heads west being rerouted during sunrise through foggy ... (more)
With the Flood of 08 over HOPE! and the water down to a point you can see what happened. The 2 pier was under cut by the water and the flood just pushed it in to the hole, and pulled the the span... (more)
All Auto rack, All Orange A brand new Multi-Max auto rack set up in the bi-level configuration and built by Gund... (more)
DRGW Cumbres turns were often accompanied by a fair number of photographers and just curious tourists, and for the crews it was almost like a public performance. The brakeman smiles for my camera ... (more)
UP 3985 meets a crewless SD60M
The Central of Georgia heritage unit leads 90 loads of Southern Illinois coal bound for the Alabama Power plant near Wilsonville, AL. Train 74Z is seen here as it crosses the Black Warrior River ... (more)
The sun has already set but the snow continues to fall as D797 crosses Highfield Rd. after working the MMID interchange.
One of the greenest seasons I've ever seen in the Tehachapi's was back in February 2016, after a ton of rainfall dropped on the mountain that January, and then in early February there was a lot of... (more)
Aberdeen, Carolina & Western unveils their freshly painted F9 (A/B) units. These engines formally pulled Norfolk Southern's Officer Train and were sold to ACWR in 2019. ACWR put on a fantastic s... (more)
With roughly just 6 months left to shoot Central Maine & Quebec Railway consists, a pure set of SD40-2Fs - 9010, 9004, and 9021 - head Job 1 westbound at Eastman, Quebec amid lightly falling snow ... (more)
Brand new Fords and Lincolns are now bound for the scrap yard after being severely damaged and destroyed in the derailment of NS 22Q on July 5th, 2018.
EMDX SD70ACe #70, EMDX SD60MAC #9501 and EMDX SD90MAC-H #91 sit around at EMD's plant in La Grange, IL. #70 is unique as it was the first SD70ACe ever built.
Two very different GM&O F-3A's are sunning themselves outside the ICG locomotive shop.
As cold weather sets in the rail on the railroads will go thru some strain. As the steel cools with winter temperatures, it contracts. That means any points that are weak will break or pull apart.... (more)
This is the current state of the fast moving Fire Up 611 campaign. The superheater unit is back in and the boiler has passed its hydrostatic test. As evidenced in this shot, clearly the Southern r... (more)
Peoria is known for Caterpillar tractor, and in the last nine years, covered wagons. The storage train is on the move towards the Illinois River crossing at Peoria. Steve Smedley photo
Happy Birthday, Norfolk Southern! Thirty years ago today, NS was formed with the merger of the Norfolk and Western and Southern Railway. Later, on June 1, 1999, the Conrail acquisition led to an ... (more)
CN SD60F 5510, C40-8 2006 and SD40u 6003 provide a nice consist on the headend of M304, speeding through Henry House.
View from CN Tower with 50 MM lens. For a 135 MM shot of the same scene. and a comment which describes everything you see in the image. click more)
An IRR train yard in Baghdad. Trains were sparse and the air was dusty as usual. Taken from the open door of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter while I was out on a mission in Baghdad.
Crane Masters is busy at work clearing the remains of NS loaded coal train Y92, which put 20 cars on the ground at Perryman, MD on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. The derailment would suspend passen... (more)
A railway line connecting the main railway from the North (QNS & L) and Labrador to Pointe-Noire from Jonction Arnaud.
The 3 SDP40Fs are now in California, having crossed the Colorado River from Topock, Ariz. The train is essentially ex-Santa Fe Super Chief and El Capitan cars, and it was during this winter of 19... (more)
The High Iron Co. ran a couple double-headed excursions from Jersey City to Wilkes Barre via portions of the now-abandoned CNJ Pennsylvania Division - otherwise known as CRR of PA. Strasburg Railr... (more)
Utah State Railroad Museum with the temporary addition of Big Boy X4014.
Even some of the best rail will need to be replaced eventually.
The eastbound California Zephyr exits Byers Canyon.
Former Santa Fe Dash 9's converted into KCS MW units.
