After changing hands and making the cross-country trek east, this rare streamliner was put on display before restoration work continued to return this locomotive to operation.

Steamtown cosmetically restored their Big Boy in 2021. I captured it separated from its tender shortly after painting was complete.

A south bound UP QRVWC manifest climbs up and around the Tehachapi Loop and by a holding north bound BNSF intermodal all under a dramatic sky.

Nevada Northern 81 coasts downgrade through Robinson Canyon on a cloudy June afternoon.

Twilight of The Coal Burner

After 143 years of near continuous use of coal-burning power on the Silverton Branch of the Denver and Rio Grande Western, fireman John Hillier thro... (more)

Crescent, Colorado, received 42 inches of snow in a major Front Range storm on March 13-14, 2024. On the morning after the blizzard, BNSF’s Provo to Denver priority freight rolls eastbound on Un... (more)

BNSF 8360 is westbound after crossing the Mississippi River heading for a crew change at the small yard in Fort Madison.

Three To Seven Together. An unusual test train was operated out of Amtrak's Albany-Rensselaer Shop on Monday, March 18, 2024. Testing various upgrades, including PTC installation, Train 864... (more)

Acela from Boston flies through Astoria in Queens on its way to Penn Station.

33-248 departure from Duboki Potok on the way back to Tuzla on the Brcko line

E9s 9901, 9916, 9913 and 9924 rest after the day's work.

CSX Trackage Rights coal train T090 heads East on the NS Appalachia District passing the famed Copper Creek trestle.

The rear DP on N760 helps hold back the weight of the loaded coal train for Brice at the signals at Ashford.

Green River. A Chicago Transit Authority electric train navigates downtown as it crosses the Chicago River, which is dyed green for Saint Patrick's Day.

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.