It is late afternoon and the shadows are getting long as the 484 with its helper cut in ahead of the caboose pulls a Cumbres turn into the small yard at the top. It is the crew's second trip up t... (more)
Lerro Productions brings a Big Boy to life.
In 1953 the comapny CP(Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro) purchased 3 units of this locomotive(contrary to what many think, that locomotives came new to Brazil and never runned in the USA) t... (more)
C&O 614 pulling the Chessie Safety Express across the Hawks Nest Bridge deep in the New River Gorge of West Virginia in October of 1981.
Lead unit of a Chicago, IL to Tacoma, Wa stack train is stuck in the mud. The crew was lucky that they didn't land in Puget Sound.
Chasing the Santa Train in the first snowfall of the season in Central Pennsylvania.
Five F units roll an eastbound manifest train between Asheville and Hendersonville, NC.
*** DISCLAIMER *** I have gotten email claiming this is GWWR 2041, and 2044. The notes on my slide mount indicate 2048, taken from the fact the nose and cab scraps were in the gon behind the flat... (more)
The ultimate street running? Just south of Greymouth, New Zealand at a location known as Camerons, NZ highway 6 and the KiwiRail Hokitika Industrial Line share a unique single lane/track thru-tru... (more)
You never know what will show up at Enola.. Besides the unusual DODX flat in the background, this foreign visitor is making a return trip back to GE in Erie, PA. Freightliner PH37ACmi 70012 was dr... (more)
Slowly grinding up the grade out of Kingman, Ariz. is an eastbound military train carrying transport vehicles. As it rounds the large, swooping curve of Antares, all of the vehicle align together ... (more)
Objects Are Closer Than They Appear A local moron stares down the crew of the oncoming Q619 instead of watching his footing as he tests his luck at getting across the tracks ahead of ... (more)
With talks of NS supposedly acquiring the remaining CSX SD80MAC's this was a shocker to see this one painted in a fresh coat of paint with the new "How Tomorrow Moves" logo. First one of its kind ... (more)
Detail cab view of the Big Boy.
As part of the celebration of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal's 50th Anniversary, cab units from the three original tenant railroads were posed next to each other to recreate a popular PR / p... (more)
One of the AEM's from the Chase, Maryland accident.
The strong back lighting from the sun coupled with the low hanging mist gives this scene an eerie feel as a westbound marches on.
One last shot of the 491's cab after the accident with the tree.
Under dark skies, a westbound intermodal flies through Morant's with a GEVo leading
A switching mishap where two trains tried to occupy a diamond at the same time is being cleaned up at Chicago and North Western’s Butler Yard at Butler, Wisconsin, in September 1983. C&NW EMD SD... (more)
The Santa Cruz Local leaves the boardwalk on its coastal run to Davenport.
A family enjoying a beautiful autumn morning in the park waves at Soo Line 1003 heading east on the Wisconsin Southern.
More rain moves into the area as an eastbound train makes it under the B&O signals at Orleans Road
A detoured Canadian Pacific coke train glides East along the Wisconsin countryside through the pouring rain. Canadian National trains now run through here but a short time ago it was the Wisconsin... (more)
The crew of ESSP stops to inspect the carnage that is left from the head on collision between ESSP and SLWB that occured on 2/6/1987. The 4309 was leading the SLWB which rode up over the top of 44... (more)
Every employee's nighmare --- derailed tank cars of LPG exploding and burning. When will it end? AT&SF derailment at Love, Ariz. on March 16, 1977, 65 miles east of Parker on the Parker Distri... (more)
The Milky Way and a million stars shine bright over the signal bridge at Henry House, AB.
A broken drawbar is the least of the W&Is problems at the moment.
Federal, state and local officials today celebrated the opening of the $142 million Englewood flyover, a major railroad bridge that has eliminated a significant source of train delays on the south... (more)
SP’s Texas and New Orleans (T&NO) subsidiary Mikado crossing the Bonnet Carre spillway returning to the KCS New Orleans yard. Additional information available at http://www.lasta.org
A Soo Line train using trackage rights on the Milwaukee Road derailed during its nightly trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in April 1984. I don’t recall the details, but I seem to remember that the ... (more)
Coal empties tackle the 1.8% grade and reverse curves of the famous Crater Loops as they climb toward Toponas Summit, Steamboat Springs, and the Colorado coal fields on Union Pacific's Craig Branc... (more)
The CRSA special departs Union Station and explodes out of the new shed between Lake St and Canal St at the end of the morning rush. This train will head to Janesville, WI and return with a solid ... (more)
A pair of MTA Subway trains thread the low-rise, urban density of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The dome of the landmark Williamsburg Bank is the product of venerated architect William B. Post, also n... (more)
Blue hour Saturday morning as Big Boy slumbers at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth after its run up BNSF from the Twin Cities.
For the first time in many months, ex ATSF CF7 #2627 returns to service on the Clinton Terminal, hauling a cut of scrap gons into Clinton. This engine had been "deadlined" for months pri... (more)
The rails glow with the last minutes of sunset as a short eastbound crosses into Ohio on the former Nickel Plate.
Sometimes you never know, what you are going to shoot, coming out of the darkness at night. This night the train gods smiled again, as emerging from the dark at Westport Station, SOO SD 60 6042 le... (more)
It is the last day of the year in Anchorage, AK. The weather isn't too bad a balmy 14 degrees everything looks good for a railfan photographer, well in most cases anyway, except this is Alaska in ... (more)
Something different, double frog switches, for small yards without a lot of space, not sure how many of these are around anymore.
Oops! The Rose Yard job split some switches while doing their work this morning.
On December 16, 1963, Santa Fe Train No. 2, the eastbound SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF struck a cattle truck just west of Clovis, New Mexico, derailing five F-units and 10 cars. Two days later, on a cloudy... (more)
Looking down. Horizon unlevel, indeed.
Metre gauge 2915 heads another train of pilgrims returning from the Biswa Ijtema festival at Tongi.
In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Union Pacific is running a special train around its system led by the famed trio of E9s. This morning the train departed Spokane after another successful ... (more)
Engineer Owen Hawkins Jr. lights up a cigar while N&W 1218 simmers quietly, awaiting her next assignment. A Lerro Productions event at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.
The picture prop cab of AC4400CW #767 from Unstoppable now rests in an old gas station (that was later a cafe for a while) near the movie train headquarters, the Fillmore & Western.
Railfanning can be a solitary, misunderstood, and frustrating hobby. It can also be extremely rewarding with good companionship, wonderful scenery, and great photographic rewards. Those days that ... (more)
After striking a over-sized truck at a crossing along US 301 in Halifax, NC, Amtrak P080 of March 9th, is seen in the recovery phase while crews work to re-rail the P42 Engine #185. The Engine (F... (more)
Wreck crews from Hulcher wave to Amtrak train 311, ''The Loop'', as it rolls slowly past derailed South Local at the elevator track lead in McLean, Illinois. Steve Smedley photo
At 03:30 hrs on the 23rd of May Q194 rammed a stopped Q618 virtually destroying both units of Q194 and the containers he carried.
"Carroll Gardens/Manhattan.” No. 1 World Trade and it’s skyscraper friends shake off yet another New York storm and stand behind the much more modest homes of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. Threa... (more)
A freshly outshopped stimulus-rebuild P40 leads the Hoosier State past a set of Monon semaphores in downtown Crawfordsville, Indiana. The semaphores are slated to come down by the end of summer.
1 - I want to inform you all, friends of Railnet, about some picutures realized by a soldier German photographer: Walter Hollnagel. During German occupation in Italy he supplied documents about am... (more)
"What the heck is that!?" A very interesting load sitting on the siding in Talkeetna, Alaska. This load must be going up to the northern part of Alaska where there is a lot of snow. This load must... (more)
Chessie's Car Float connected Newport News to Norfolk. The ex B&O tug (from New York City service, built in Camden, NJ in 1952-1953) was lashed to the side of the float and provided motive power. ... (more)
490 was built for the streamlined "Chessie."
The incredible UA Turbotrain, current US and Canadian speed record holder for a production trainset at 170.8 mph built in the late 60's by United Aircraft, Sikorsky and Pullman. No examples survi... (more)
What do you do when both of your steam locomotives are on their last legs and you don't have enough dollars in the bank to purchase even a cheap diesel? You build your own, of course. This beaut... (more)
Happy Birthday, USA! 237 years ago, the United States of America declared its independence. Norfolk Southern is honored to recognize the service of our country's military members, past and prese... (more)
Built Like a Mack Truck That phrase was very much a part of the fabric of Allentown, Pennsylvania, home of the world headquarters of Mack Trucks. Although I grew up about twenty mi... (more)
Deep into the East Altoona pit, J1a 6432 waits for work. It was officially retired in April 1958 (source: Keystone Crossings). John had an escort from the PRR Police to roam the property for the... (more)
Engineer's side of the cab inside Amtrak 818. 818 is one of 15 P40DC's upgraded to P42DC specifications and returned to service as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. View ... (more)
ATSF sent this beauty to EMD LaGrange as its representative for the 50th Anniversary celebration of the EMD FT103 demonstration tour. The 101 was one of the first two engines to be repainted into ... (more)
The Monday Wednesday Friday operations on the Everett Railroad Co. finds freight runs on the ex PRR's Morrison's Cove Secondary which then became the Allegheny Southern Railway from Sept. 1982 to ... (more)
Sunset brings an unforgetable glow to the San Francisco Peaks, just as an eastbound intermodal eases up the hill into Winslow. See EXIF data for shot details.
SL&RG #18 (ex LS&I #18) climbs the steeper east side of La Veta Pass, about a half mile below the summit at Fir, on a Steam Loco Safari Tour photo freight.
FCAB engines 2403, 2406 and 2008 will reach Ascotan summit in a few minutes. In the background you can see the massive 6145 m high volcano "San Pedro", covered by a rather unusual amount of snow.
V&T Survivor: McKeen Motor Car #22. In an effort to cut costs and reduce the need for steam-powered passenger trains, the Virginia & Truckee purchased a 70 foot long McKeen Motor Car in 191... (more)
Another angle of the CSX Derailment/Collision in Marysville, Ohio today. Investigation is underway, crew was transported to hospital with minor injuries
An Amtrak Cascades service F59phi is seen leading Amtrak's SB Coast Starlight #11 along the shores of the San Pablo Bay. Nikon D200, 18-70mm. www.bayarearailroading.com
It's a starry night on the busy ex-N&W Pocahontas mainline as helpers sit patiently at Maybeury, W.Va., as a eastbound permeates the nighttime air while silhouetting the signals and foreground loc... (more)
Street running! Well, not really, but Denver and Rio Grande Western GP30 No. 3011 is on its way to the Colorado railroad Museum on the streets. With no outside rail connection, the loco... (more)
Only a mile or two from the end of a long journey from Grand Junction, CO, Union Pacific's 'Potash Turn' rolls slowly along the Colorado River just north of the loadout and small yard at Potash, U... (more)
South Branch GP9 90, and both SD18's (181 and 182) pose at Main Street for this night photo.
A scene almost surreal... Only ridge lines apart and less than a mile as the crow flies, a massive coal and coke facility with dozens of trucks hustling around the property contributes to a huge p... (more)
In the last hour of daylight, BNSF's 25th Anniversary Unit #6075 leads a southbound Vancouver, BC to Portland, OR grain train past Clark's Point in Bellingham, WA on November 11th, 2020.
Colorado’s San Luis Valley is a huge high-altitude (average 7,664 feet above sea level) valley that is approximately 122 miles long and 74 miles wide with some of it used for grazing and growing... (more)
Just a few short hours into the Nor'easter snowstorm that is forecast to dump up to 2 feet of snow over portions of New England, New England Central train 600-29 is seen passing the north end of t... (more)
Newly painted Southern Railway RS-3 at TVRM.
D&H 930 leans into a curve as it skirts the rugged shores of Lake Champlain on a hot morning
Westbound intermodal climbs the hill towards the Gallitzen tunnel as a tanker train glides east on track 1. The rear of the intermodal can be seen in the distance. Check out some of my other photo... (more)
GP9 8808 wades in Slocan Lake as it adjusts the barge slip by poling it. The train,Loco 1 car and caboose will eventually load onto the barge and travel 30 miles up Slocan Lake to Rosebery to serv... (more)
The first run of NSM's former CSX SD70ACe models heads east toward Silver Bay with taconite loads. NSM expects five of these to replace four leased CEFX SD9043MACs. For now the mining railroad's S... (more)
Ex Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson 2860 is heading east on the Mountain Sub at Ottertail, BC. Notice the two camoflaged GM B units in the consist remotely controlled by the steam locomotive. The t... (more)
300 meter long test train with 4 RABe 526 "Flirt" articulated lowfloor trainsets of the Südostbahn is crossing the 97 meter high Sitter viaduct near St.Gallen.
Here's a somber moment in time for fans of the Southern Pacific and the Utah Railway Company . . . 11 EMD SD45s and 4 EMD F45s are being scrapped at the Utah Railway yard in Martin. Between 1985-1... (more)
With 4 locomotives and 15 cars the Kentucky Derby Train grinds uphill around Horseshoe Curve. The train was together at 7:45AM but problems caused its departure to be delayed until just before 10A... (more)
Brand new CN SD70M-2 leads a relatively new BNSF GEVO and an older BNSF GP60B. Quite a lashup to see! Nikon D50, 50mm 1.8D.
After an incident with a RC move, CP G41 sits in Bensenville yard with 7 derailed cars, a totaled UP SD40, and many dozers cleaning up the mess...
