An empty parking lot due to repaving permitted this broadside view of Penn Central E8 4322 pausing at Red Bank, NJ, with a New York-Bay Head Junction evening commuter train operated by Conrail. PC... (more)

The mechanics confer on how to get the train on the road again as another Toronto bound train stops to pick up passengers at the suburban Dorval station..

Beautifullly restored former Erie Mining Co 4210 sits in the one stall enginehouse of Olin Locomotive Works. The shop does all mechanical work for Indiana Boxcar's locomotive fleet. The F9 is now ... (more)

A Power Line-Up. On a windy, chilly morning in late October, a quartet of Grand Canyon Railway trains sit poised in the Williams Yard preparing for a busy schedule of events. These trains... (more)

On the final stretch into Chicago, Illinois Central train 28, the northbound Illini out of Carbondale, approaches the station at Homewood, IL, with ten cars behind a pair of E8s.

Two FPA-4's lead the early morning train from Quebec City to Montreal across the Richelieu River.

There was a new train listed in the June 15, 1976, Amtrak timetable – trains 781 and 782, the Las Vegas Limited. This train departed Los Angeles at 1:30 pm on Fridays, and returned on Su... (more)

The Orford Express is parked on a siding due to a derailment further east as Central Maine & Quebec 810 accelerates on the main. at Bromont.

Freshly Restored

November 17, 2019 marked the unveiling of WCRA's 6520, freshly restored and released from the paint shop in the iconic 1961 CN orange, black and white paint sch... (more)

Prime Mover Mover

A view of one of the shop tracks at Baltimore & Ohio’s Glenwood Yard reveals Chesapeake & Ohio 8504, the hulk of an F7B used to transport prime movers. Also on ... (more)

Kansas City Southern's Office Car Special heads east through Waco, GA, running as Norfolk Southern 088 to Atlanta, GA.

The closest I thought I would ever get to an FTB is this repurposed derelict. Looking at the connections I suspect this might have earlier been a Locotrol receiver car. Arguably the most histori... (more)

On November 13th, Pan AM Railways ran their office car special from Boston to Ayer and return. The train ran along the former Boston & Maine New Hampshire route and then along the Stony Brook Bran... (more)

On November 13th, Pan AM Railways ran their office car special from Boston to Ayer and return. The train ran along the former Boston & Maine New Hampshire route and then along the Stony Brook Bran... (more)

A four month old Amtrak Empire Builder still shows its BN heritage as it slows to a stop on Milwaukee Road's mainline at Winona, MN. The former NP F9A looks a little forlorn without any identifica... (more)