As this westbound Empire Builder approached the Rockies I bet there was disappointment in the sightseer lounge when all they could see was the faint outline of the mountains under a thick blanket ... (more)

The NYC heritage unit takes CP 284 southbound through downtown Northbrook.

Back when Tennessee Eastman was related to Kodak and Kodak meant photography and they owned their own units this new switcher is working the massive tank farm at their gigantic chemical plant, the... (more)

The interior of former DM&IR C-97 (built in 1910) caboose looks pretty good for it's age, all things considered. When this caboose was being moved from Eveleth, MN to Chisholm, MN it had it's cup... (more)

The first unit to wear the Genesee & Wyoming corporate colors for the Cape Breton & Central Nova Scotia is the former GEXR GP40 4022 turned CBNS 3022. The unit is seen at St. Albans, Vermont bein... (more)

The Kelly Lake local makes tracks and kicks up fresh snow as they use trackage rights heading over on the once a week trip down the CN Keenan Sub to deliver betonite clay to the Minorca mine on Mi... (more)

AC&Y 505 shoves a SOO box car with a brakeman riding the rooftop catwalk on a cold and cloudy March afternoon. This H-20-44 would survive as Southwest Portland Cement 410 before being preserved at... (more)

SP's 2:59 Drag works downtown industrial trackage with box cars of newsprint for the Newspaper Agency Corporation in Salt Lake City. Today, the brick PCA warehouse and 5th South street are all tha... (more)

A trio of A&S units returns from a transfer run to Saint Louis, with TASD 802 in tow.

CN crew heats the rail at the busy junction between the Missabe and Superior Subdivisions prior to making repairs to the rail. Despite the warm weather today (+38F) it is the season for rail break... (more)

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Returning to it's name sake city, the Santa Fe Southern "mixed" crosses a classic wooden trestle outside of town. The train met Amtrak's Southwest Chief at Lamy and is on the return leg home.

The "SRY Missile Train" as it was called makes it way from Trapp Yard to the Annacis Island barge slip to deliver its movie props. SRY 128 was painted up in a special scheme as well paired with so... (more)

The $243M restoration of St. Paul's Union Depot has been completed and the concourse is open to the public for the first time since the late 1970s. Note the skylights, blacked out during WWII, tha... (more)

It looked like all hope for a good railfanning day was lost when a semi slipped down an embankment and onto the tracks right around daybreak. However, UP and DOT crews quickly cleaned up the mess.... (more)