An eastbound coal load is topping the grade out of the Thompson River Valley between Afton and Murray and is picking up speed as they head east towards Osceola.
With night beginning to take the place of day, the crew of the YDU50 waits for a signal at the north end of Dupo yard at sunset, on a cold winter day. Canon 350D.
Moisture in the air gives an interesting effect, making the SP patch job look like its hovering in the air, as a UP employee pressure washes the dirt and grime off the underside of the unit. On tr... (more)
A few hours behind schedule, the northbound Coast Starlight begins to stop at Eugene while several passengers look on.
Starry, starry night. You say you'd like to see some diesels and perhaps fewer ... (more)
Leaving Appleby for Carlisle on the last leg of a northbound Cumbrian Mountain express, at the end of a beautiful day.
The steam pressure gauge reads an almost exact 200 PSI (not visible due to the angle of which the photo was taken) after one of the most intense runbys of the day at Sunnyside. The steam locomotiv... (more)
A crew member stretches as a crew change takes place on the ZBRLC at Bakersfield, CA
Making one of its first runs in over 40 years following restoration from scrapyard condition, 4953 Pitchford Hall heads a Birmingham to York excursion at Brotherton.
Arranged at very short notice due to high fire risk on the Montagu Pass, GEA 4023 crosses the Malgaarten river between George and Mossel Bay.
Refreshment time at Rawalpindi for an SGS class 0-6-0.
A pre-dawn view out the cab of a CDOT Shore Line East commuter train approaching New Haven, CT. Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 EX DC
New Haven Line departures board at Grand Central Station on a busy Saturday afternoon.