The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey "Blue Unit" circus train departed San Diego, California, on August 11, 2014, to begin its trip to Oakland. Power for the train was a pair of BN... (more)

As crews lay temporary trackage across a large parking at the Los Angeles County Fairgounds ("Fairplex") to move Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 from display to the mainline, in order to haul it to C... (more)

It takes a lot of work to move a 500+ ton locomotive, and that includes laying track just to get the beast out of confinement. These Union Pacific "gandy dancers" are laying temporary "snap track... (more)

This reminds me so much of a model railroad under construction: Track with no ballast, thin wooden shims under the track to level it and shiny rail ends where they've been cut off. The gandy dan... (more)

As Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 slowly makes its way toward the Metrolink mainline at the northern end of the Fairplex (location of the Los Angeles County Fair), a process that will take many days... (more)

A northbound Coaster commuter train sprints across the lagoons in the Sorrento Valley in northern San Diego, California, on the last day of July, 1996. Morrison Knudsen-built F40PH-2C is in charg... (more)

Just starting it's return trip from Bend to Portland, OR. Freezing a.m. temps resulted in lots of steam!

To celebrate the American Bicentennial, a rolling museum of American artifacts was assembled to tour the country by rail in 1975 and 1976. The American Freedom Train was pulled by three different... (more)

On a fine spring evening a Northbound passes Butler Bluff just south of Noel Missouri.

Closely following the western banks of the Hudson River, a northbound CSX freight, led by ES44AC 710 and SD40-2 8361 (ex-C&O 7502), crosses Popolopen Creek at Fort Montgomery, New York. At the si... (more)

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train climbs Rose Canyon on its way north after completing its run of shows in San Diego, California, on July 18, 2011.

Lots of jointed rail visible

Looks like a caboose hop returning from a transfer to Decoursey Yard; appears to be heading for the L&N bridge between Newport, KY and Cincinnati

Photographed from the C&NW Davis Street Station

Always an impressive sight, the outbound Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train doesn't even warrant a glance from the guy in the yellow and blue in the lower left. But others strolling ... (more)