The ceiling of the Talgo Bistro (or Cafe) car on this Amtrak Cascades train has a neat geographical mural of the region with accent lights. I wasn't able to see the inside of the newer Series 8 tr... (more)

The Norfolk Southern Hazmat Training Train is set up for training area emergency response personnel at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer NC.

A Gem in the Woods

The Chestnut Ridge Railway, winding east from its home borough of Palmerton, traversed an entirely rural route eleven miles along the base of Blue Mountain unti... (more)

The 3510 continues to straddle the main and diverging track as the re-railing process proceeds into its 3rd lift for this locomotive. Other NS personal go about moving and setting the steel strap... (more)

On Sunday, August 21st of 2016 Canadian Pacific train 235 collided with 118 at the Howland crossover in midtown Toronto just after 5am. CP 118 (taken away at time of the picture) was crossing over... (more)

A former Conrail veteran basks in the evening sunlight on a pleasantly warm Saturday, which would eventually be invaded by summer thunderstorms for the rest of the night.

A Sled Where It Never Snows

Among the engine sets handling switching duties at the Southern Pacific's large West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on March 2, 1975, are SP C-63... (more)

GP60 1908, SD70M 4045 and freshly painted AC4400CW 6794 sit outside the UP Jenks shops. A constant variety of engines and different stages of work, makes the Jenks shops an interesting place to se... (more)

A very wore out and used original SD40-2 3197 is in the beginning stages of the rebuild program at the UP Jenks shops. The unit will be transformed into an SD40N and carry an 1800 class new number... (more)

A glimpse inside CDOT's new Component Change Out or "CCO" shop, which will eventually replace the old M2 shop. The shop area spans 48,500 square feet and will include 13 vehicle lifts, 1... (more)

A string of Norfolk Southern Dash 8s await their fate at the scrapper in Cresson, PA. The yard was very active on various scrapping projects. A set of RJ Corman power can be seen waiting on their ... (more)

With a classy caboose bringing up the markers, a lengthy Montana Rail Link work train heads into the depths of Lombard Canyon east of Toston, Montana, on June 26, 2016. The train is headed to Whit... (more)

Detroit Edison mid-train helpers work a train of empties through Nineveh, Pennsylvania on the Monongahela’s Manor branch. With 140 of DE’s 140-ton hoppers totaling in excess of 19,000 tons, this t... (more)

Metro-North BL20GH 113 engine compartment.

A family vacation of good balance. My wife likes to fish, and I like to watch trains. Our oldest boy likes everything, so we spent a nice Saturday afternoon enjoying the Mississippi River around D... (more)