View from the fireman's seat on a GG-1. I bummed a cab ride on a freight from Lancaster to Camden. Got the following location backchannel: "You're eastbound approaching Paoli, PA on No.2 track, ... (more)

In another old restored Anscochrome, SP narrow gauge 4-6-0 No. 9 heads to Keeler on the very last regular use of steam on the entire SP system. Like an earlier picture of an ex-UP 0-6-0, this mod... (more)

A freight climbs the far mountain side having left Tolar Grande upon the arrival of our very late passenger train. This scene is at about 14,000 feet above sea level on the northern trans-Andino ... (more)

DRGW 484 and another engine are serviced at the Chama coaling tower in preparation for a trip west to Durango. This coaling tower still exists on the C&TS and while it is not used it is very clos... (more)

Cumbres section house framed by the snowshed. I like the details. The engine is taking water from the water plug, and a gon of new ties is on west end of the siding. The black dog by the switch s... (more)

Coming into Ogden from Salt Lake on a fan trip up the Ogden Subdivision toward Pocatello (they turned at McCammon if I remember correctly).

I have enjoyed some of the other pix posted at RP of street running. So I decided to spend an afternoon capturing what to me is a fascinating local example of railroad street running in this day ... (more)

The Independence Limited on the now abandonned Western Maryland Salisbury Viaduct near Meyersdale, PA. The 4501 was making a ferry move from Pittsburg to Hagerstown via the P&WV and WM. Thanks to ... (more)

The late lamented BCR RDC's make their daily run along Anderson Lake on their way to Lilloet.

Shortly before sunrise the 489 fills the morning air with smoke as it climbs toward Cumbres. This was part of a two day photo op sponsored by the Friends of the C&TS.

Just another of the many high bridges on the former IRCA line from Guatemala City to Puerto Barrios. This was a photo runby on a Central American Rail Tours special. Sad to say service over this... (more)

The overhanging cliff fascinates me. And why didn't I wait until the engine was between the two poles. It never bothered me when I looked at the slide, but these digital images make one more pic... (more)

At sunrise a freight crosses Ferguson's trestle about five miles west of Antonito. The event was a series of photo charters by Bernd Seiler of FarRail Tours.

Lunch simmers on the backhead while this Fegua crew drives their Baldwin mike up the 2.8 per cent grade between Zacapa and the El Salvador border. The johnson bar looks to be pretty far into the ... (more)

Following its visit to the Grand Canyon Railroad, ATSF 3751 heads back to Los Angeles via the ex-Santa Fe Phoenix line and Arizona and California Railroad.