A proud man and his machine: The driver of haul locomotive LM409 poses in the cab door for a photo somewhere in the Bloomhill bogs of Co. Offaly. The 3-foot-gauge track under the loco is temporar... (more)

Dozens of LRVs are parked for the night inside Muni's sprawling Metro East Maintenance Facility.

Desolate. No other word better describes Coyote Basin in northeastern Utah; stretching all the way to the aptly-named Seep Ridge in the distance, the only signs of human life are scattered... (more)

Near the end of a glorious summer day, a westbound CP stack train follows the Thompson River downstream in the CN/CP co-production zone between Ashcroft and Mission/Matsqui.

Another piece of history vanishes: It may be the dead of winter, but the business of moving the midwest's agricultural products hasn't stopped at the Graham Grain elevator in Terre Haute, ... (more)

Ghost train in the rain: Evoking memories of children's tales telling of mysterious lights piercing the night, an empty coal train streaks across the Skykomish River on a gloomy, rainy wint... (more)

After meeting the Empire Builder at Monroe, an empty Roberts Bank coal train returning to the PRB assaults the Casca... (more)

A mid-afternoon southbound service pulls out of Mt. Baker Station; the train will shortly return to street level for the run down the Rainier Valley. The flared tips on the catenary poles are sup... (more)

A MAX Blue/Red Line train pops out of the tunnel under Sunset Highway and arrives at the aptly-named Sunset Transit Center as the sun's last rays cast a pink tint on the scattered clouds. At the ... (more)

After making the long climb from the Columbia River up through Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Winchester, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4453
Train ID: S-SEACHI3-29A
Photo Date: March 31, 2007

A downtown-bound streetcar hums through the Westlake & Thomas intersection during a summer evening's "blue hour." Standing tall against the darkening sky is the most distinctive structure in Seat... (more)

Long shadows are cast across downtown Seattle during the last minutes before sunset as the purple streetcar begins yet another trip to South Lake Union.

James Hill's Great Northern mainline has withstood the tests of time and nature and today remains one of the vital arteries for moving freight traffic between the east and west. One thousand, sev... (more)

Northbound at the 49th Parallel: On a gorgeous Railroad Illustrated Day in North America 2009, BNSF manifest M-LYDVBT1-03A approaches the USA-Canada border as it rolls along the shor... (more)

One of CP's Christmas Train units departs Wells siding in the scablands of eastern Washington on UP's Ayer Sub late on a summer afternoon. The 4-3/4" superelevation of the outside rail in the 2-d... (more)