Far from home rails and testimonial of a long gone railroad, a memory to the Ferrocarril Nacionales de Mexico, near the famous Tehachapi Loop.

New Hope and Ivyland's GP-30 #2198 prepares to depart Lansdale during a special series of excursions on the former Reading Lines. No. 2198 was built in 1963 for the PRR as #2250. Retired by Conr... (more)

The Alco PA on D&RGW’s Train 10 Yampa Valley had to have a little assistance to make it into Denver Union Terminal in the long evening light of June 4, 1967. GP-30 3020 was more than willing to... (more)

The normal power at New Hope was having some issues, so to handle the excursion duties, the NH&I had no choice but to bring up their freight locomotive from Warminster - former CP SD40-2 #5577. Th... (more)

A very late Amtrak #3 lead by BNSF 6710 races along the Needles Sub between Fenner and Essex.

Random sighting in a UP manifest on the Cajon Summit. I do not like graffiti on railway vehicles, for me, this is vandalism. But here I can see an artist at work.

Metro North GP35r #102 sits quietly on Track 15 in Grand Central Terminal surrounded by some of the clutter that keeps the place going.

The NS OCS visits Washington Terminal; a rather rare occasion.

Nevada Northern Wrecking Crane A lifts a flatcar at Lavon siding on the Adverse Branch north of East Ely, Nevada, on February 3, 2007. The crew is performing a “derailment cleanup” with the st... (more)

"Cutting Through Town"

Although the residents of Dover are no stranger to trains in their town as NJT's Morris and Essex line also runs through there, the M&E still requires a co... (more)

Amtrak train 513 get's a unexpected bath! Due to extremely high winds and high tide, the storm surge was higher than I have ever seen it before on the Puget Sound! Waves were literally coming up a... (more)

It just so happened that today's eastbound builder was the next train behind a 93 car manifest that derailed and blocked both main tracks in central Minnesota. With most of the passengers moved t... (more)

After a overnight snow fall, most of the snow at Edmonds have melted with some of the snow still hanging on from a distance in Mukilteo. The wind really started to pick up with winds sustained up ... (more)