6AM smiles warmly upon a Nickel Plate 700.

Speed lettering and fireballs - a Western Maryland hallmark. A fireman's side Railroad: Western Maryland Scenic Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-0
Location: Corriganville, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: WMSR 734
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 19, 2009

Got Steam? The Durango & Silverton sure does! In fact, a quick visit to the DSNG yard has been known to cause serious cases of "Roundhouse Envy" among officials of other tourist railroad... (more)

A pair of SD60s lead M304's train out of the shadows onto a well lit Prairie Creek trestle.

A band of mist lingers in the pre dawn gloom as 2 FGW Turbo units quietly shuffle down the slow line - destination Paddington as indicated by the illuminated sign in the cab

It's beginning to look like autumn in the Wasatch! A Utah Railway IPP coal empty charges east through Castilla amid a nice smattering of brilliant red oak brush in Spanish Fork Canyon.

The passenger's aboard Cascades 509 have just emerged from about a minute of darkness, to be treated to a great view of the Tacoma Narrows on the Puget Sound. But they can't see what we can... Mt... (more)

On a windy but beautiful morning at this scenic coastal spot, a train horn unexpectedly breaks the rhythm of the waves. Freight on the coast line!

With another day of hard work on the books, PM 1225 and NKP 765 await some TLC from their hard working crews.

Captured a few minutes after sunrise, a manned swing helper shoves on the tail end of a 79 car Salt Lake City, UT to Denver, CO manifest, through the crossovers at East Gilluly, Utah. The head end... (more)

Famous class A 1218 struggles up the Blue Ridge grade with an eastbound freight while a leased RF&P EMD E8 rolls downgrade with the POWHATAN ARROW.

San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society volunteer member Wolf Fengler has a firm grip on his spot firing duties aboard the 3751. The ex Santa Fe steam engine was on display at Los Angeles Union... (more)

After returning from the day long excursion Thursday evening, SP 4449 backs into the SRI yard area. It moved over to the turntable for the night shots after a couple of hours here. Pere Marquette ... (more)

Early evening light highlights the Proctor Roadswitch as it lifts 36 ore cars loaded with limestone up the "ramp" in the shadow of ore dock 6 in Duluth.

A long BNSF train snakes through the grasslands above Marias Pass having just passed through East Glacier Park under the great blue skies of Montana.