UP 4014 leads the Union Pacific Museum Special across the Kate Shelley High Bridge over the Des Moines River.
At 4:30am, crew members at the Durango and Silverton begin their daily chores of servicing and preparing their locomotives for their daily run to Silverton. Seen here, a crew member walks through... (more)
Niles Canyon Railway didn't advertise this event on the social media and the internet because it was originally meant for members of the Niles Canyon Railway Museum only but those that were aware ... (more)
Winter dusk in Glenwood Canyon - the culmination of many different strokes of fortune resulted in this photo opportunity that will not be easily duplicated. First, this spot is only viewable fr... (more)
Not only is that a windshield glare but it is temporary cover over a shattered windshield on Little Joe E-71 East at Soudan, Montana on Aug. 9, 1973. The train just left Alberton and it is 105 mi... (more)
Brand new Union Pacific EMD SD60M Nos. 6194 and 6205 are in the final stages of assembly as they are “trucked” with an overhead crane specially for visitors during an open house at the sprawli... (more)
Moonlight over Cataract Creek. Both of the Grand Canyon's active steam engines pose on the wooden trestle at Cataract Creek, just outside Williams, AZ on a chilly February evening. Moonlig... (more)
At Least Timmy is Watching for Trains – What can I say, the scene speaks for itself, it is just another Friday night at the train station in Fullerton. Really though, the situation was not as c... (more)
The Lake Superior Railroad Museum's ex-Soo Line GP30 runs light engine up the north shore of Lake Superior clearing the line prior to an empty coal train arriving for winter storage.
A very close call. A southbound UP freight running over BNSF's Hinckley Subdivision from Superior to Minneapolis escaped major damage when this wheelset on a loaded tanker six cars back from the p... (more)
Northshore Mining's new locomotive positions ore cars at the dumper in Silver Bay.
E's, Geep's, Sw's, SD's, Slugs, MP's and even a couple GE's, something for just about everyone and behind me there are several more E's, Geeps a few CF7's a couple F40's two F45's and much much mo... (more)
Beneath the spectacular mountains of Glacier National Park, an eastbound Burlington Northern grain train crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, on March 3, 1988. A trio of EMD SD40-... (more)
The evening before filming will begin in Bellaire, the three 1206's sit just south of the diamond with the NS River Line.
As far as New York City subway stations are concerned, the old City Hall station is clearly the "Jewel in the Crown". The station was opened as in 1904 as the centerpiece of the new un... (more)
A nice pair of CN SD60s shove wedge plow WC 300 (ex-Soo Line/WC) along the Stinson Subdivision (former Soo) in Superior.
NC&StL F7A-B #831 on train the 'Dixie Flyer' at Whiteside, Tennessee on August 2, 1954. After nearly 60 years of control, parent Louisville & Nashville merged the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Loui... (more)
With the headlight from our train illuminating his work, my conductor is sweeping the switch at East Merritt so we can line it, and continue west to Seattle.
Plenty of power is gathered around the fuel racks at the North Platte Diesel Facility as the yard lights begin to fight the encroaching darkness. Even though night has fallen, Bailey Yard never st... (more)
Amtrak train A-920-1-05A creeps through Elk River after making multiple stops in inspect hot axles. On May 29, Amtrak 7 collided with a John Deere tractor/sprayer in Bainville, MT. The end resu... (more)
Mamiya 645 color negative
A quartet of SD40-2s are in dynamic braking as they descend the east slope of Rogers Pass over Stoney Creek Trestle with an empty unit coal train. My one visit to this famous location was quite an... (more)
An aerial shot of a westbound steam excurison crossing the Great Salt Lake on the Lucin Cutoff causeway.
A Water Level Route passenger train has arrived, equipped with a steam generator, at the Rochester station. Steam engines or not, passenger trains were still in need of an active steam line well ... (more)
Amtrak's final two heritage units, AMTK 184 and AMTK 66, lead train 30, the Capitol Limited east towards Washington on their first run on the point. All four heritage schemes have come through Cle... (more)
During the first major snow storm of the year in northeast Ohio, NS’s Ashtabula Harbor is all but still as a lone high hood GP38-2 and mate sit idle in the blowing snow and near 55 mph winds. No... (more)
Alco FA-1 leads a mixed freight. SP&S 860 will not make it to Burlington Northern paint as it will be retired before getting it's cascade green scheme.
Ever been stuck in a rut? Canadian National's takeover of the Elgin Joliet & Eastern has muddied things up for Chicago-area railfans.
The sun may be shining for the last time on most of these locomotives as they sit in the deadline at Larry's.
Baldwin passenger sharks 5771 and 5783 wait at South Amboy for a North Jersey Coast train to arrive from New York behind a GG1. The mid-day trains were hardly long enough to rate 4,000 h.p. but th... (more)
Nickle Plate GP9 514 and CN 3254 team up to lead the Westbound leg of the Ice Harvest Train out of Nay Aug Tunnel.
A Dreamscape View... Next-door to a Nightmare.. The Milky Way rises in the southern sky on the Great Plains of New Mexico. It's a little after Three AM, and we see the classic ... (more)
A misty and cold Saturday morning finds a hint of ground fog at Wisconsin Great Northern's base in Trego, WI.
Loaded coal train N910 starts its ascent up the winding curves of East Saugatuck hill as 5852, working as D802, brings up the rear for helper duty. A fresh 3" sticky snowfall blanketed everything... (more)
A 27 unit BNSF power move from Alliance is rolling just east of Sterling, NE on the St. Joseph Sub. The train is DP'ed 2x1 moving 24 Dash9's which are to be returned to service at Topeka Shop. Tha... (more)
One of two former ILSX (WC/UP/MP/TP) GP35s acquired by Wisconsin Great Northern wears fresh paint at Trego. The other, 1388, still wears ILS maroon and gold paint. The GP35s were rebuilt in the 19... (more)
A herd of cows take a moment to check out the guys with cameras, while 9,000 horses roar through the valley below with an ore train bound for U.S.S. in Pittsburgh.
"Big Blow" #51 gets fired up at Cheyenne. A small diesel engine used for hostling and for starting up the turbine was installed inside. The turbine would be spun to starting speed before combust... (more)
Osier after dark. Free of the light pollution from modern civilization, the heavens above put on a spellbinding display over the old D&RGW water tank in Osier, Colorado. Backlighting by God... (more)
Hello from the Windy City, where it feels like January rather than late March. Or perhaps it feels like late March. Either way, I had a few minutes to spend at OTC watching the scoots whiz by the... (more)
Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder is on the advertised as it threads its way through the rocky north bank of the Columbia River.
Black Card Trickery. With advance warning that a short Q302 approached Hilldale, I devised a plan. A bit of exposure pre-train to silhouette the signal, a black card (ok, a piece of cardboard) i... (more)
Thirty-three Renaissance (Nightstar) carbodies sit in a grassy field on Thunder Bay Port Authority property on June 12, 2016. These are the remainder of the 139 cars imported from Britain in 2001,... (more)
This woman was drunk....and just happen to go high railing down the H line..If I hadn't have seen her hazzards flashing like a EOT from a mile away, I would have knocked the car into the next mile... (more)
Amtrak's Train 4 Southwest Chief derailed on a curve at Lawrence, Kansas due to high speed on Oct. 2, 1979. SDP40F 504 was at AT&SF's Argentine, Kansas diesel shop awaiting disposition on Feb. 1... (more)
A wide angle view of the derailment site while attempting to rerail the trailing unit.
One of the only three camelback articlated locos ever built, Erie 'Angus' type 0-8-8-0s Nos 2600-02 built by Alco in 1907 for pusher duty. These Mallets were rebuilt by Baldwin in 1921 as 2-8-8-2s... (more)
Southern Pacific slug 1002 was constructed from SP 7811, an Alco C630. It worked with SD38-2s in West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, and is seen here on August 29, 1981.
Amtrak splits one of the endangered pairs of blades on a chilly evening.
Carrying a Torch for UtahAfter participating in the Olympic Torch Relay for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, the Union Pacific refurbished their "cauldron car" for use ... (more)
Shinkansen 500 Series in the Station of Kyoto. The pilot in the cockpit had white gloves - amazing!
Shortly after her arrival into Strasburg, N&W 611 looks upon the coaches she'll be pulling in the coming months on a series of special excursions during the railroads Reunion of Steam events!
The westbound Rockwood Turn crosses one of the many wooden trestles between Rockwood and Crab Orchard. This bridge is located just west of Ozone stretching over a wash leading to Berks Creek. The ... (more)
John rode the CZ and quickly got off to go to the front and snap this photo. To see other views of that trip, click here
A classic example of a standard gondola's capacity. Seen here with a unique load as it is being shoved and set out on a siding.
Early on the morning of November 29, 1968, two freight trains collided head on just south of Hale Center, Texas, on the Plainview District. As a result, the 213L broke completely in half just behi... (more)
Coal train DPU passes wild camels South of Henrietta Tx off US HWY 287
The two Bhe 4/8 railcars are slowly descending the steep track above Riffelalp towards Zermatt, with the Matterhorn in the background. First snow fell two days before.
One of my favorites from last years DINA trip. Looking something like a robotic caterpillar, UP 8260, along with 3 other SD90-43macs, pulls this Q-ETT4 Potash train up the grade from the Columb... (more)
B&M powered Canadian Pacific freight 904 is heading for White River Junction. The lead unit 4266 has recently had an RDC logo applied to the nose By BMRHS Members. This F7 is long in the tooth an... (more)
Norfolk Southern's "Honoring Our Veterans" unit, SD60E number 6920, leads Piedmont Division local train P2N across the White Oak River in Stella, North Carolina. The train is moving mil... (more)
A BNSF manifest freight rolls east on the Montana Rail Link near Trout Creek, Montana. Even though the fish were biting, I will always have time to photograph a train.
NKP 765 is stopped in Carland, MI due to traffic ahead. The crew is leaning out the window talking to the 3rd shift employees at the mill.
RailCruise America F-units take a break from there journey to Altoona, Pennsylvania. Thanks JJ and All.
Head-on collicion between a local passenger-4003- and a local freight-80100. The yardmaster did a dreadful mistake and 56 passengers wounded.The strange is that the light weight dmu unit derail th... (more)
A pair of RS3's are assisting CNR Northern 6167 up Feguson Avenue in Hamilton, ON on their way south on the Hagersville Sub with an excursion. The diesels will cut off at Rymal at the top of the ... (more)
One of a Kind. With the town of Victorville in the rearview mirrors, BNSF's Southern California Division Christmas Train joins Route 66 again east of town as it prepares to make the turn to... (more)
The last day of my week in Chicago was a beautiful Wednesday. Illinois Central's CITY OF NEW ORLEANS passes the coach yards behind A-B E8 units.
Rio Grande SW1200 #138 takes a turn around the Welby wye on the Bingham Branch in West Jordan.
A Turbo set rests between assignments at Spadina.
Locomotora Americana a las afueras de Coquimbo, trasladada hacia el Norte de Chile desde valparaiso para Ferronor
UP 4014 rolls toward the camera as it makes its last move for the day at the north end of the Los Angeles County Fair Grounds.
New York Central E7's are turning on the Dundurn Street wye in Hamilton, Ontario after bringing the Buffalo, NY passenger train over the TH&B. They will head to the Chatham Street TH&B roundhouse... (more)
#58 fell victim to arson on March 16, 2008. Personnel have moved all 4 of the involved pieces from the engine house in which the vandal(s) broke into and did their destruction. The engine house ... (more)
A brand new Chinese National Railway's GE C38AChe on display at GE Transportation, Erie, PA.
SD 50 8595 pushes a manifest towards Sand Patch summit passing the Mance P. O. at 03:58.
I finally pulled off the true over over under shot at Santa Fe Jct./BNSF Crossing. Every train in the shot was moving, albeit the move on the bottom, UP Train MLIKS 11, was slow rolling up to a re... (more)
Not what I would call the best place to spot up the locomotive. Somehow, 7009 found its way into the turntable pit.
Lehigh Valley 8104, Norfolk Southern's eighth heritage locomotive, rests outside the Juniata Paint Shop. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. For more information, visit... (more)
Pennsy FM C16-4 is leaving the tunnel at Gallitzin, PA trailing lots of engine smoke in the summer of 1960.
Want to own your very own SD40T-2? Get your VISA card ready! UP is holding a big auction in Denver on July 14, 2010. 85 units are listed for sale including GP38's, SD40T-2's, SW1500's and a yard s... (more)
DRGW 5771 leads the Ski Train westbound at Crescent, CO, on Jan 14, 1984.
What do you do when your employer sends everyone home in the middle of a snowstorm? . . . you go out in it! On the snowy afternoon of January 25, 1990, a Soo Line westbound dashes through the snow... (more)
Waiting for disposition after a yard wreck on 23 May 2007.
CSX experiments with side dump boxcar. Results above.
A supercell rotates upon itself in a fury of lightning for hours on end as it makes it's way eastward throughout the night. It is amazing the such a power storm can be so tightly packaged that the... (more)
Looking into the Future In a few years, hopefully, this will be a reality! UP 4014, a 4-8-8-4 steam locomotives rest at the Pomona RailGiants Train Museum, where some said it would be its f... (more)
Days end - the sun has set and another busy day has come to a close.
