A lengthy lumber train off the barge in Seward rolls along the shores of Turnagain Arm and into the setting sun on a fantastic late winter's day. Although it is winter in this scene there is still... (more)
Union Pacific steam locomotive specialist and UP 4014 engineer Ed Dickens describes the effort required to maintain Big Boy 4014 in running order. Ed also confirmed that they intend to run 4014 t... (more)
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)
Waiting for disposition after a yard wreck on 23 May 2007.
A time exposure of the southbound signal at South Romney, Ind., in the last summer of its almost-century-long existence. A full moon paints passing clouds high above.
It's alive!!
The Baldwin #60000 in a zoom Railroad: Baldwin Locomotive WorksLocomotive: Steam 4-10-2Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: BLW 60000Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: May 23, 2010
The 1792 rests at NC DOT Capital yard Raleigh, NC. Slowly she is being parted out, after being involved in a crossing accident at 79mph with a low boy hauling an excavator in Mebane, NC.
An aerial view of the Rock Island yard in Silvis, Illinois. Unknown date and photographer.
Days end - the sun has set and another busy day has come to a close.
On it's way to the MINExpo International 2012, the EMDX 1201 sits under wraps in Battle Creek Yard waiting to go out on train 393. The tarp and Police escort protecting the new top secret paint jo... (more)
The iceman...is here. Note stencil that car is for ice service only.
Anyone know what this is? Looks to be some kind of booster. This is car 12 on a 16 car manifest up the 3% track on Cajon, sure did catch my eye.
Hello, NP, this is the CNR. We are returning one of your box cars with a slight dent in one end. Refer to my photo of the burned off axle as this is what caused the derailment and damage to th... (more)
Baltimore and Ohio E8 A-A units are westbound at Elizabeth late in the day with train 3, THE DIPLOMAT, for St. Louis.
CP Stack Train rounds Morant' s Curve, the morning after a fresh spring snowfall
Loads of coal for Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, TN exit the Earth at the south portal of Natural Tunnel near Duffield, Virginia shortly after daybreak on a muggy may morning. Someday I'll be loo... (more)
Another shot of the damage to the lead unit on CV 490 which hit a wash out caused by a beaver dam letting go in heavy overnight rain. The crew was shaken but suffered no life threatening injuries... (more)
N&W #46, "The Tennessean," slides over Jefferson Street crossing. To the right is the Norfolk & Western General Office Bldg, a 1951 Dodge and a circa 1941 Mack bus in the Safety Motor Transit sch... (more)
The last unit in Union Pacific's order for 127 new GE ES44AH units (UP 8112-UP 8238) rolls through Salt Lake City on Oct. 26, 2014. Beginning on January 1, 2015, GE's new GEVO units will be Tier 4... (more)
Now in its fourth consecutive year of operation, CN's employee Santa train has become an annual holiday fixture on the GTW. Running under sunny skies and frigid temperatures, IC 101 hustles the tr... (more)
On December 6th 2013, BNSF 7488 Was The Lead Unit On K041 Coming North Up The River Line When It Hit A Car Carrier Truck, Within A Few Minutes I Believe The Truck Bursted In Flames, Lucky The Truc... (more)
On July 3rd, 1972, Clinchfield RR. GP7 906 was involved in a crash in the yard in Elkhorn City, KY. when a cut of hoppers got loose in the yard and crashed into the locomotive servicing area on th... (more)
C&O 614 is displayed at the C&O Railway Heritage Center in Clifton Forge, VA. It wears the logos of the Greenbrier Hotel, located nearby in White Sulphur Springs, and was painted and lettered for... (more)
A weathered ExConrail Dash-8 fills the quiet valley with the unmistakable sound of GE chugging as it leads a newer GEVO and 98 coal loads in 2 month old NS hoppers on the Manor Branch.
Along the Flathead River, Montana Rail Link’s gas local heads east on the Tenth Subdivision near Dixon, Montana, at McDonald on September 24, 2007.
The Finger Lakes Railway GS-2 blows through drifted snow as they make their way east towards Syracuse through the town of Seneca Falls, New York with a quartet of GP38-2's working hard. Lo... (more)
Track gang 9049 follows TRT-909 (Track Renewal Train) laying down an all new main line with welded rail and concrete ties east of Radium, Colorado, on August 6, 2009. In the background lurking at ... (more)
Former Metra EMD E8 521 (ex-CNW) is being scrapped by Lewis Brothers as NRE continues to purge the equipment at the Silvis facility prior to its closure this year. Former Metra E8 516 has been scr... (more)
Another cut to be humped.
Milan-La Spezia intercity just left Rapallo on it's way south along the Ligurian coast.
On the last Saturday evening of the Los Angeles County Fair, we see 4014's cab lit up brightly for visitors to get a glimpse of the massive backhead. 4014 was deemed in the best condition of the 8... (more)
Yellow nose at sunrise. CSX Q234-15 rolls over Rondout Creek in Kingston, NY on the morning of Saturday, February 16, 2019 as the sun is just beginning to illuminate the winter scene. SD70MAC 4566... (more)
A somewhat late Capitol Limited negotiates the east slope of Sand Patch. Fall has come and gone, leaving a few browned leaves clinging to the trees.
The temperature is hovering around 15 degrees the first weekend of December 2005 - here at Chemult, OR the lights from the classic SP signal bridge shining bright into the darkness. The hiss and ... (more)
The headlight of the Union Pacific's fire fighting train cuts the smoke-filled air in the Sacramento River Valley as the Delta Fire rages in the background.
Southern Railway 1452 stands ready at the Asheville Roundhouse.
A freight heads west from Rogers Pass.
The 22nd Annual Glory Days Festival was held from September 12-14 at White River Junction, Vermont. The event was attended by railroad rolling stock from Pan Am Railways, Vermont Rail System, New... (more)
The most significant remaining aftermath of a sideswipe derailment lays like a beached whale on the sands of the Puget Sound, while a Coast Guard cutter patrols the area and a work train begins la... (more)
CP 77 Van Horne, trails the 2010 Holiday Train westward through Morant's Curve.
Eastbound manifest at Roland.
Blue Bird bound for St Louis departing Dearborn Station.
You can’t tell by the freight cars showing in this photo but this train is PXSE, Perishable eXpress to Selkirk. This train originated in North Platte and would forward large blocks of UP and SP ... (more)
Heritage in Ruby Canyon Union Pacific’s Operation Lifesaver special crosses McDonald Creek below Dodge’s Bluff in spectacular Ruby Canyon just east of Utaline, Colorado, on June 13,... (more)
Savannah & Atlanta 1065, Norfolk Southern's tenth heritage unit, is posed fresh out of the Progress paint shop in Muncie. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. For more i... (more)
A trio of F-units beside a lineup of Baldwin motive power in the Escanaba & Lake Superior yard in Wells.
Sometime it does all comes together steam, snow and sun a very rare combination in the UK even better when the steam is a Royal Scot and the line is the Settle and Carlisle.
Here's an idea, pick a spot 5' from a roaring water fall and wait for a train, try to stay dry and don't fall in. Ahh, what we do to get the shot. Patience pays off and in this case there was n... (more)
The Cincinnati-Washington remnant of the "National Limited" after the through cars had been switched to the C&O's "George Washington" east of Cincinnati
An ABA set of F units is hauling a freight on Sherman Hill shortly before reaching the Hermosa tunnels. That sure is a big snow plow on that engine. No information on slide as to who took the phot... (more)
CNR Class F3 unit from EMD in 1948 leads train 846 eastbound at Goat River, BC. They are meeting the westbound mixed train M297 from which the shot from the platform of the GP9 was taken.
Pilbara Rail GE -9 -44CW 7079 is seen after a rebuild/ repaint following a collision earlier in the year heading back to the North West of W.A.
Railfans from all around line up to take their shot of the MGA heritage unit in DPU service on a loaded 776 ducking under the signals at PT 263 on the NS Pittsburgh Line which were recently torche... (more)
Here is the sight of the NS Exeter derailment 38 of 54 cars derailed on the 3.5% grade. Hwy 68 was just reopened today with the derailment occurring at 8:40pm on Saturday Nov 18, 2017 just minutes... (more)
The NS track crew has cleared up by the old Railroad House Hotel in Lebanon, as the Lackawanna Heritage Unit heads west on No. 2 Track
In the early morning hours CSX B 802 returning with the empty BNSF grain train derailed at Harpers Ferry National Park. Fortunately the crew was ok as the power remained on the bridge. Approximate... (more)
Amtrak P448 Is Running About A Hour And A Half late After Hitting A Tree Somewhere Up The Line, Did Some Damage To The Leader A Broken Ditch Light And A Huge Branch Stuck On The Front Of The Train... (more)
TRESPASSING !
After an overnight bus ride from Roanoke, the photographer spots an A-class 1209 demonstrating articulation as it threads through a crossover under the coal dock at Columbus. Like John, the engin... (more)
Shops and roundhouse at CSX Radnor Yard.
Ever wondered where all those west bound "earth worms" end up? Here's one place. BNSF is off loading a grain train at the EGT facility in Longview Washington, while a ship is being loaded. Soo... (more)
Santa Fe 92, posed on the wye after heavy rains, reflects onto the ponded water next to the Santa Fe sign that was displayed for years on the Railway Exchange Building in Chicago.
Freeway running! How often do you get to see a mainline steam locomotive cruising down the middle of an interstate? Here 3751 pulls an excursion from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles toward S... (more)
With brake shoes smoking a manifest with stock cars in the consist slows for the yard at Cheyenne. #4017 was preserved and sits today, silent but imposing, at the National Railway Museum in Green... (more)
With three GEs on the point and two more bringing up the rear, all working hard to keep it's battle with gravity in check, a Roseville bound manifest negotiates the most famous portion of rail on ... (more)
A few hearty fishermen try their luck in the frigid water as the 20K rumbles by.
Reading's eastbound Crusader makes a stop at Bound Brook. The Jersey Central freight crew has broken their train to allow passenger access.
Blue hour descends on BNSF's former Northern Pacific Rices Point yard in Duluth after a nice dusting of snow earlier in the day. A pair of switchers work cars as the wind picks up and the temperat... (more)
'He leadeth me beside the still waters'… part II. The last time I was at this overlook at Mississippi Palisades State Park last October, I captured a beautiful scene ( http://www.railpictures.n... (more)
The beast of Steamtown's collection, Union Pacific Big Boy 4012, basks in the morning light.
The three RJ Corman locomotives destroyed by fire on 10/5 have been detrucked and moved for salvage and scrapping. From left to right are 7918, 3814, and 1605. The 1605 had just been painted in ... (more)
Sunset at Winslow, AZ finds a westbound BNSF intermodal train leaving town for its nocturnal run across the desert to Los Angeles as two eastbound trains approach Winslow for a crew change.
What is better then one No 7 train? A double decker No 7! With hundreds of tired commuters on board and many more behind me on the platform waiting to get on this train to go home, these R-188 car... (more)
One can see all kinds of things around Fullerton station. One common sight is a wedding photographer having a photo shoot with a couple for their engagement pictures; however, this was the first ... (more)
On February 13,2020 CSX K42911 was hit by a mudslide in Eastern Pike County, the lead motor #168 went nose first into the Levisa Fork while the other 384 and 571 went ablaze along with a few of ... (more)
"Welp!" It has been almost four and a half months since the July 14 derailment, and a few minor things has change since than. The corpse of the very first NS rebuilt Dash8.5CW still stand in its r... (more)
Norfolk and Western Y6a #2156 shows some articulation as it leans into the curve exiting the east portal of Welch Tunnel in Welch, West Virginia. Norfolk Southern train 956 completed the repositi... (more)
The fall colors in Alaska this year are in full force as seen here as the Alaska Railroad's premier passenger train the Denali Star crosses Riley Creek trestle en-route to Fairbanks on a nice Fall... (more)
STOP-Obstruction Ahead That's what the sign the NS supervisors are carrying away said. To test the crew of the southbound TVA coal train to see if they followed the speed restriction, the s... (more)
We're deep into the PRR steam era from the Dziobko camera. Assuming the date on the slide is the date the photo was actually taken, it would seem to contradict the late Don Ball, Jr., in his book... (more)
An eastbound coal train lights up the East End of Coal River Siding as he makes his journey up the Coal River.
Taking a closer look we find a wide variety of mostly EMD power around the Cumberland Locomotive Shops including a pair taking a spin on the turntable
Just before sunset, priority mixed freight from Spokane, Washington to Northtown Yard in Minneapolis passes high above Lake Ashtabula behind a nice poker hand of 3 ACes.
The best apartments in Decatur! These folks get to see several NS and CSX industrial park turns pass right through their front yards every day, plus healthy traffic on the NS and CSX mainlines th... (more)
This double-diesel was only two years into it's service life when John captured it at Council Bluffs in the summer of 1967. It's B-mate sits behind--Four motors, two bodies, one cab. For a closer ... (more)
Nothing has run on Tennessee Pass lately Proof can be found looking down the main line just west of milepost 301 on this famous Rio Grande route that Union Pacific stopped operating in ... (more)
Finally Pan American Railways has a locomotive to match their new boxcars.
EMD-GM built a pair of electric locomotives in the 1970's, a GM6 on the frame of a SD40-2 and a unique GM10. Both worked the Penn Central/Conrail electric lines with GM staff onboard. Think abou... (more)
Street running? Not really... this is a movie prop for the new Leonardo DiCaprio sci-fi fantasty film, INCEPTION, which was on rubber wheels and could move at a pretty good speed. Wish I could ha... (more)
