In the summer of 2005, power-short Indiana Southern Railroad turned to any source of loaner engine they could locate... and eventually worked out a deal to lease the three operating Algers, Winslo... (more)

To this day I have no idea why two former CP MLWs, at the time marked QGRY 4222 & 4242, were parked on a stub track near the LNA&C's interchange with NS, nor what ever became of the units.

While riding up the West Highland Line from Glasgow to Fort William on my honeymoon, I was fascinated by the incredible scenery outside the train's windows. About an hour before reaching our dest... (more)

A manned signal box, a manual level crossing, armstrong levers, and semaphores -- it was a long way for this American lad of Irish descent to get to Tipperary, but it was absolutely worth the jour... (more)

On a beautiful spring morning, a loaded coal train is stretched across Bridge 37.0, through Delta Jct. and along the south bank of the Snohomish River on the Bayside Main. After loading at Spring... (more)

An outbound Seattle Streetcar service swings around the corner from Westlake onto Thomas in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood. The iconic Space Needle dominates this blue hour scene, its ro... (more)

Clouds help obscure the setting full moon as a northbound Link train begins an early-morning journey to Seattle.

To truly appreciate the obstacles overcome by railroad surveyors and engineers over a century ago, one must rise above the treeline and grasp firsthand the "big picture." On an absolutely perfect... (more)

A perfect spring morning meant I had to stop in downtown Snoqualmie on the way to work for a few photos of the Northwest Railway Museum. Th... (more)

Lending truth to the name "armstrong lever," the signal box operator at Tipperary leans waaaaay back to line up the morning eastbound service from Limerick Junction to Waterford. The levers are d... (more)

Charging toward the Lech-a-vute summit on a typically gloomy and damp autumnal Scottish morning, Black 5 No. 45407 leaves behind a long trail of smoke amongst the craggy lower slopes of Sgurr a'Mh... (more)

Glistening on a spectacular morning that had a hint of spring in the air, brand-new Sounder engine SDRX 923 sits coupled to a train at Amtrak's Seattle Maintenance Facility. Looming in the distan... (more)

SDRX 921 reposes on a foggy night at the joint Sound Transit/Amtrak maintenance facility in Seattle's SODO neighborhood; headlights from an approaching train light the flank of the unit. This is ... (more)

An eastbound BNSF train grinds up the Marias Pass grade above Essex under a half moon, its headlights bringing light to the otherwise eternal gloom of Shed 12 on the canyon's south wall.

Assisted by a 40mph tailwind and the Whitefish helpers, S-TACCHC1-18A sails up the grade at Grizzly on a bone-chilling winter evening east of the Rocky Mountains. The trailing unit died on the cl... (more)