Every year during the annual Nevada Northern winter photo shoot, the steam locomotives take the spotlight. But what about the diesels? Where else will you find an operable RS-2 and RS-3 running ... (more)

The closest I ever came to seeing a “real” down-south steam short line was the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas. Sure, it was a tourist railroad, but it still had that down home Southern flavo... (more)

The crew aboard EMDX demonstrator 1603 is cutting off a portion of their train in the receiving yard after arriving in Northtown. The two SD70ACeP4-T4 locomotives that wear BNSF paint have been a... (more)

Milwaukee Road 261 and the CP Holiday Train meet up at St. Paul Union Station. The Holiday Train was making a Shoreham (Minneapolis) to SPUD round trip; 261 was departing on its 7:30 run to the &... (more)

The BN-CP Transfer, led by BNSF 1474, is delivering Canadian Pacific SD70ACUs 7018 and 7019 to St. Paul Yard at Newport, Minn.

Inside the cab of a former Canadian Pacific FP7A, now "WM 243" on the West Virginia Central. The railroad operates a former WM branch out of Elkins, for both tourist and freight service. There w... (more)

LO&S motor car No. 10 - converted from a narrow gauge combine - as restored by the Strasburg Rail Road.

At matched Great Northern streamline rolls over the Little Sucker at Palmers. The engineer is even authentic - a former Great Northern hogger that ran these in regular service!

When it snows...you need a Hurricane! CP's Hurricane jet snow blower makes quick work of snow-packed switches near the hump tower following the worst snowstorm of the 21st Century.

A Union Pacific Big Boy and Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 are two of the icons of American railroading displayed at the National Railroad Museum.

Now that the SD60s are back, they're becoming a more common sight in St. Paul. Here, 6029 is being prepared at the St. Paul service island for a trip east to Chicago.

This area of the 'Hills was a booming tin mining district in the late 1890s. Today, only the former general store - now derelict - exists at Kennedyville. It can be seen in the trees on the far... (more)

Headlight on NYC 3001

Proof that you can't fix ugly! This little tank engine began life as Kelly Lime & Transport No. 13. It worked for the Cadillac & Lake City in the 1960s, then went to the Reese Central in Michiga... (more)

No. 60000 during one of its daily 10 foot "test runs" - yes, the engine moves back and forth. You can clearly see the third cylinder in this view.