A full moon illuminates the landscape on a cold overnight as two searchlight signals protect movements along the CN Missabe sub. at S. Fairlane.

SP 9197 west with RG 3123 and SP 7760 are stopped at the Vail crossovers waiting for clearance into Tucson yard.

The fireball lives on, thanks to the efforts at the Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum. The museum is again hosting its annual Heritage Days event, as of uploading on the coming weekend, May 18-19.

The Grand Rapids crosses a small creek outside the self proclaimed "Catfish Capital of the World", Floodwood, MN as they head west to grand Rapids with cars for the Blandin paper plant.

Another train of taconite pellets leaves the Iron Range of northern Minnesota bound for Proctor then Duluth and then a boat for a steel mill somewhere.

From Florence the "ETR.500 Y2" diagnostic train for the control high-speed lines. This train is called "DIA.MAN.TE" stands for: (Diagnostic Maintenance Technology)

The Port crew departs out of the east end of Selkirk with the K-010 trainset for the Albany Port Sub to spot the tankers at the busy Buckeye Terminal. Colorful mixed BNSF/NS lashups are common o... (more)

IC 542 passengers train from Covilhã to Lisbon.

CP 8824 and 8879 lead a westbound coal train over the Fraser River at Cisco.

After finishing a weekend of trips around Northeast Ohio, the 765 and NS 8102 head eastward bound for Altoona. She is working hard upgrade on former Pennsy rails.

48-year-old RSC-2 no. 1505 pulls a long string of empty double-deck auto racks seemingly effortless through Pinhal Novo. The train will be loaded at the auto plant in Palmela, a few minutes away. ... (more)

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)