The Napa Valley Lunch Train trundles back to Napa, passing a beautiful bunch of wine grapes at the Rutherford Grove Winery. Unfortunately for the wineries, but fortunate for me, the recent frost h... (more)

A historic photograph by an unknown photographer showing the LMS 'Coronation Scot' train on show at Hartford during its tour of the USA in 1939. The locomotive is actually No 6229 'Duchess of Hami... (more)

Inspired by a photo from David Honan and the "star wars" effect shows the classic C&O pole signal at Indian displaying a rather odd and rare "double approach" indication as a heavy snow falls from... (more)

Looking toward the east switch of Minturn siding shows an impediment to any possible train movements over Union Pacific’s railbanked Tennessee Pass route on June 4, 2018. In early March 2014, a ... (more)

BR Britannia Pacific No 70013 Oliver Cromwell with a return Cathedrals Express to Lonodon Waterloo passing through a series of bridges and tunnels alongside Sidney Gardens, Bath

Ooof! That thing is heavy. UP Alco S4 switcher 1181 drags an EMD DD35B around the diesel shop at Kansas City, Kansas July 11, 1965.

K-36 #481 crosses the Animas River on The "High Bridge" South of Tacoma

The clouds parted just in time to illuminate UP 4-8-4 #8444, leading a westbound passenger special on the Evanston Subdivision at Castle Rock, Utah. The Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal celebr... (more)

The Rotary train passes the photo charter participants.

The view from the Cab of FEC 100. Thanks FEC for inviting railfans.

ARR 4003 round new alignment 15 miles north of Anchorage. For many more new Alaska Rail photos see www.loco-photos.net

Making our way back down the mountain at 8MPH, WM 6 passes Lower Gum while a teenage girl enjoys the sights of beautiful Appalachia.

When looking inside the cab of a Big Boy, one can see how challenging it must be to keep this beast of a steam engine running. The men who ran these monster steam locomotives were certainly a ski... (more)

Merry Christmas, everyone! A westbound Union Pacific coal train led by EMD SD90MAC-H No. 8202 and two more SD9043MACs approaches Crescent, Colorado, on a very snowy April 23, 1999. Union Pacific 8... (more)

This SD40 was wrecked at Frijoles Creek, Trinidad, Co. on July 3, 1981 after a bridge wash-out, which sadly took the lives of two crew members. It was rebuilt as BN SD40B 7600 in 1982 and became S... (more)

The very bad contition of the line derailed the passenger train to the south. It was full of people nad grafities...

The H-Riverbank-Pasco 1-22 crosses the first of two bridges over the Deschutes River and is about to enter Tunnel No. 2, then onto another bridge.

APA 81 and 5 other Alcos leads a manifest, along with an embedded cut of blue coal hoppers from the Blue Looper coal train, over the top of the hill at Milepost 30. From here it is downhill to Sno... (more)

Coal loads from Ohio Valley Coal's Powhatan #6 mine are seen here headed to a transloading facility on the Ohio River as they pass through one of the cuts on the scenic Captina Secondary.

Minnesota - A Union Pacific northbound became stuck in a drift south of Ellendale, MN and rescue engine also became snowbound. The crews were extracted by emergency personnel. Late on 2/26 Hulch... (more)

As the final trace of daylight saturates the lingering clouds over the summit of the high Sierra Amtrak's eastbound California Zephyr passes through Soda Springs, just west of Norden. Even running... (more)

Union Pacific no. 5294 and SD60 no. 2210 lead a rail train to Oxnard. They will run the engines around to the northbound end and couple up the Hezog Rail Unloading Machine to the south end. Lots o... (more)

I drove 700 miles from St. Louis, Missouri this weekend so I could both experience Horseshoe Curve for the first time and capture this beautiful steam locomotive in this fantastic setting. The wea... (more)

The slogan says "We Will Deliver", well they sure delivered all right. They just didn't say when, where, and how they would deliver this brand new Nissan SUV.

On August 17th, the NS 8020 lost the #6 traction motor while being the trailing unit on a coal train to Belews Creek Steam Station. The unit sat on the siding at Watkins until this date for a crew... (more)

CN 303 roars though Morris after recovering from an Emergency a few miles earlier. Note the CP Westbound train (CP 9124) in the siding at Thompson to the right of the frame.

A rare NS visitor makes its way up the Detroit Lakes Sub. Since the line leads to Canada, CP units normally lead here, but with this train terminating south of the border, these non CP units can ... (more)

After nailing a Strawberry truck.

This is probably Southern Pacific's Cascade crossing south over Steel Bridge in Portland.

A PRR H9s Consoladation switcher works the depot.

Standing on the rear platform of the caboose, the brakeman is going to be enjoying a beautiful sunrise in a few minutes. PM 1225 is hustling a northbound freight past Smith Rd.

Like the setting sun, the days for views like this for passengers, are fading fast. In the not too distant future, the Cascades fares will entitle passengers to views of Dupont, Lakewood and Sou... (more)

As the CFMG Matane turn is heading toward Matane with the 5 QNSL units it hits snow at a crossing going up a steep grade.

Hanging around MILW's roundhouse at Deer Lodge, Mont. on Aug. 4, 1973 was Little Joe E76 at left, Little Joes E20 and E78 setting behind electric rotary snowplow X900212 and retired box cab E25A a... (more)

Finally! I caught a second train in good light at this location. And this was the second chance, the first spoiled by the open door of a very late Cascades 516, featuring another P32, AMTK 509. ... (more)

Conway turntable on Thanksgiving 2008.

With a smoky sunset aligned with Bridge 14, this UP Oil train tiptoes gingerly across the bridge, just in case.... The dispatcher just "talked by" the crew against a red signal, as the bridge is... (more)

Flit into the night under the red-hot sky.

Pennys dancing just prior to getting crushed.

Diesels here! Get your BNSF Diesel here! We have SD75's,SD60M's. We have what you want! We also have SD45-2's and SD40-2'S. Dont' see something you like? We probably have it here somewhere. ... (more)

KA 37 a.k.a. KA Turangga, that means "Horse", came in from behind the hills in misty morning at Lebak Jero Station.

Early morning freight, northbound just out of Maldon.

After more than a few dozen visits to this same location since 1989, a 15-minute lunch break from other photo work on Friday, August 26, yielded my first ever over-under moving meet! The CN U7026... (more)

After a 2.5 mile hike up the tracks from Hampton, we reach the first bridge over the Doe River in the Gorge. Barely visible through the trees is the darkness of tunnel #4 across the river. Needles... (more)

A NYC Hudson departing Bear Mountain heads south to Iona Island

Beavers caused this! On a fateful night in September 1993, Algoma Central’s ore train with SD40 184 and GP7 102 was descending a heavy grade when it discovered the right of way just ahead wash... (more)

The Big Boy, number 4014 is nearing the end of its journey home to Cheyenne, WYO at Terry Ranch. Blizzard conditions with drifts covering the right of way and just a kiss of late afternoon sun hig... (more)

A unique scene of vintage railroading share the spotlight at Spencer, NC...many of these locomotives never shared trackage when they were in service.

On the evening of October 6, CP 114 derailed here on the CP while entering the CN Bala (directional running zone) spilling a few containers.

Mini Freight train, crosses the 207 Km bridge, near Trachina

"Welcome Home:" Montana Rail Link SD45-2 311 returns to home rails for the first time since 2008 when it was sent to CEECo in Tacoma, Washington to be repainted into Montana Rail Links newest sche... (more)

Cab interior of locomotive on display for 125th Anniversary of the Cajon Pass

An assortment of Western Pacific GPs idles at Keddie, California, in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. GP20 2001 is coupled to GP35 3013 and GP20 2006. In the background is the famous Keddie... (more)

On the morning of July 3, 2020, BNSF’s Denver to Laurel freight enters Himes Canyon just north of Himes, Wyoming. Himes Canyon is located between the sidings of Himes and Kane along the Bighorn ... (more)

On a stormy day UP 7631 passes under a double rainbow as it heads east into Palm Springs.

What you won't see in Trains Magazine in March of the Cumberland Maryland Locomotive Shops

CSX U722-10, running under trackage rights on NS’ Appalachia District as KL01, exits the West portal of Natural Tunnel with CSX 911, the Honoring First Responders unit, in the lead, with 110 emp... (more)

Mamiya 645 color negative

Disrupting the silence in downtown Nitro at the early morning hour of 2am, a severe thunderstorm rolls across the Kanawha Valley, bringing with it an impressive lightning show. The single yard eng... (more)

Relics like this slowly get consumed by mother nature. This bridge branched off the PRR/MGA/NS and followed the Monongahela River (Ten Mile Creek meets the Mon here under the bridge) down to the N... (more)

Do you ever wonder how some rail lines seem to avoid the documentation of the railroad photographer? Denver & Rio Grande Western's Provo Canyon Branch did a remarkable job of doing just that for m... (more)