D&RGW #473 and #476 work hard near Elk Park, deep within the Animas River Canyon, bringing their mixed train into the siding on October 16, 2023. Here the D&S sponsored photo special will await th... (more)

With the spectacular Maluti Mountains as the backdrop, Sandstone Estate's class NGG16 - No.113 - slowly trundles past a field of cosmos en route to Hoekfontein.

D&RGW #473 and #476 hustle through Whitehead Gulch on October 16, 2023 pulling the daily Silverton Mixed. Given the unseasonably warm temperatures in Colorado for the Fall season, peak fall foliag... (more)

Two sets of power, PA-1 1052 with E-7 1002 and GP-9 495 with F-7(A) 711 are waiting for Combine Train #2 the WABASH CANNONBALL and BANNER BLUE from St. Louis, Missouri. The two sets of power w... (more)

This was a special day for ATSF 104 as it was assigned to an employee appreciation passenger special making runs east from Joliet. Here it has arrived at Union Station, temporarily blocking Metra ... (more)

Early morning at the EBT Yard as the morning freight gets ready for its run to Colgate Grove with a hint of Autumn color in the hills.

A winter storm is clearing the area as NS 2369, NS 2388, NS 2357, NS 2851, and KYLE 3099 (ex SP 9330 SD45T-2), sit at the Larry's Truck and Electric facility in Lordstown, Ohio. Photograph taken w... (more)

The couple days we spent west of Helena, the weather was about everything you could imagine. Sun, snow, wind, rain, clear skies, cloud skies, cold, and warm weather was coming and going about ever... (more)

N&W 1218 with an empty hopper train on the middle pass track at Walton Virginia.

EMDX 7209 is one among a small group of SD70ACe-T4's on long term lease to Ferromex, in this group there are engines from canceled orders from both UP and NS.

A set of light power is drifting downgrade at Shawmut.

A Southern Pacific freight heads east along the "beautiful" Los Angeles River on the Union Pacific's Los Angeles Sub, which it uses to head south ("railroad east") through this part of downtown Lo... (more)

Wells Fargo 8862 on lease to NS

Lackawanna Railroad train 6 the PHOEBE SNOW with 816 in the lead, passing through Waverly on September 6, 1959. The DL&W trains were operating by trackage rights over the Erie Main through Wav... (more)

PRR EMD GP7 8504 and Alco PA1 mates are seen leading a train near Altoona Pennsylvania in 1953. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.