Chessie lives! VLIX 7311, which was stored on the Chesapeake & Indiana for several years, moved to Barr Yard in late September. Now it has been transferred to IHB's Blue Island Yard in Riverdale.
A bird's eye view of the test track showing Maglev entering Ogatayama bridge. On the right hand side is the power sub-station.
In 1941, three of Southern Pacific's Baldwin-built P-10 4-6-2 "Pacifics" were streamlined with skyline casings and side skirts, looking very much like a "baby" GS-4s. Engines 2484-2486 were used t... (more)
NP SD45 3617 and GN SD45 400 "Hustle Muscle" together at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. Volunteers were doing some work on 3617 as the museum hopes to have it operational in the near... (more)
It's 6:18 am in the Hawks Nest Gorge as westbound coal empties work their way through Ansted and points west during a beautiful morning glow.
The sound of couplers colliding together, whistle blasts, air compressors and steam locomotive exhaust chuffs, all but an auditory echo from some 50 years past. Here, a long abandoned hopper and ... (more)
The man standing by the pole lower left later jumped onboard the slow mowing freight train.
Previously owned by Canadian National, but now owned by Norfolk Southern
There are very few Class Ones that still have a working roundhouse and turntable anymore which is one thing (among many) that makes Seattle's rail scene special. But at the north end of BNSF's Bal... (more)
Home Free and Kira Isabella are mid-performance while the CP 2249 idles in the calm cold evening air during Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train stop in Minot.
Mohawk #3001 poses for the first night photo session put on by newly created Milepost 25 Productions at the National New York Central RR Museum in Elkhart, IN. A fog machine and boxfan were rigged... (more)
Descending on the old south track in Cajon Pass, the Rio Grande heritage unit passes Stein's Hill and approaches SR 138 in the late afternoon sunlight.
N&W 382 has just paused into position on the turntable at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. An additional museum piece sits on display, making for a good comparison of two generations of locomo... (more)
Nickel Plate Road 765 and NS/NKP 8100 lead train 958, the Harrisburg Division employee excursion, across Rockville Bridge as the F units lead train 956, a deadhead business train, eastbound. For m... (more)
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn
Where SD40s no longer tread. A view taken inside the DW&P's curved 520-ft tunnel in far western Duluth. Blasted out in 1912, this rugged line into Duluth was abandoned in 1984 when the Peg started... (more)
A BNSF train lost its air brakes and turned into a runaway train that ended up in CP's Pig's Eye Yard.
Late on a very hot summer afternoon, an eastbound loaded coal train is in the charge of a half-dozen big GEs working hard up the 1% grade out of Woodside. The massive Book Cliffs loom in the dist... (more)
A eastbound coal load is racing a gust front from a line of thunderstorms on a warm summer evening west of Hebron,ND 8/10/07. The field of sunflowers in the foreground are in full bloom, and are f... (more)
UP4430 east descends Solider Summit in a colorful Price River Canyon. The heavy manifest was pushed up the west slope by a manned helper out of Helper, UT. The helper units are still clinging on... (more)
Just after a hard rainfall, Q316-05 heads west to Grafton through the streets of St. Mary's, WV with two EMD Tier 4 demonstrators on the point.
The "Riding Mountain Park" has been stored in New Orleans and is now on the rear of this evening's long CNO train to Chicago. The dome car is destined for Michigan to use in dinner train service.
On a dark and gloomy morning, BO-1 delivers two loaded boxcars to the last remaining Boston area customer: Boston Paper Board. The last known switch for this customer was back in 2012!
The secret is out, the Heber Valley is the place to be for winter steam photography! It's warmed up and the beaver pond has melted enough to reveal a great reflection!
A steam powered suburban train emerges from the C&NW's Chicago passenger terminal (now Metra's Olgilvie Transportation Center) in this 1952 view by photographer Wallace W. Abbey. Courtesy of the <... (more)
This slide is almost 43 years old, I have no idea what train that was, I was 17 and on my first long trip alone. Note the old GM bus on the bridge and the raised NP on the B unit and the old RPO... (more)
UP 5128 West, a long stack train headed for the West Coast, catches the intense reflection of sunset from one of the buildings in the Dallas skyline as it crosses the Trinity River Bridge.
Recreating the classic A.J. Russell photo on the 137th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike.
CP's new military themed SD70ACUs head to be positioned for public viewing on Remembrance Day at the Ogden Yard in Calgary. You may be wondering why the decals aren't applied to the conductors sid... (more)
A Canadian National empty coal train works upgrade on the Luscar Industrial Spur near Cadomin, Alberta, on August 8, 2016. The curious jog in the track 5 cars back is where a switch was once locat... (more)
According to the Union Pacific Railroad, "A grading crew of 30 to 40 men began work on California’s Bloomer Cut in February 1864, using primitive hand tools and blasting powder to remove 40,000 ... (more)
An early challenger rounding the curve at Durham, WY. No photographer listed on slide.
zebra stripes
Four LTV F9's await the scrappers torch after derailing in January of 1997. The runaway train claimed units 4212, 4213, 4220, and 4221. The crew was injured but survived.
I hope you have your hearing protection on. For additonal views of #51 on this day, click "UP 51" above. This unit was the first production turbine. Number 50 was a double-ended demonstrator.
Conway Scenic Railroad Extra 573 crosses Willey Brook Bridge in the first revenue freight run over the former Maine Central Mountain Division since 1983, as a Public Service of NH helicopter tags ... (more)
Shortly after sunrise on January 30, 1966, here comes Rio Grande’s famous Ski Train, just past Rocky siding and ready to dig into the 2 percent grade that begins at Little Ten Curve. In the next... (more)
Most, if not all of this will more than likely be scrap metal or razor blades pretty soon with the announcement of this plant closing up shop.
...and the Florida East Coast was changed forever. One of many new GE ES44C4 locomotives that now belong to the FEC. Some may not be a fan of the new motive power, but no one can argue about the... (more)
Still under CN control, an eastbound Turbo swooshes under the bridge at Norman St in 1977. Via rail had not yet officially started running Canada's passenger trains, hence the red 'CN' on the nose... (more)
Engine #5875 is wiped down, and the crew briefed before departure on this June '55 Philadelphia Chapter NRHS trip to Wilkes-Barre via the Schuylkill Branch and eventually (via LV's Hazelton Branch... (more)
BAR Geep and M-K TE 50-4S pause at the turntable. The BAR was testing this Sulzer engined unit; it can now be found on the Morristown & Erie.
A trio of Union Pacific SD7s and SD40-2s await an assignment at UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. It appears there must have been a big rain shower earlier in the day.
Slip-way Buczyniec is a only place in all over the world where is usable track to move ships and yachts in order to overcome the vertical distance between one canal and another.
Odd to see so many CP units in Sandpoints little UP yard linking the UP to the BNSF and MRL. But look at this picture. Do you notice anything very, very wrong? (Don't point out whats actual... (more)
A massive cloud of fugitive dust rises as an ore train dumps into the dock while the Canadian Steamship Line's vessel Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin loads. CN does have a water deluge system on the appro... (more)
Hulcher crews prepare to remove the head end of the Loram Railgrinder involved in last night's collision with NS 214. The underside of RG306 can be seen across the tracks.
One of three EMD/BN Prototype SD60MAC's, BN 9500 leads an eastbound manifest train out of BN's Eola Yard, while Brand New BN coal hoppers head west for their first revenue run.
Union Pacific northbound freight train about to enter the Ostrander Tunnel just north of Kelso, Washington, shrouded by bigleaf maple trees at peak fall color. The photo was made while heading hom... (more)
Mamiya 645 color negative
Whilst resurfacing the platform an apprentice was left in charge of the roller and promptly dropped it over the edge, unfortunately right in front of a Southend-Liverpool St service.
The Mark Twain Zephyr is on the move again, but not on it's own power, after many years of being stored at the Joliet arsenal it was moved to the Relco Yard in Minooka, IL. Now Relco is moving to ... (more)
Picnic at Camp Creek. A young couple enjoying a quiet picnic in the meadow below Camp Creek Trestle has their discussions interrupted by the passage of a Southern Freight, headed to a nearb... (more)
In a timely appearance by the crew, MM&A 710 drifts into Newport under a complimentary sky at 04:47! Wearing the Heritage paint of former owner BNSF, the little B23-7 glows under the flash lightin... (more)
F. Nelson Blount thought he had found a the perfect sight for his collection of steam locomotives when he set up the museum in Walpole, NH. Soon after this shot he found a better sight across the... (more)
Trains Unlimited photo freight backed under rainbow created from opening 473's cylinder cocks. The 1950's era "Bumblebee" scheme looked sharp on the former Denver & Rio Grande Western RR K-28 Alco... (more)
Conrail 6048 "Flames it up" as she throttles up to continue west at East Conway
UP 7605 the new GE Evolution series locomotive passes the remains of a water tower used first for steam locomotives and last for the west bound pig train on it's way to Long Beach
Union Pacific's M-K-T, "Katy" inspired 'Heritage' painted SD70ACe locomotive is unveiled at Proviso Yard.
NS 145 leads a westbound train that includes 14 brand new units from GE's Erie, PA plant. The new units were 7 for Ferro Sur and 7 for Ferromex. The location is Lafayette Junction, Lafayette, IN. ... (more)
In the shops for testing and familiarization before stretching its legs on the corridor. It even has that "new car smell." Photo taken on RR property with permission.
The Nevada State Railroad Museum unveiled its restored McKeen Motor Car to the public on May, 9, 2010, 100 years to the day after the car's original arrival in Carson City. The car was delivered n... (more)
The aftermath of the Q380 derailment about 3 days after the initial derailment. It burned for more than 24 hours and eventually service was fully restored 4 days after the fact.
I found this old slide taken by my friend David DeVault. It's the color version of a unit I also photographed (in black and white) that same summer: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id... (more)
UP 4014's 23-car passenger train brings traffic on Interstate-15 to an almost complete standstill as folks, likely retuning home from a trip to Las Vegas, witness the only operational "Big Boy" st... (more)
CBR 2448 leads its train bound for Eugene as it crosses North Tenmile Lake near Lakeside, Oregon on June 21, 2018. Photo by Dan. R. Scheidell.
Driving along Route 20 through Upstate we came across this Old New York Central E8A unit sitting outside some building, we did a backround check on this unit and found a picture of the unit going ... (more)
During the final months of testing of the Advanced Passenger Train, a set is seen heading south descending from Shap
An Amish farmer waits patiently whilst Strassburg 90 passes with an early morning passenger train.
We ran across the southbound mixed train behind K2a 129 waiting at Luray on our way home from Roanoke. The mixed was in the hole for a northbound freight that sped through behind a Y6b. The soft l... (more)
In the days when a casual stroll through an engine terminal was still possible – and interesting -- the line-up at Southern Pacific’s Bayshore near San Francisco on a September afternoon in 19... (more)
9011 overturned when K-959 hit K-960 head-on on 9/22/05.
While a Union Pacific manifest rolls by underneath, a BNSF grain peeks out of the Oregon Trunk's Columbia River crossing.
A herd of zebras! Pacific Harbor Line's Pier A Yard includes their enginehouse. PHL is the first railroad in America with an all-"green" roster. Seen here, from left to right, are low-emis... (more)
BNSF had another near head on collision on July 15, 2007 as a loaded grain train could not get stopped at the ESS Garretson and ran into the side of an empty ethanol train pulling into the siding ... (more)
Train derailment in Esquel due to strong wind. We were the first to give assistance with forest wardens
From the Amtrak Historical Society website: "Less well-known (then the X995) is X996, known at the time as the "French Fry". This locomotive's 1977 visit to the United States was m... (more)
Winchester & Western's unique slug sits at the company's New Jersey base in Bridgeton. The unit started life as an Alco RS11 on the Pennsylvania Railroad, then was converted to a slug by Conrail. ... (more)
Cascades 516 crosses Bridge 14 at Chambers Creek, while the Christine Anderson arrives at the Steilacoom ferry dock. The passengers of the vessel and the train get to sit back and enjoy an incre... (more)
The DM&IR's main engine facility at Proctor. The portion of the roundhouse with the black roof was added in the early 1940s to accomidate the Missabe's massive 2-8-8-4 Yellowstones.
A lady employee who's new to SP's Roseville engine facility turns to say something funny to her supervisor as she fuels SD9E No. 4403.
The morning's empties are passing under the silos at Black Mesa to be refilled with coal bound for Page. The fourth unit in the lash-up is a former Nacional de Mexico machine.
Happiness is finding a string of bright blue Rock Island hopper cars in your hometown! ROCK 700193 and company are at Provo Yard, ready to be loaded with Utah bituminous coal on June 25, 1978.
Night is falling at 5.20 PM in the Albula valley, when "Allegra" railcar ABe 8/12 # 3502 is pulling the six panorama cars of the BERNINA EXPRESS (BEX 950) from Tirano to Chur over the 65 metre hig... (more)
