With three step applied, the conductor on mine run C660 removes the EOT, before running the power around an empty train to be loaded at the Spurlock loadout near Printer, Kentucky.

Sunset on the route of the Sunset Limited, the Huey P. Long Bridge.

Tacoma Rail's Mobile (formerly) Training Facility, was moved by a flatbed truck recently. The former UP caboose is used for training purposes, including a simulator. The new location out in fro... (more)

The ghost trains of Istvántelek Yard Abandoned Istvántelek Train Yard (Istvántelki főműhely), otherwise known as the “Red Star Train Graveyard,” occupies a vast area of land ou... (more)

A sight normally seen only by signal maintainers, is on display here before this colorlight is scrapped. Incandescent bulbs provide the light that glow behind colored lenses letting train crews a... (more)

SEPTA service on the Route 23 trolley line was temporarily substitued by bus on February 27, 1992. This photo was taken on Septmeber 15, 2019.

Contractors build a new turnout near East Belle Ayr Junction on the Orin Line south of Gillette, Wyoming, on May 4, 2007. To lessen delays to trains, the turnout and switch are completed near wher... (more)

The importance of #NeverForget. With Amtrak’s Portal Bridge in the foreground, the Tribute in Light has been turned on for a test on the night of September 5, 2019 prior to their all night displ... (more)

An Erie Coke Corporation switcher pulls a cut of hoppers loaded with coke down the switching lead, passing by an excavator that is on top of a trio of coal cars, unloading them with its bucket.

Historic Power. To the right is the Museum's GE 50-Ton Switcher, which transports visitors around the property. According to the Museum website, the unit was built in 1948 for the Anglo-Ca... (more)

The Milky Way galaxy rises above the mp783.1 intermediates on a cold Summer night.

Relics of N&W heritage stand along the Hagerstown District as the Milky Way pivots across the Southern sky on a quiet night in rural Virginia.

While driving in an area without any railroad tracks for 30 miles or so, the last thing I expected to see was a boxcar. To my surprise, an old Bay Line car served as a bridge to a camp next to th... (more)

After receiving some cosmetic repairs, the Salamanaca Rail Museum's former 1912 Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway depot is looking better than ever. After being taken over by the Baltimore... (more)

Erie Coke Corporation crews use a front end loader to fill HIPX hopper cars with coke that will be shipped out on the B&P via CSX. Once the loader finishes loading the cars, the SW1200 will pull t... (more)