Behind the engineer seat on CN 2193 looking north.

Somehow my wife was invited aboard an eastbound coal train just east of North Platte which got me invited as well. I was able to shoot a westbound before they departed.

Inside 12L Class, the most powerful steam loc in Argentina, also known as "Caprotti". This model was introduced after WWII to run Express trains over Mitre, San Martin and Roca line. Most of them... (more)

The firebox of 2716 has had lateral lines drawn on the side sheets in preparation for an ultrasonic test which will take place on Memorial Day Weekend. The remainder of the firebox including sypho... (more)

Minutes before departure to Montauk onboard the Thursday Cannonball. Next stop, Westhampton. Photo taken with permission.

We are in the cab of UP 9121 as it leads CNW train PRITA on the Adams Line at Randolph, WI. The bridge crosses the WSOR (ex-MILW) line to Cambria.

SP Cab forward ..

Blue Ridge Southern train T-31 heads west back to Canton, NC after picking up cars at Norfolk Southern's Asheville Yard for delivery to on-line customers. While this train seems to have an excess... (more)

The classic cab of Soo Line FP7 #2500-A provides a sharp contrast from today's modern locomotives.

Over the C14 branch ( FC Gral Belgrano Line) several workers check the tracks before train running. Here inside the motorcar going down to the loop @ 30mph

Mile Post 121 - [Vernal Equinox 2016 +1 Series] - In the distance, Interstate 8 crosses the tracks of the former Carrizo Gorge Railroad, now the Pacific Imperial Railroad (PIR) at Coyote W... (more)

"FEED THE BEAST"
Fireman Richard Butterworth slings a shovelful of coal into the hot belly of Baldwin 2-8-0 WMSR 734 between the Narrows and Helmstetter's Curve

"FROM THE INSIDE"
Many have seen 734 round Helmstetter's Curve from the outside. Here's a view of the tremendous work done inside the cab as Fireman Richard Butterworth shovels coal in... (more)