A Baltimore & Ohio GP40-2 and a Chesapeake & Ohio B30-7 bring a train of empties through Danville, West Virginia. The S4 on the left belongs to the Southern Appalachian Coal Company (Julian Mines)... (more)

A Magma Copper mine shuttle heads for the smelter in San Manuel. The train came by our campsite shortly after sunrise.

Showing its Baltimore & Ohio heritage, South Branch Valley S4 17 stands outside the engine house in Moorefield, West Virginia. Inside the house, a sister Alco has been fully rebranded.

Two of three export locomotives for Sierre Leone are nearing completion at MLW-Worthington's facility in the east end of Montreal. They are headed to a 3'6" line that moves iron ore.

Shortly after a crew change at Dunsmuir, a westbound SP manifest crosses Castle Creek in the shadow of the Castle Crags.

On the way back to Xilin, the narrow gauge steam locomotive C2 #04 jumped out of the rails. This ended our day taking pictures on this line.

A pair of ex-Western Pacific GP35s pull two ex-Southern Pacific Daylight cars on an excursion in Washington's Palouse region. The train is operating on the former Union Pacific branch between Hoo... (more)

As the winter sun drops low, the Amtrak yard crew aboard RS-3 103 pushes the equipment for an outbound corridor train from Southampton Street yard into South Station. Amtrak 103 was built as NYC 8... (more)

As the afternoon rush hour approaches, half of the MBTA's fleet of 8 ex-PRR E8s have moved from the service tracks into Boston's South Station, where they will split into two pairs and couple onto... (more)

In the endless parade of trains around Horseshoe Curve another westbound freight grinds up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies with an SD-45 and SD-40 shoving hard on the cabin car.

The SD-45 and C-636 are in notch 8 as they shove a freight up the eastern slope of the Alleghenies. The open cab windows and doors provide little relief for the pusher crew from the cloud of exhau... (more)

The early morning passenger train running between Nancha and Wuylin made a stop en route to take water. This gave us sufficient time to jump out of the train and to take a picture.

Anywhere but Long Island, the sight of a switcher type locomotive leading a passenger train would be an oddity, but the LIRR bought 23 EMD MP15ACs with high speed gearing for commuter service and ... (more)