"Allegra" ABe 8/12 with train 4657 made only a very short stop in Alp Grüm Station, on 2091 meter a.s.l. In the background from left Palü glacier, Piz Palü (3900 mter a.s.l.), Piz Caral and Sassa... (more)

Which is more powerful? The gathering of Locomotives or the Gathering of Minds?

Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (SNIM) SD70ACs CC-122 is one of 7-units produced and delivered for this North African railroad that hauls Iron Ore through the countries of Mauritania and... (more)

Hurricane Sandy damage. Even though the Montclair-Boonton Line wasn't hit as hard as some other NJ Transit lines, Hurricane Sandy still left its mark, with at least three fallen trees visib... (more)

Steel wheel on steel rail, close up at speed, hand held leaning out and hoping for the best.

Inside the Cheyenne, Wyoming, roundhouse on March 25, 2013, Union Pacific’s two E9As wait for another season of pulling passenger trains. Both were built in 1955, and in the early ’90s, UP sent th... (more)

Santa Fe, UPS and a crane company team up to get damaged UPS trailers stuffed with packages off the ground after a 991 train derailed several loads. Reported cause was a rail that simply turned on... (more)

The PRR St. Clair Ave. roundhouse was like railfan Disneyland in the mid '50's. Steam, exotic diesels, even imported Santa Fe 2-10-4's, and the fuel tanks they required since they were oil burner... (more)

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection, Don Morice photo: A Santa Fe passenger train flies through La Plata at speed on a bright morning.

The dawn breaks on a beautiful scene in front of me, featuring the Tugaloo River, marshes left by a 12ft-low Lake Hartwell, the Tugaloo River Trestle, and, of course, NS 204P416, led by NS 2616, N... (more)

On February 18, 1970, an eastbound Santa Fe freight struck the caboose of a Union Pacific local at a crossing in Fullerton, California. The UP conductor was fatally injured. The UP caboose was cut... (more)

Santa Fe train #75 (the CALIFORNIA SPECIAL) speeds west near Muleshoe in the Texas South Plains. The train originated at Houston the previous evening and is en route to Clovis, New Mexico, and a c... (more)

A Canadian National intermodal train curves through Black Canyon of the Thompson River near Ashcroft, British Columbia, on June 25, 2006. Powering the westbound train through the spectacular scene... (more)

Its almost show time.... With the new ORHF facility near completion for its grand opening on September 22nd, the two biggest stars of ORHF are ready to wow and amaze the crowds. Its also safe to ... (more)