Soon? One of Amtrak's new Avelia Liberty trainsets travels south to Philadelphia. As of late, the Acela II's debut has been delayed until 2024, more than 3 years after the original plan.

Hokuriku Shinkansen, formerly named Nagano Shinkansen, connects Tokyo to the northern part of the Chubu region. While the first phase of the extension was going to open in 2015, JR East and West j... (more)

Venerable Acela trainset #1 takes train 2255(09) south past HOOK interlocking during a warm summer thunderstorm. The mist flies from the catenary as the pantograph kicks it away. HOOK tower, now c... (more)

New Cemex power for the Victorville operation.

The test locomotive DE 2500 202 003-0, which was built by Henschel-BBC in 1973, is located in the locomotive shed of the Deutsches Technik Museum in Berlin. The diesel-electric locomotive with the... (more)

Feel the burn! GRW 304 moves a few hot bottles around the plant at Gary Works.

Daylight Over The Susquehanna. On June 1, 2020, ALSTOM Amtrak Acela II Train Set 2 (AMTK 2103 leading) made a midmorning departure from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to travel to Washington DC... (more)

Class E956, also named ALFA-X, is an experimental train by JR East for developing the new generation Shinkansen train. Built by Kawasaki and Hitachi, this 10-car train has different designs of nos... (more)

Power car # 325 of the TGV-Atlantique, which set a world record for rail vehicles that had long been unsurpassed: 515.3 kilometers per hour on may 18, 1990, between Courtalain and Tours. The TGV-A... (more)

Railroading requires constance adjustment to situations that arise. A unit train is coming so these units were pulled off a train to run light and clear out cars to make room for it. The big Kno... (more)

In 2009, the new Liège-Guillemins train station, built by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, was opened, after a construction period of about 7 years. It includes a monumental arch, 160 metres... (more)

Liège-Guillemins train station by night. In 2009, the new Liège-Guillemins train station, built by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, was opened, after a construction period of about 7 years.... (more)

Traffic on the tracks at Borough Market junction. Photo taken from the tower 'The Shard'