The passengers on the Royal Canadian Pacific are treated to spectacular scenery and gorgeous weather as they roll north along CP's Windermere Subdivision.

Seven locomotives lead Union Pacific's LTB84 (Belt Yard to Valley Park) past downtown St. Paul. While St. Paul and Minneapolis are the "Twin Cities," their respective downtowns are visually differ... (more)

With the sudden death of Jim George, owner of the Lake State Railway, the road's small fleet of Alco and MLW diesels face an uncertain future. In this photo from 2008, two engines are nestled in t... (more)

Stiff winds blowing down the east side of Marias Pass have a habit of toppling lightweight freight cars or ripping empty intermodal containers from stack trains. Midvale Creek Trestle features a s... (more)

Three different locomotive models, including a rare SF30C, slumber through the night on the storage tracks behind the Minnesota Commercial's roundhouse at Merriam Park. Such diversity is what make... (more)

The St. Croix Valley Railroad's first run since spring is led by their newly repainted GP7, which wears the Northern Pacific's final freight scheme. With the line out of service due to a bridge fa... (more)

Passengers on the Royal Canadian Pacific enjoy spectacular mountain scenery as the train heads for Golden, BC.

Beach-goers barely notice the Surfliner as it slows for the station stop in San Clemente on a perfect spring evening.

Two veteran GP35s hustle a northbound train through the tiny hamlet of McBain, MI on a wet summer day.

Montana Rail Link's "Day Gas" winds along the Flathead River at daybreak.

Passengers on the "Notch Train" enjoy a spectacular view as they cross the Willey Brook Trestle near Crawford Notch. This location is a steep hike up from the highway, seen down in the valley floo... (more)

2009 Clean Diesel. Is it the $24,275 car advertised on the billboard, a car that will spend most of its life sitting in a Toronto-area traffic jam? Or is it the 4,000 horsepower green machine dash... (more)

A hard frost muted most of this year's fall color, but the hills still have some color as a westbound intermodal train crosses the Conemaugh River near Johnstown, PA.

Fall color is visible in the valley below, but a fresh snowfall covers Mount Washington with several inches of wet snow. This railroad is spectacular, but the new diesel engines lack the magic of ... (more)

An Amtrak Empire Service train accelerates away from Poughkeepsie Station as a southbound Metro-North train waits to depart. Several other Metro-North trainsets await the call to weekday service. ... (more)