"Nickel Plate High Speed Service" Apparently, the tag line applies to it's passenger service as well. A Railroad: Nickel Plate Road
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-4
Location: Bannister, Michigan, USA
Locomotive #: NKP 765
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 25, 2009

All I can say about this shot is the Railfan Gods must like me! I live in Alaska and only make it "home" to New England once a year. I had two nights and one full day to spend in Boston wi... (more)

Pacing Steam! SOU 630 chugs along Highway 11 as it heads South towards Chattanooga from Knoxville, after spending a couple days running private excursions for the Lexington Group. This was ... (more)

I'm an equal opportunity panner - this is for those who prefer the engineer's side. A bit of blow-by made for an exciting photo op! A 1/6th pan at Helmstetter's Curve.

Polson Logging Company 2-8-2 No. 2 captured in a Railroad: Polson Logging Co.
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Idaville, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: 2
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 17, 2018

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Pan Am ran a rare evening trip with their Office Car Special train and newly-acquired ex-Wabash dome car on October 12, as the train rolled from Portland, Maine to Rotterdam Junction, New York. S... (more)

Kicking off a month of 'road trips' for the Pan Am execs and invited guests/shippers, Pan Am Railways Office Car Special (OCS) train is seen crossing the Hoosic River at Schaghticoke, New York. O... (more)

I always seem to have better luck with trains then weather these days. From the very start, I knew exactly how a recent visit to Princeton junction would Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: ASEA AEM-7
Location: West Windsor, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 947
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 2013

This week's installment of the VRS/PAR Saturday Slurry train may not be pretty, with MEC C40-8s 7627, 7585, 7635, 310 and 503, but for what the consist lacks, the sky more than makes up for! Seen... (more)

With the city skyline as backdrop, an Amtrak Regional Express makes a late night sprint through Philadelphia, PA, bound for Wilmington, DE in this Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Siemens ACS-64
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 607
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 10, 2016

The southbound L&N Southland--a Tampa/St. Pete-Midwest train handled by the L&N between Cincinnati and Atlanta--has the signal from CUT Tower A and is moving out for Atlanta. Back under the concou... (more)

I take this box car, to have and to hold, to cherish and protect, for better and for worse, for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health, 'till rust do we part.  A Pan shotmore)

Zoom-out pan of NKP 765 doing a runby at Ithaca, MI during Train Festival 2009.

Ever see a bullet fired backwards? A Bombardier "MultiLevel" cab car leads a NJT train down the Corridor towards Elizabeth, NJ. A Railroad: NJ Transit
Locomotive: Bombardier MultiLevel Coach
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: NJT 7004
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 02, 2010