As the sun rises over the farm lands of Michigan, a local farmer collects several bundles of hay. And as in years past, the sound of steam and the smell of smoke break through this quiet rural sce... (more)
Although this might look like a rural branch line in a remote part of Virgina, it's actually a main line within the city limits of Philadelphia ! The fall colors are at their peak.
Final tie-down work and securing is being performed on Amtrak P42DC #102 on a special heavy-duty flat car to move the damaged locomotive at Northfield, Vermont. The 102 was the locomotive on the ... (more)
CSXT F90021 sits derailed leaving this mess.
Built by GM in 1958, was purchased by the Central Vermont and subsequently outfitted by Fairmont with Hyrail equipment. Was used in track inspection service until 1967 when it was donated by the C... (more)
In a photo taken in 2007, an empty coal train passes by the remnants of a small derailment on the S-curved Crater Loops. Sources tell me that this was caused by a "stringlining" of the train whe... (more)
Great Northern Railway passenger power lays over at the roundhouse next to St. Paul Union Depot in the early 1960s. The F3As and E7As pictured here were used on the GN's premier trains, including ... (more)
It's a 300 mile round trip from 'Armitage Grange' to the SVR. I had previously 'recce'd' this wonderful location but it was the usual story, right place, right locomotive, wrong weather. In the ev... (more)
No, this is not Photoshop trickery. This is some creative light painting. With camera in Bulb I opened every car body door and painted the guts of the engine with a flash light. A technique I disc... (more)
It's well after sunset the train will run all night working it's way to Marquette,IA and South to Savanna,IL and on to Chicago.
New York Central 1066, Norfolk Southern's eleventh heritage unit, greets the morning sunrise outside the shop in Muncie. For more information, visit more)
Santa Fe Railway's train 891, the Super C, heads eastward to Chicago as it crests Cajon Pass' Summit as it departs southern California on a snowy December 30, 1974. A quartet of SD45-2s, l... (more)
ITSG2 strolls through Peck with a clear all the way into Proviso... what a surprise.
Just around the point from Celilo heading east along the Columbia River.
The westbound KVR train to Trail passes the Brilliant Dam on its way to Castlegar.
Northbound Empire Service train #259 passes a tugboat pushing an oil barge up the Hudson River.
In 1947, to help meet the demands of the post war coal boom, the Clinchfield purchased 6 used 4-6-6-4 Challenger-type locomotives from the Denver, Rio Grande, and Western. Despite being very big p... (more)
Because of the derailment on the CSX New Castle Sub in Newton Falls, OH , CSX has been running detours on Wheeling and Lake Erie Trackage. Here, Q352 runs east to Connellsville to pick up on it'... (more)
About 75 miles east of Reno Nevada. The westbound California Zephyr was struck by a empty gravel semi. I ran to the front expecting to see damage to the unit. Not two superliners torn open with fi... (more)
Love it or hate it - Locomotive a vapeur consolidation 140 A 259 - As displayed at the museum depicting sabotage of the railways during the war. (Bottom view)
Results of a break in two of a Continuous Welded Rail Train.
It's the first night of Train Festival 2011 in the Quad Cities as a pair of Amtrak heritage locomotives idle on a private varnish train from Chicago. Thunderstorms developed quickly this evening a... (more)
This is another unidentified oldie from my collection. The scene is almost certainly L&N’s eight-stall roundhouse (with 75-foot turntable) at Pensacola, FL. Such a calamity pictured here was act... (more)
Traveling at well over a hundred mph, this is one Amtrak Corridor train that does not stop at the Cornwells Heights Station just outside of Philadelphia. Please stay behind the yellow line... (more)
NW 1218 and 611 running side by side westbound through Christiansburg, VA as seen from the US 460 Business bridge. These activities were a part of the 1987 NRHS convention held in Roanoke.
The northbound Nakusp wayfreight aboard barge and tug Iris G docks at Rosebery on Slocan Lake where it will unload and continue on the isolated Kaslo branch to Nakusp.
Several ex-BN E8 cabs and an ex-GMO EMD cab sit on the ground under the overhead crane at the old Silvis Shops, operated by NRE. Scanned from a 35mm print negative.
Lehigh Valley's flagship passenger train The Black Diamond ran between New York City and Buffalo until 1959, when the LV's passenger service was reduced to (2) mainline trains a day. The John Wi... (more)
Tight fit! WVC 67 enters daylight again as it exits the south portal of the Kelly Mtn Tunnel with a short train of stone cars bound for the GC&E Subdivision on the former Western Maryland Railway.
The CN crew on this loaded grain train started their journey at Ft. Dodge, IA and brought the snow with them!
Caterpillar unveiled SD70ACe 1201 at the Minexpo trade show in Las Vegas today, featuring a new Cat-inspired demonstrator scheme. During its trip west, the unit was transported under a blue tarp.
Head-on collision on single track mainline.
Forgotten U boat.
The sunset is just about 30 minutes away as I make my way down Cold Spring Hill toward Marshfield Station after a long day on the mountain. The fading fall foliage is warmed by the golden light w... (more)
The approaching roar of the GE's on the point of this EB stack train was quite a prelude to this illuminating shot of the train crossing the Foss River.
A train passes through Junction 18, possibly the world's busiest rail crossing and interlocking. A real treat to see and so accessible!
Another shots of two of the engines from the San Timoteo derailment back on 8/26/06. For some reason this unit was pulled out of the scrap yard a few weeks back, then brough back in a week later.
471 was the lead unit on train K-960 when they hit K959 head-on in Sept. It stayed upright and on the track.
I rode #13, a mail train, early morning out of Newark to Altoona, my usual method of getting there. On my first trip there, our power on the electrified segment was a 2-D-2 electric class R1, #49... (more)
Amtrak's Kirkham St. Coach Yard / Maintenance facility is shown cooling down after the busy weekday of Capitols and San Jackos. With 15 Amtrak Cali F59's it's rare to get all GE power lined up in ... (more)
A spectacular sunset explodes in the western sky behind UP Train 2CNRFG 04 passing over Santa Fe Jct. on the KCT Kaw River Bridge High Line. This would have been fine without the train, but sure,... (more)
Having just entered the former Monon Road (presently, in 1983, L&N) mainline from Chicago on trackage rights, a southbound Terre Haute to Louisville manifest tiptoes along J Street while obeying t... (more)
Still trying to figure this one out. About 4 pm, this intermodal train was shoving in to the yard, or at least that what it sound like over the radio. The shove is from right to left. On the le... (more)
Potomac Eagle Scenic held a railroad show Aug 19/20, featuring night photo sessions both nights. Here a 1945 Army jeep poses in front of 6604 and FP7 8016. Their web site is http://www.potomaceagl... (more)
Nickel Plate Road 8100, Norfolk Southern's third Heritage locomotive, gets its first glimpse of sunshine outside the shop in Altoona. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation.... (more)
Oregon Short Line 2-8-0 No. 1068 winds its way around Deer Creek Reservoir towards Heber City.
Amtrak 467 lays over in Seattle with a "Cascades" Talgo train.
One of the big 9000 class three cylinder 4-12-2's hauls a freight west of Sidney, NE. No photographer name listed on slide.
Amtrak's Coast Starlight, hours late as usual, makes its way over Salt Creek almost silently during a brief break in a snow storm. The deep snow made most of the line inaccessible, but I'm willing... (more)
Santa Fe Superfleet publicity special slowly makes its way through Blue Cut en route to a day of filming in Cajon Pass.
Santa Fe gathered all five of its Centennial-painted SD45-2's together for a group photo at Barstow, Calif. on Dec. 21, 1976. This portrait was taken from the yard's "High Tower." One of these... (more)
When good decision making and lots of luck are put together. Thoroughbreds meet as the NS local passes a local horse farm on its way north to Martins Creek. It's taken 3 years and 3 locals (wrong ... (more)
As luck would have it, the Southwest Chief is running late. Seen here passing MOW workers clearing switches at Summit on a beautiful snowy December morning.
Looking out of the Northfield Falls Covered Bridge as 324 passes climbing upgrade behind GP 38 3851 at 02:22. The covered bridge, (built 1872) saw wood fired American types steaming past in it's y... (more)
Four trains are visible in this aerial that has Caliente in the upper left and Bealville in the upper right. The first of three southbounds is climbing above tunnel five south of Bealville; a sec... (more)
A eastbound train of Bakken crude oil rounds one of the curves and disappears in the fog.
An Erie Alco PA-2 & PA-1 850 sit side-by-side as commuters unload in Jersey City. This was the last week of Erie ferry operation .
Hazmat work still to be done, UP 6545 and 6715 will wait a while to get back on the rails.
RJ Corman 2008 sits at the Buchanan St. entrance to Corman's yard where she was on display for those entering for a ride on the Derby Train. Would have been nice for the weather to be more kind an... (more)
Double Resurrection! First, Rio Grande speed lettering once again adorns the long hood of 6-axle power in the form of recently acquired SD90MACs from CITX. Second, the annual Ski T... (more)
Ex Santa Fe steam locomotive 3751 rolls westbound down the middle of Interstate 10 in Alhambra, Ca. on her way home to Los Angeles after taking part in the celebrations at the Santa Fe depot in Sa... (more)
E/B general merchandise on the ground, cause is said to be an insulated joint that pulled apart Same veiw, just 7 hours later. looks like a long night ahead !
As Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 slowly makes its way toward the Metrolink mainline at the northern end of the Fairplex (location of the Los Angeles County Fair), a process that will take many days... (more)
Central of Georgia 8101, Norfolk Southern's fourth Heritage locomotive, basks in the sunshine on Good Friday morning in Chattanooga. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. ... (more)
Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight made ketchup out of a tomato truck that strayed onto an unprotected crossing in the Salinas Valley. The trailer was split in two, but thankfully the driver and ... (more)
Famous class A 1218 struggles up the Blue Ridge grade with an eastbound freight while a leased RF&P EMD E8 rolls downgrade with the POWHATAN ARROW.
Results of a run in with a trailer load of frozen pizzas. The train was whstling but the truck driver drove right in front of the train. Luckily, only minor injuries occured. This is on BNSF's Bel... (more)
Pot of gold: #478 hauling a freight train blows down her boiler at the legendary spot on the former D&RGW Narrow Gauge. The rainbow only lasted a few seconds, and was luckily captured that happen... (more)
Twenty locomotives with 55,950 hp on the one train! A 100-car #790 eastbound coal heads out of Belden behind 3099 3033 3056 3014 3026 3020 3111. Assisting on the way up to Tennessee Pass were ... (more)
A southbound BNSF stack train works uphill as it traverses the famous Tehachapi Loop at Walong, California. Three GE locomotives power the head end of the train while two more GEs in DP (distribut... (more)
On Sunday 5 October 2014 at 1:04 pm, a north bound Union Pacific train struck a semi at about 45 mph that had been high centered on the crossing for approximately 2 minutes. The truck was carrying... (more)
After setting out a few dozen empty grain hoppers and WIR 20 at Spangle, a W&I grain shuttle (with BNSF road power) works southward through the fertile Palouse toward its ultimate destination at O... (more)
On the first day of filming in Bellaire, AWVR 1206 and a "buck 1206" roll through Bellaire. The platform on the front of the dummy buck unit is to allow for filming the actors in the cab. I'm pr... (more)
A southbound CSX loaded coal train bound for South Carolina rolls across the Copper Creek Viaduct at Speers Ferry on a beautiful spring afternoon.
New England Central RR mechanical dept. employee Don Mangan uses an oxy/acetylene torch to cut some steel stock in the St. Albans, VT shops on the afternoon of February 9, 2007.
Norwegian tilt train BM 73 just left the 10,3 kilometer long Finse tunnel on the Bergen line and will soon arrive in Finse, with 1222 m a.s.l. the highest railway station in northern Europe.
Jersey Central Lines 1071, Norfolk Southern's seventeenth heritage unit, poses outside the shop at sunset in Muncie. For more information, visit more)
The WP special passes over one of the many trestles in the Feather River Canyon. Nikon D70 24-120mm. www.bayarearailroading.com
Steam in the snow! The Mass Bay RRE excursion starts its journey back to North Conway. The special behind Conway Scenic's 0-6-0 #7470 is seen passing through this a typical wintry Ne... (more)
A pair of Olympic engines lead an eastbound stack train along Wapta Lake.
Likely one of the tightest curves 4014 will encounter on its journey is this section on BNSF in Superior, Wisconsin. Here the massive 4-8-8-4 is "walked" through the curve with a little ... (more)
Cowboys meet Grand Canyon steam, a great end to a long day. A Lerro Productions charter.
After loading at a nearby mine, an eastbound loaded coal drag destined for Grafton and points east on the B&O Mountain encountered a rock slide near the community of Gore. A total of six cars and ... (more)
Lackawanna 1074, Norfolk Southern's twentieth heritage unit, poses outside the shop in Muncie. For more information, visit www.nscorp.c... (more)
Leading a 100 car empty grain train for loading at Napoleon, ND, are a former Wisconsin Central SD45 and two ex-Canadian National SD50Fs.
Normally nocturnal Q594 battles snowdrifts as it traverses the former B&O east from Decatur, Illinois.
An Illinois Central SD40-2 leads a pair of Wisconsin Central locos, a GP38-2 and GP40 respectively, as it awaits a fresh crew before heading north.
