The city at your feet: Already dropping the afternoon, the electric locomotives GE BoxCab and Soquimich train skirts the abyss of the "Cerro La Cruz" (cross hill) in Barriles gorge, beginni... (more)

A favorite place in North Dakota for many to photograph trains is Sully Springs. The tracks here run through the very scenic Badlands on the outskirts of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Cool... (more)

Nothing beats a Hartwell Railway consist. From all my years of railfaning, Hartwell has always presented amazing locomotive lash-ups. On a quiet January night, a power set is seen tied down just o... (more)

On the Swiss National Day, 1st of august, the 75 year old double red arrow "Churchill Pfeil" RAe 4/8 # 1021 made a interesting trip on the Gotthard line in search of the myth of the Gotthard, cent... (more)

Earlier in the day a tractor-trailer attempted to beat a train at the E Main Street crossing in Somerset, PA. He lost and 6461, the second of three units, suffered the most damage with the conduc... (more)

Big Boy 4011 has cut off its train from Cheyenne and soon will head for the Laramie roundhouse, where workers will ready it for another trip over Sherman Hill. In 1957, UP steam has two more seaso... (more)

Crescent and Cabeese: One of the remaining Crescent Limited E8s pokes its nose out of one of the buildings at the SERM as some women explore the Family Lines caboose outside.

This afternoon, Mid-America Car in KC released the Iowa Interstate #516 and placed it out on the setout track for the KCS. The paint on this is a nod to the Rock Island's red and yellow from the ... (more)

Texas Chief No.15 coming in the station with F7(A) #47 and three 'B' units in the lead, with Alco PA-1 #64 watching the action. Photo taken from my slide collection. photographer J.B.King.

UP rail detector car DC3 sits on a spur at Laramie, WY. No photographer name on slide.

What better way to travel on the tracks of 'The Estate' than in a 1913 BSA-bodied inspection trolley?

With an air temp at -4F Erie Mining F9A 4211 leads DM&IR 193 and a train of empty BNSF steel hopper cars out of Rices Point. Who would have thought 4211 (or 193) would be powering an ore train, al... (more)

The hostler was moving five locomotives in reverse when he sliced a semi truck in half that drove onto the track at a warehouse. The trucker was not injured. Photo from the 1980s.

Late afternoon finds the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada's glowing in the finally rays of a September day. The quiet calm enjoyed by hikers and mountain bikers today was once the scene of great... (more)

On the PRSL Engine No. 460 is at Atlantic City' NJ after a fantrip run from Newark, NJ. This is Johns 1000th photo for Railpictures.net. Many thanks to all for allowing him to share his images.... (more)