A guy lays what appears to be a penny on the rail in full view of the crew on this approaching southbound mixed frieght. Although the train is only moving at 10mph, it's funny how people and cars ... (more)
LSM train departing to Retiro.
This is a view from the 'office' of CPR C-Liner 4105 as it crosses the mile long Lethbridge, Alberta viaduct. Compared to cabs of today, this one is quite primitive. Note the interesting throttl... (more)
Moon over Cumbres. Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36, Number 487 poses on the 84 ft. wooden trestle at Cumbres Pass, under a crystal clear, moon-lit sky. A 30-second exposure at ISO 500 and... (more)
A unique part of the coal train shuffle in Montana is the wye at Moran Junction. Trains coming off the top line, Forsyth Subdivision (ex NP) normally continue straight onto the MRL. Likewise down ... (more)
The Arlberg Railway (German: Arlbergbahn), which connects the Austrian cities Innsbruck and Bludenz, is Austria's only east-west mountain railway. It is one of the highest standard gauge railways ... (more)
Milwaukee Road 261's 227,000-pound boiler is lifted back onto its driving wheels by Vic's Crane & Heavy Haul of Rosemount, MN. The temperature was a frigid 13 degrees.
Ghosts in the wasteland. In the midst of the industrial at the site of Tennessee Coal & Iron's Ensley steel mill, a pair of locomotives lie rusting in the same place as where the last engi... (more)
Trough TrainBurlington Northern’s very unique Trough Train bends around a curve at Emerald, Nebraska, on July 8, 1996. These huge 278-foot, 13-unit articulated cars were designed by B... (more)
The Empress overnights in the dark reaches of the yard as the night traffic passes by on the Main.
Hmm... I'll bet if you cut the tree down, counted the number of rings, you'd know roughly how long it's been since the last freight car rolled over these rails.
Stumped? Well, don't get the ... (more)
36 NS Locomotives stored in the Old Tie Yard..
all i can say is WOW!
The late afternoon sun casts a warn glow on this westbound through Afton Canyon as it crosses over the Mojave River.
Dateline Tillamook Oregon…. The Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7, aka The Skookum, is all packed up and ready for its road trip to The Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol California.
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An eastbound BNSF manifest tops Winston Hill as the last rays of sunlight illuminate the sky on a warm summer evening.
Shooting Kodachrome 10, my Argus C3 "brick" at 1/50sec was not able to freeze a set of Baldwin Centepedes as they drifted past my lens in the pit at Altoona. These were used as helper power on th... (more)
UP's SD70ace order begin Breakin Runs on the Goderich and Exeter RR
An eastbound BNSF manifest freight passes by the old hopper car windbreak at Big 10 Curve west of Rocky, Colorado, on the afternoon of June 9, 2014. In the background is the city of Denver which i... (more)
Class unit NP 3600 westbound passes Marshall Tower just west of Spokane in the early morning with a pair of U28Cs trailing. Note the open autoracks and the passenger baggage car in the consist.
In February of 1968, an excursion was operated from Richmond, CA to Stockton and return pulled by two of Santa Fe's ALCO PA units. The are seen here at Knightsen as they are backing up in preparat... (more)
The trains engine, B&O 3802, leads 36 Dash7 GEs for export to China
100's of BNSF engines are stored in Topeka. Various engines include: SD45-2B's, ATSF C40-8W's, ATSF C44-9W's, SD45-2's, SD70MAC's, C44-9W's, SD9's, SDP40, TEBC6, GP38-2's, B40-8W's, and SD60M's
The changing of the guard. Amtrak's ownership of the NEC is less than two months old as GG-1s line up with the E60s bought to replace them. A yellow Ford Pinto with vinyl top stands guard. The wei... (more)
Beach, swim, fan and...trains at Diakofto beach.This is Greece at the summer.
Built by the mighty PRR in the 1950s, the former Sam Rea Car Shop still stands as a mix-use industrial park. Curry Supply Holdings leases about 1/3 of the building for two of their divisions, Curr... (more)
The first train through the teeth of the 2010 blizzard makes easy work of the 2 ft of snow. The HHP was whistling as they blasted through at near 100 mph. Incredible.
Vancouver, BC to Toronto, ON priority intermodal train Q112 heads east through some spectacular scenery east of the townsite of Jasper, Alberta. The tracks are seen skirting the shores of the Atha... (more)
Milwaukee Road Tacoma Yard with Mt. Rainier in the distance.
EMD's latest and greatest demo the SD70ace-T4 at the RSI show in BNSF's northtown yard. Here is a close up of the new nose/cab that EMD designed for the tier 4. The cab is now angled out and has ... (more)
A commuter train departs Red Bank. The engine is crossing a diamond of the CNJ line to southern NJ. Ansco Color original.
Amtrak P30CH 707 sits among the rest of the recently mothballed P30CH fleet at the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal diesel facility on Christmas Day, 1991.
The Langwies Viaduct is illuminated in winter, but this Arosa - Chur local train was clearly too early for that. But the ghostly scenery after sundown was still well worth a picture.
With the railway's diesels being put into use today it was a chance to look at the steam fleet and do some urgent repairs. In Marley Hill shed the right hand cylinder is being inspected by volunte... (more)
The Hillsborough Branch is grossly undermaintained to the point that trains are restricted to little more than a walking pace. Nevertheless, twice a week the Nashua local brings cars up the bumpy ... (more)
An ATSF GP 35 in the pre yellow bonnet yellow/blue paint scheme near the Bakersfield roundhouse.
IC 9630 creeps down the rusty tracks with three tank cars for Helm Fertilizer Terminal Inc.
CNJ Baldwin 2000-series "double-ender" moves about the massive interlocking at the Jersey City Terminal as Gotham City looms in the background. Ansco color/color corrected in P/S
First and only BHP Billiton Iron Ore GE AC6000 CW to be painted in new corporate paint scheme.
In 1860, the B&O built a network of track along the waterfront at Fells Point in Baltimore to deal with an 1831 city ordinance prohibiting steam power on the streets. Preserved here at the B&O Ra... (more)
A view slightly askew of Larry's with some new among the old.
The colors are wildly ablaze in the Last Frontier in the waning days of summer signaling the end of passenger season on the Alaska Railroad. This year I went back for another shot at the Turn on ... (more)
A manifest departs Roanoke, Virginia behind a pair of Fairbanks-Morse units.
Crash Loco from the Fugitive starring Harrison Ford
The cab version of DD35A was built for UP only. The earlier built booster units were used by UP and SP, SP had only three booster units in service. Each of these twin engined biests had a power of... (more)
Great Salt Lake crossing An eastbound Union Pacific freight begins the long trek across Great Salt Lake at Lakeside, Utah. A wood trestle used to carry the line straight across directly... (more)
A measly FA goes for a spin on the table built for Challengers.
A classic scene. Seaboard Air Line ABBA FT's haul a southbound freight at Alberta, Virginia.
Today, Colorado’s Minturn yard sits empty, rusty and forlorn. No longer do crews cut in helpers for the arduous climb up the steep 3 percent grades of Tennessee Pass. The sand tower is now gone ... (more)
During a brief unveiling at Juniata Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, first responders from the Logan Township United Fire Department, the City of Altoona Fire Department, the Logan Township Police, ... (more)
NS 5531 is going to scrap. It hit a fuel tanker truck back in June 2004.
Cosmetic restoration of actual LV 414 (not a fake) by URHS. Shot at So. RR of NJ facility, Winslow Jct., NJ. Fujichrome Sensia 100, Olympus OM-4, Zuiko 50mm f1.8
The greatest effort required from a locomotive is when starting from a stop. If too much power is applied the turning force to the wheel will greatly exceed the opposing friction of the surface of... (more)
Night fall in Pavonia brings out night trains. In the middle of the image three switch jobs wait for an RS-11 to clear. All are waiting for a freight way left background to clear the yard. On the ... (more)
NB Amtrak Train #22, the Texas Eagle, shoves out of the San Antonio Amtrak Station to begin its journey to Chicago, IL. The lead unit is the first heritage scheme Amtrak unit to celebrate their 4... (more)
Fresh from the paint shop, Santa Fe FP45s 101 and 102 model their newly applied "Superfleet" paint jobs just outside the San Bernardino station on IndependenceDay 1989. This resurrection of the fa... (more)
NS high and wide 054 slowly crawls into St. Matthews, SC with WECX 800, the second largest railcar in the world, in tow.
Nevada Northern 4-6-0 No. 40 hauls a short freight over Steptoe Creek fill near East Ely, Nevada, at sunrise on February 4, 2007.
A nice roster shot of a C630 at Council Bluffs. Photo taken by K C Henkels.
NS 38Q comes into Bristol with 5 cars to set out in the yard before recrewing and continuing East. Special thanks to my dad for driving.
Amtrak pops up out the deep Sag at West Winslow as a BNSF Q climbs up out of the next sag in the distance.
Ann Arbor Railroad Car Ferry Viking was launched on December 30, 1924 as ANN ARBOR NO. 7 and had a capacity 30 rail cars. In 1964 she was rebuilt and her original triple expansion steam engines we... (more)
60 years have passed since Cheyenne last heard the roar of a Big Boy as it stormed out of town westbound up Sherman Hill. On May 2nd, 2019 what was once a daily ritual was recreated thanks to the ... (more)
A worker at Union Pacific’s South Morrill Locomotive Facility attaches the old exhaust stack from UP GE AC4400CW No. 6704 to a new prime mover that is being prepared for installation during the ... (more)
An immaculate GG-1 leads a westbound train by the platform at Elizabeth on Valentines Day '53.
B&O's number 5314 leads the Royal Blue out of the Jersey City terminal with Manhattan just across the Hudson River.
Norfolk & Western Class J steam locomotive 611 belonging to the Virginia Museum of Transportation in her birthplace of Roanoke Va, rests outside the roundhouse at the North Carolina Transportation... (more)
The "Hazleton man" rolls through the village of Treichlers on a hot July day. With five LV dynamic brake-equipped SW8's, a few cars of mixed freight, and a string of empty hoppers for th... (more)
A Westbound unit grain train is seen just after cresting the 5,213-foot summit at Marias Pass. Summit Mountain, which has a peak of 8,770 feet is seen in the background on the right. The 8,609-foo... (more)
What a breath taking view! There's quite a lot going on in this image, and is one of my favorite from my years of documenting this monumental construction project known as Manhattan West. The op... (more)
Snowplow Extra bit off more than it could chew
UP 8189 leads a WB manifest on bottom track as the sun sets on a beautiful wet June day.
Rusting and pretty much abandoned, a Conrail GG-1 sits in Cooperstown junction on a chilly December morning.
The Alaska Railroad Glacier Discovery Train winds its way north along the Turnagain Arm, with the imposing Chugach Mountains in the background. A small tidal bore, very common in the Turnag... (more)
Recent tree and brush clearing work has made possible this aerial view of the abandoned roundhouse at the Lehigh Valley's former Manchester Yard. The yard was one of the largest classification yar... (more)
The worker sent out to attend to engine 44’s needs between runs must feel more like he’s boarding a ship than climbing onto a locomotive. Just how big is General Electric’s massive U50? At o... (more)
The NS F units guides an employee "Blue Ribbon Special" through downtown Atlanta minutes before sunrise. The train was operated from Atlanta to Jacksonville as an appreciation trip for several gr... (more)
A PATH Train crosses the Hackensack River over the PATH Lift Bridge on its way to the World Trade Center. The Pennsylvania Railroad built this bridge in 1900 to serve Exchange Place in Jersey City... (more)
MMA has started the demolition of Amtrak units that were in the Poland Project.
New Jersey DOT 4877, repainted in PRR’s Tuscan scheme, lays over in the South Amboy engine terminal. In the right background, an E8 can be seen on one of the engine house tracks. The 4877 surviv... (more)
The best looking coal car on the system is my guess.
The crew of a restored US Army 2-8-0 steam engine looks on as a restored US Navy Beech Aircraft C-45 screams across the sky during the Rails to Wings excursion.
607 with the "Powhatan Arrow" lies on her side after a derailment resulting in the death of the fireman. Cause, failure to obey automatic block-signal & entering turnout at excessive speed (77 mph... (more)
Burlington F7(A) #167-A with a passenger-style pilot and coupler cover, plus F7(B) #167-B both built in May 1950. Photo taken from my slide collection, photographer Max Zimmerlein.
Getting a thorough cleansing to prevent it from becoming a "cinder block," MRL 4305 gets washed in the Helena roundhouse. The Montana Rail Link takes a great deal of pride in their locomotive fle... (more)
A Trackmobile from Holcim Trident Cement sets out three covered hoppers for the Montana Rail Link at Trident, Montana, on May 16, 2013. A worker from Holcim has ridden his bike down from the plant... (more)
BCOL C44-9WL 4644 sits eerily quiet on its side after a derailment on train M310 on January 26th.
