A Chicago Transit Authority train passes CTA Tower 18 as it crosses the diamonds on the elevated route over Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 2018. This railroad interlocking locat... (more)

A lone Columbus and Greenville SD40-2 sits amoung a pair of Geep's at the Meridian and Bigbee engine house in town. The 3353 began life in July of 1979 as BN 8030 and later became BNSF 8030. In 20... (more)

For generations, until full width cabs became standard, New York subway cars featured a "railfan window" that provided a motorman's view of the track ahead. Two kids were taking advantag... (more)

"ALTO" HelperLink-Converted SD70ACUs #7241 and #7243 bring up the rear on 25Z, an intermodal to Chicago. To the right is the iconic ALTO Tower. ALTO controlled this part of Altoona for 9... (more)

NS 24Q makes a southbound run in Norris, SC with the NS #8103 GE ES44AC ( Norfolk & Western ) Heritage Unit leading the way heading for Kansas City, MO.

A trio of KCS SD40's leads a short train through Wiggins as it heads south to Gulfport, MS. The Gulfport Sub is home to the last few remaining KCS SD40-2's.

"Guess Who's Back"

NJ Transit F40PH-2CATs 4119 and 4120 lead westbound train #1171 by WC Tower in Waldwick, NJ on September 1, 2020. The two units are being tested for ... (more)

A rare Conrail U36B, one of just four on the roster, heads up a U33B and a GP40 on an empty coal train passing the Boston & Maine's Ayer, MA, tower. Coal trains serving a power plant at Bow, NH, o... (more)

NS 222 knocks down CP Lowell in Lowell, NC with the NS #8101 GE ES44AC ( Central Of Georgia ) Heritage Unit in command heading for Charlotte, NC this evening.

Canadian Pacific Railway's Colonie Subdivision ballast train, symbol 9WCO-28, is passing the XO tower in Mechanicville, NY with the CMQ SD40-2F duo of 9017 and 9011 on August 30, 2020.

NIRC 1, the oldest operating locomotive in revenue service pulls a single electric bi-level by the soon-to-be unmanned BI Tower. The tower itself is rumored to be closing soon, and may be torn dow... (more)

The Delaware Lackawanna is seen passing the old Delaware, Lackawanna & Western tower and depot at Tobyhanna. The train is approaching Pocono Summit where they will drop a large cut of loaded hoppe... (more)

The Reading Heritage unit lead NS train 345 this morning. Here we see the train rolling through the KCS/NS Diamond in Meridian as Engineer David Light eases the train to a stop to wait for Amtrak.

The Mass Coastal Energy Train and the Cape Cod Dinner Train deadhead combined at Yarmouth Junction, to make a nice long train as they went north, as seen in the photograph, here is the combined tr... (more)

The Reading & Northern NRFF (North Reading Fast Freight) is seen poassing through Mountain Top at the location the railroad refers to as Penobscot.