Atacama railfan car?

This is the ugly new type of locomotive that will replace the nice elderly GE box cabs (see RPN pics #306703 or #309254). Not sure what "type" of locomotive this is ... if ever a name type was giv... (more)

I had seen these loads on pictures... but in the real life, it is amazingly impressive

Desert railraoding Chilean style
The FCAB is a privately own meter-gauge railroad. It carries mainly copper and sulfuric acid for the making of copper. This train comes from Mejillones... (more)

Interesting use of locomotive spare parts. Who can tell what the origin of this cab is?

Beautiful Columbia River gorge, beautiful SD75, beautiful warbonnet paint scheme, beautiful Santa Fe logo, beautiful evening light: You know what? ... I'm happy

Descending from the Potrerillos Mine, this train carries empty sulfuric tank cars bound for refill for the acid-thirsty copper plant.

Preliminary tests for the World Speed Record on Rails. A beautiful day by all means! Yes they have beaten again the world record. No, we don't know the speed for sure. There are rumours about 556... (more)

An exceptional move

Everything is exceptional in this picture :
- This line is the “Petite Ceinture”, i.e. the little belt line of Paris. It is a formerly circular line loca... (more)

River running! The famous world rail speed record V150 trainset will be exposed in Paris for one week on the Seine river, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The "La Defense" Paris business district ... (more)

The mother of them all, the very first TGV. Even the US ACELA has genealogy into this unit. The gas turbine TGV001 was built in 1971. Top speed reached: 318kmh 198mph. An experimental set, it neve... (more)

The village is called Tornamesa, meaning turntable, but the station is San Bartolomé. All locomotives must be turned to continue their journey uphill or downhill cab first. But the turntable is no... (more)

Vertigo!
The line comes from the bottom of the valley that can be seen below the front of the engine.
The photographer comes from the zigzaging trail that can be seen above the ex... (more)

The tiny train and the huge landscape: a local coming from Wenatchee and heading for Quincy nears the edge of the cliff while climbing the grade from the depth of the Columbia River gorge to the h... (more)