Yesterday it couldn't decide whether to drizzle rain or snow. It finally settled on snow in the early evening which continued off and on until the time of this photo, the resulting wet stuff stick... (more)
With 1-52 in her train indicator boards (first section of the San Joaquin Daylight), 4449 races across the high desert south (railroad east) of Mojave, CA with the "Louisiana World's Fair Daylight... (more)
Now Presenting! ATSF 316 comes into public view for the first time during an open house/unvieling event hosted by MP&ES, who were behind the project. These units belong to Galveston Railroa... (more)
A BNSF grain train prepares to depart Missoula, Montana on Montana Rail Link's 3ed Sub on the afternoon of September 21, 2009. In the foreground is a member of the University of Montana Hang Glidi... (more)
Recently wrecked and retired SD40us 6002 and 6004 await the torch at Edmonton's Walker Shops.
Restoration in the Future for Reading T-1 4-8-4 2100. Reading T-1 4-8-4 2100 at Reading, PA on May 5, 1962. Behind the 2100 is the 2102. Reading 2102 powered the "Iron Horse Ramble&quo... (more)
Everett Railroad's 2-6-0 "Mogul" No. 11 travels southbound over the Halter Creek trestle in East Freedom, PA toward the company yard at Claysburg where the locomotive is stored. While this portio... (more)
In over forty years of railfanning, I've seen a few strange things ... And this is the latest. The rear coupler on Iowa Interstate GP38-2 716 (ex-LLPX 2328, ex-UP 452, ex-UP 1952, ex-EMDX 817, ex... (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.
The first thunderstorm of spring hits Altoona, Wisconsin. Lightning flashes across the sky as a Union Pacific freight train is held back by the new CTC signal mast. CTC was installed during the ya... (more)
Perhaps my greatest chase of 611 was a little publicized trip carring school children. Few chasers, beautiful weather as the train heads heels into a curve a few miles east of Bluefield. Other t... (more)
PRR 5244 was assigned duties on the PRR-controlled Union Transportation Co. for a number of years before the end of steam.
Railfans train with two museum ALCO locpmotives, passing one of higher bridges of Greece
Two of Wisconsin Great Northern's F7s relax on a quiet Sunday afternoon.
Due to a heavy 2011 winter rains, the Feather River Canyon had some nice spring water falls this year. Here, a UP GE speeds west with a rerouted stack train through the Honeymoon Tunnels with a im... (more)
N&W Eastbound train #4 behind #604 at Lynchburg, VA in Jaunary 1957. Photo by Bob Drake from the Tom Sink Collection
New meets newest. One of CN's new GEs meets one of four recently purchased EMD SD70ACe-P6 demonstrators on the Missabe Subdivision. CN 8100 was running as a distributed unit on Q119 while its sist... (more)
CN 2584 was wrecked in a washout derailment near Rockyford, Alberta in 2007. It was purchashed and is bound for Ceeco in Tacoma, WA.
Fire Up 611's Cheri George. If you enjoyed seeing the beautiful Norfolk & Western J-Class #611 out on the high iron this summer, here's one of the people you can thank. Cheri George, a Geo... (more)
With colorful oak brush along the foothills of Loafer Mountain, SP's Roseville to Denver Forwarder charges east up Spanish Fork Canyon with 66 cars on Sept. 24, 1994.
A baby tunnel motor leads the ConAgra job back to West Oakland, rolling down the soaked Jack London Square. Canon Rebel XS.
The Strasburg crew get an early morning start as they prepare to pick up freight left by Norfolk Southern at Leaman Place, four and a half miles east. First, former N&W #475 needs to couple up wi... (more)
Honeywell Pentax H1a; Kodachrome
The southern most 200' of the Alaska Railroad is not in Alaska, but rather Washington State. On a nice summer evening in Seattle, the UP Barge job is unloading the barge that has the distinction... (more)
Norfolk Southern honored more than 200 wounded military veterans Saturday, June 1, when they stopped at Harbor Park in Norfolk, Va., as part of their week-long “Ride 2 Recovery” memorial chall... (more)
Union Pacific leads the way to Cheyenne, Wyoming, after its maiden run to Ogden, Utah, to celebrate the 150th anniversery, of the driving of the Golden Spike.
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)
There’s nary a breeze on the beautiful, crisp afternoon of February 24, 2017, at Trout Creek, Montana. Passing through the unspoiled winter scene is a BNSF manifest freight crossing Bridge 55 ov... (more)
The farewell to the Reading FP7s trip in March 1976 passes through Edison, NJ on the Port Reading Branch during an intense thunderstorm. The wind gusts must have been somewhere between 50 to 75 m... (more)
With the museum having just closed for this night of the L.A. County Fair, 4014 quietly waits for the next day to come so it can amaze even more people at its massive beauty. I had always wanted t... (more)
A helper train led by A9106 approaching the point of the derailed dmu unit.The pair of Alcos in the back(A9104-A9107) derailed too.
A nice lineup of clean FP40's at the Pacific Intermodal Terminal yard.
A loaded windmill blade train descends down Kingman Canyon as the sounds of dynamic motors whine down the 1.6% grade of main track one. On main two, a Q LACLPC6 charges up the grade as it continue... (more)
I believe the C&S steam operation on the isolated Climax branch may have been the last regular use of standard gauge steam on a Class I in the U.S. As I remember the story, the C&S continued to us... (more)
Citizens of Virginia City with Locomotive "Glenbrook". When Pete Lerro was planning his night photo session at the Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City, he asked the museum staff if ... (more)
The Guelph Junction Express rings in the New Year with fireworks, champagne and snow. I have to admit I've seen fireworks in winter before but not in a snowstorm. I really liked the way they lit u... (more)
Μanoeuvres, in Jack London square
CP 4507 and caboose idle under a brutal thunderstorm, as the 8757 sneaks up from behind. 23:49hrs.
It had been nearly 6yrs since I had last been to the Grand Canyon Railway. While on that trip at a location called Quivero, I remember seeing a couple of cowboys on horses and wishing I could get ... (more)
Crews of the CLNA work to re-rail a covered hopper at the Southern States elevator with a few wooden blocks and a lot of patience. The car was not secured properly by the customer and ran over a d... (more)
On the pilot of Utah Railway 5001, one of six MK-50-3 built, Engineer Adam Pinales snaps a photo on his camera phone, of an overturned Chevrolet SUV, to send to his Father. The driver of the overt... (more)
Monsoon thunderstorm over Vail, Arizona and the UPs double-track Sunset Route at night.
Southern Pacific's UT04L local awaits a relief crew tied down on the American Fork siding on April 21, 1996.
The 3510 continues to straddle the main and diverging track as the re-railing process proceeds into its 3rd lift for this locomotive. Other NS personal go about moving and setting the steel strap... (more)
This is the New York to Detroit through train (which will skirt through southern Ontario on its way to the Motor City) passing Bannerman Castle in Beacon NY.. I want to thank railfan Ray Wetzel fo... (more)
In 1968, a very successful "Last Run of a PA" was operated by Pacific Locomotive Association from Richmond to Stockton. The following year, as ATSF still had stored PA's in Barstow they decided to... (more)
This beauty poses for the railfans at the workhouse.
Empty "up" train crosses River Bridge during the last year of WSL's rail operation. Photoshop was able to restore this image from a faded overexposed very grainy Anscochrome original.
Peak summer travel season has begun, and Union Pacific’s combined City of Los Angeles-San Francisco is running in two sections, one to accommodate first-class travelers and a second for the coac... (more)
Two trains arrived in their destination nearly at the same time and are seen unloading passengers together. The station's departure waiting hall is on the upper floor overviewing the platforms.
A unique UP rescue engine to Amtrak chills in the evening glow of the city of Chicago as Metra's Southwest Service train #839 heads past for Orland Park, IL.
Steamscape: Whitehead Gulch. One of the most challenging, yet spectacular photo locations on the old D&RGW Silverton Line is this little spot at MP 491.95, about 5 miles south of Silverton.... (more)
to the City II. Budapest-Nyugati is the oldest railway station in Hungary, the first train started out from here in 1846. The picture was made in front of the yard of the station (the chara... (more)
NS transcontinental intermodal train 265 is seen splitting through the rock cuts just along Nickajack Lake in Haletown, Tennessee on the CSX Chattanooga Sub via NS Trackage Rights from CSX. The tr... (more)
Happy Holidays! Local is eastbound from Belvedere Yard through downtown.
A CN Oil Train crosses over the Black Warrior River Trestle on the Alabama Southern Railroad in Tuscaloosa, AL., On their way to Hunt Oil. These Oil Trains come off the Canadian National at Jackso... (more)
It's almost the end of October and plenty of the Fall Colors can still be seen in most areas through out the Colorado Front Range. Here, BNSF B40-8W's no's. 520 and 521 shove loaded coal hoppers a... (more)
BNSF 1484 sitting in LTEXs shop
SP&S Alco FA2's 862 and 868 ride the turntable at the NP Parkwater Shops in Spokane, WA in April 1968.
Union Pacific SD70M No. 4812 leads the Potash Local, symboled "LDG51B" westbound through the tight cut approaching the Corona Arch Trailhead near Moab, Utah, on March 15, 2019.
Built in 1910 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is this four arch stone viaduct over the mouth of the Cacapon River near Great Cacapon, WV. Originally built for the then triple track B&O, CSX sti... (more)
In east side of the Progress Rail facility, sits another of the 5 SD70ACe's for QNS&L. Also in the scene are 2 EMD SD70ACe T4 units (1602 and ???), a pair of future Tacoma Rail units, a couple ... (more)
Big Oil on Moffat OWUSJ-07 Wildcat, UT to St. James, LA Originated on Utah Rwy Big loaded Union Pacific oil here past tunnel 26 near Wundervu, CO after about 3” ... (more)
The possible cause of the November 27th BNSF coal train derailment just east of Pueblo Colorado. the derailment occured around 8:00am and piled 31 cars into an almost two story high pile of coal a... (more)
Rio Tinto locomotives take a spin out on the test track. These almost look like ac6000's but they have a bigger rad cab for the intensive heat in the outback.
This was a "Strike" train. A strike was called by the clerks union and the railroad ran limited amount of trains. This empty grain train was heading back out to Iowa for loading. it was unusual... (more)
Beneath the looming skyline of Salt Lake City, a seemingly endless line of locomotives sits stored in North Yard.
An overview of part of the Connecticut Department of Transportation New Haven Shops shows a diverse mix of motive power and equipment. In the foreground are a pair of New Haven-heritage FL-9Ms, C... (more)
A CSX AC4400 leads a Phoenix bound manifest down the steep grade through Williams. In the distance, a pair of F40PHs (295 & 237) shuffle cars in preparation for their morning trip to the south rim... (more)
Fresh from the paint shop, Huntington Locomotive Shops load test unit shows off her new YN3 paint. I feel pretty safe saying this will be the only SD45-2 ever painted YN3!
On Thursday, October 17, the Pan Am Railways office car special cruises through rural Shelburne, MA as the 4-car train, led by FP9s, PAR-1 and PAR-2, proceeds from Ayer, MA to Mechanicville, NY.
A pair of Virginia GE EL-2Bs roll a freight train through Kumiss, VA as dusk approaches on a February day in 1961.
The steel tire from Cass Scenic Railroad Shay #11 is removed from its wheel. The tire is heated, expanding the tire and then it is beat off of the wheel with a sledge hammer.
It's Boxing Day 1981 and not much is moving on CN so most of the tracks around the turntable are filled with MLWs. The neighbourhood kids play hockey on the frozen pond that has formed inside the ... (more)
Southern Pacific SD40M-2s No. 8685 and 8648 are point helpers, pulling a 75 car Roper to Grand Junction Forwarder east along the Mapleton Bench on Feb. 19, 1995. The speed lettered duo will be cut... (more)
Hospital train limping eastbound, Amtrak 140/141 and the remains of its train rest at Congress Park on the BNSF due to the crew timing out. This is the train that derailed at Creston, IA. as #5 o... (more)
3 Westbounds all waiting their turns down Cajon
34070 Manston is seen departing Corfe Castle
LV #200 was the only Baldwin Road Switcher on the Lehigh Valley diesel roster. The brick station in Sayre was built in 1881 and is preserved today by the Sayre Historical Society who have a 99 ye... (more)
MÁV's track reconstructer company's GM-EMD Nohab unit 2761 017-9 and Romanian State Railway's ASEA licence built 040 0919 lead their special train with hundreds of pilgrims aboard upon the famous... (more)
Deadhead status in the CN 2508. This day I had to Pilot the Flat Rock crew from west of Battle Creek as the previous train expired. After Battle Creek it was an Amtrack Ride to the "Level Peb... (more)
Over 150 years old, B&O 25, The William Mason, can still put on a show, as it did last year passing the passenger car shops during the B&O Railroad Museum's Steam Days.
Flying high over the Crooked River bridge on a sunny fall day, what could be finer than a beautiful streamliner?
CNR CLC passenger unit 6705 on train 106 heads into Hamilton, ON on the 'cow path' from Hamilton West to Hamilton Junction.
Power for hump/slug set
The DEAD line at the D-L shop has been pared down to a C424, 2 FAs and some RS11s. Finally got a peek at their new facility today-very impressive.
Former Reading T-1 #2102 at Port Clinton. The big Northern seen here undergoing disassembly in the Port Clinton Engine House is none other than former Reading Company T-1 #2102. Originally... (more)
This view of the Appleyard derailment on May 13 shows the rear unit, UP 7702 and the first 5 platform stack set. It appears the second set went off the rails due to a broken rail and landed on its... (more)
The famed Tehachapi Loop as seen from 20,000' MSL looking southwest. Hwy 58 is the road in the foreground and Tunnel 10 is on the left side of the frame.
