Twenty years ago to the day, 15 car Union Pacific excursion powered by their 3 refurbished E's, uses the wye at Reno Jct, CA before returning to Portola, 21 miles to the west. The train was in Nor... (more)

A Russell-bound C&O train meets a brace of smoking L&N U-25-B's on a transfer from Decoursey to Sharonville.

This was taken just a few seconds after RP photo 312919 and it`s good to see that all on board are still present. I would guess that the train was travelling at around 30mph. 2712 heads a train of... (more)

Abandonned train! The train derailed last July at Ste-Sabine, stopping traffic on the subdivision. After 7 months, the B39-8E still there, vandalized. The headlight was robbed too. N... (more)

Maeklong Market, also known as Folding Umbrella Market or Talat Rom Hoop, is a very curious market located in Samut Songkhram. It is composed of stalls that are set up literally along the rail tra... (more)

Lunch pail in hand, an employee at Conrail’s Enola Yard walks toward the servicing area to report for his second-trick duties. A co-worker has already claimed a parking spot closer to the shops... (more)

As the first snowfall seen in the winter of 2017/18 lays a blanket on southern Connecticut, Valley Railroad Mikado No. 40 hauls a sold-out North Pole Express towards Santa's Village in Deep River,... (more)

Starry Night. Georges Creek Railway 303 (ex-LIRR 607, nee WM 303, Alco FA2) sits in Barton, Maryland on the night of Tuesday, November 21, 2019. An exposure of over 2 minutes brings in the ... (more)

Pieces of the I35 bridge still lay on top of this destroyed car. I posted this shot Aug. 1, 2008. Later that day I heard on the radio that this day was the 1 year anniversary of the collapse. That... (more)

This Brownhoist heavy crane & boom car are quite an impressive sight. She looks to me, like she can lift quite a bit more than the newer OHIO's. Well I think her more interesting to look at anyway... (more)

THAT'LL DO! The Soo Line (ex-MILW) had a minor derailment in their yard in Milwaukee in May of 1989. Good thing the speeds were slow!

In its final weeks of operation, the northbound Ambassador, Boston & Maine train 75, makes its station stop at Bellows Falls, VT, behind an F3/F7B duo (4228/4266B). This was the day train between ... (more)

After seven days of catastrophik woodenfires even this railcar did not escape from the flames. Greek tragody.

An ABBBA set of F7s leads a train out of Dearborn Station in Chicago, IL. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

Both sides of the tunnel.... Wish I could have caught the Big Boy and company here. Pretty good eats across the Interstate at Taggart's Grill.

Receiving a little attention at the engine shed at Kansas City, Ks. is Alco PA 621 while GP-7 1327 takes a spin on the turntable. The Alco was built in 1941, re-engined by EMD in 1953 and eventua... (more)

Yard operations for this 60mm 2-4-0 steam engine.

The freshly fallen snow makes a nice contrast with the rich, black, Northern Appalachian Baily Mine coal on a cold winter morning at Belews Creek Steam Station.

A few hours earlier, CN Q101 smashed into the side of VIA #1 in Jasper's station track. When #1 arrived in Jasper, they left a switch open after shoving into the clear in the station track. Luckil... (more)

A little info on the locos, from Jody Moore... UPY 2004 - Converted from former SOO fuel tender (GP9) 4001 in Feb. 2005. The unit was shipped to JBS in July 2008 for conversion to RP20BD ge... (more)

Relco was acquired by Wabtec in early 2020. This plant spent alot of money in 2020 putting in 5 tracks to the left of the main buildings and track for what looks like stored units tracks. No idea ... (more)

A temporary repair of a broken knuckle after a derail. Engine TPW 4054 moved 4 damaged cars from Macky IN to Oakland City at a blistering speed of 5 mph.

NS C-01 led by 5623 crosses Rt 183 bridge on slow orders due to a 18 wheel big rig which ignored the signs 12' 6"

A Classic's Demise

It was a dreary morning, appropriate for this scene. The signal bridge at milepost 225 on the old PRR Middle Division hangs in the air as work crews guide it along... (more)

Coasting down the east side of the Selkirks, coal empty CP 5813 East has an easy time of it as they cross Stoney Creek bridge. Employees in both cab windows seem intent to stare down the 325-ft... (more)

NS Control stand in a GE wide cab

The CZ heads west from Winter Park

PURCELL OK Nov 26 1978 — Santa Fe GP7 2878 has just been derailed at the north end of the Purcell yard. Earlier in the day the unit took off unattended from Oklahoma City and kept gaining speed.... (more)

on a very lucky day for me while checking the south end of ICG's exIC Markum yard on the south side of Chicago ICG's second (and only) BiCentennial painted unit was leading a train south out of th... (more)

Arriving at 30th St station as a one car train

Snaking Out of the Narrows. As the lush, green hills of Tehachapi slowly begin their turn to brown as temperatures across Southern California begin to feel more and more like summer - UP 76... (more)

Being a new engineer has its stresses. There is a lot to look and listen for and learn to feel while managing the demands of the crew's directions. Additionally, older locomotives have their own q... (more)

Westbound train 93 passes the wrecked remains of train 92 from the day before. Date is approximate.

The Jordan spreader work train is amply supplied with horsepower with two Milwaukee Road GE box cab electrics E50A and E50B while dressing the ballast near Piedmont, Mont. Easy around those pole... (more)

Skywalking. Looking down from atop Kopper Glo's massive 8,000 ton storage and loadout silo, NS backs mtys up the hemlock shrouded steep grade in preparation for loading coal. The large prep plant ... (more)

shortly before Wrapping up the evening at Strasburg Railroad, 90 puts on a dramatic show in her throwback paint scheme, as steam billows into the crisp night air. Lighting for the evening done by ... (more)

Serious railway accident in the commune of Freire, in the south of Chile. FEPASA train loaded with wooden logs derails when passing through the old state railways station, overturning the leading ... (more)

San Luis and Rio Grande fireman (fireperson?) Monica Johnson poses with San Luis Central 2-8-0 No. 1 on the morning of September 1, 2013, at Monte Vista, Colorado.

WM power started to show up in Rochester in late 1976. This was the first set of pure WM F units that I saw.

On CTC Board's Day In North America, the early morning sun highlights the rails as far as the eye can see as the photographer anticipates the first train of the day.

The east side of the Erie Railroad's Newark Branch lies in ruins since having seen its last train in 1977. Heading west, this branch spurred off the Boonton Line near Arlington and continued acro... (more)

Museum street! The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and the Strasburg Rail Road sit on opposite sides of the road in Strasburg PA. With extensive and complementary collections, it makes for a great... (more)

In case you ever asked "what happened to the world's first two composite reefer cars?" the answer is they are now essentially a fixture in Stanwood, Washington. These are actually prett... (more)

It’s Christmas day and the scrappers working in Wisconsin Central’s Shops Yard locomotive facility at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, are home with their families enjoying the holiday. In the fo... (more)

Special Amtrak move #920 rolls past Morton Grove with the Empire Builder set that was damaged in an unfortunate collision between the train and a tractor in Montana on May 29th.

The GG1 still has plenty of admirers. Here at the URHS event, Raymond Loewy's fine five stripe livery gets a lot of attention. 4877 was built by Pennsy's Altoona Works in 1939. It was one of the... (more)

Maersk unit looks a little weathered now that the paint scheme has a few years on it.

WMSR 734 rounds Helmstetter's Curve on a Carl Franz Photo Special.

Snaking around Lake Superior's Cavers Bay, CP 9835 EAST knocks down the signal at Mile 27.2 on the CP's Nipigon Sub.

Through the mist and darkness... Backwoods of central Russia at the north of Tver region. Local time 4-30 AM. The train appears out of the mist breaking the silence and tranquilit... (more)

Fast train 336 from Skoplje to Belgrade and transport of special deliveries, large transformer.

NYC leaving Indianapolis Union Station.

Union Pacific put some cars on the ground while rounding the Steel Bridge to NW Portland.

Following a September with record rainfall for the region, October of 2016 brought some spectacular fall colors to my home turf. Eager for some sightseeing, my girlfriend and I ventured north to m... (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)

Ever seen the swarm of electric locomotives that guide and tow ships through the Panama Canal? These are the first two on this port side of a container ship; there are probably six others attach... (more)

Supply Chain & Rails Evergreen Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles / San Pedro. International supply chain issues plaguing the world are very evident in this photo, Container ships an... (more)

Waiting for a facelift.

Farewell, Old Friend

The Lehigh Valley Railroad was the local mainline road when I was learning photography in the mid-1970's. While the newer GP38-2’s and U23B’s drew the hot... (more)

Former Erie PA-1 852 has cut off a passenger train from Hoboken at Port Jervis.

Metra EMD SW1200 No. 3 moves two newly-acquired EMD F59PHI locomotives on the north end of Metra’s coach yard south of Chicago Union Station on November 8, 2018. METX Nos. 73 and 77 are two of 2... (more)

Richard Beal photo: WOOOOOSH! From Richard: My dad and I rode this fan trip from Wash DC to Harrisburg via the electrified freight only line via Three Mile Island. From there we turned East to... (more)