34. This just screams man versus nature or machine versus mountain. You can take your pick.
C&O 614 has test runs in Baltimore.
Soo Line 1003 charges south out of Fairwater, on the first leg of a two day photo charter on the Wisconsin Southern
The Orford Express is parked on a siding due to a derailment further east as Central Maine & Quebec 810 accelerates on the main. at Bromont.
NS 054, a high and wide special out of Charleston, SC, heads north on the NS SC Line which runs from Charleston to Columbia, SC. When he arrives at Columbia, he will tie down for the night and the... (more)
A BNSF Officer Special train heads up the grade at Moody on the Oregon Trunk Subdivision. It would then travel south through Bend, Oregon. The river in the background is the Columbia River, separa... (more)
As the sun breaks over the top of the surrounding peaks in Cabazon, UP 8825 leads a 17 car long officer special west across the Yuma Subdivision on an early, March morning.
Introducing the first Lake State Railway MP15AC, LSRC #1501! Stripes are no stranger to the first Lake State Railway end cab as it was built as M-K-T #57 in 1980 and later went on to become Union... (more)
Montana Daylght is sillouetted on the Marent trestle.
As part of the C&TS 40th Anniversary Celebration C&TS K36 #487 was repainted and renumbered as 483. In the late 1960's Rio Grande 483 was repainted for a movie that was filmed on the line north of... (more)
A NYC Niagara starts her train from Schenectady westbound in 1948
A view on the large BNSF freight yard from Barstow hill on a cold winter sunday morning. In the foreground the 48 classification tracks, behind the hump and the 10 recieving tracks. In the middle ... (more)
And, a GP 9 will lead them. Almost the last years of first genration power on mainline freights and I was there. What handome line of units Geep and RS 3s.
A heavy BNSF grain train is almost to the tunnel at the crest of Bozeman Pass as the sun works to crest the mountains that surround Livingston, Montana.
One of the perils of street-running . . . occasionally some people park too close to the tracks, and the train comes to a halt. Here, NOGC 500 and 505 idle while the owner of the truck hollers, "... (more)
In 1897, the Carolina & North-Western railway acquired a narrow gauge line from the Kings Mountain Railroad from Chester to Boiling Green, South Carolina. The line was then converted to standard g... (more)
What is lost in aesthetics is gained in interest as the March 1, PAS 11R-01 detour train rolls past the Bartonsville, VT covered bridge with a quintet of PAS/MEC B40-8s and the first double stack ... (more)
Spotlight. An eastbound Canadian Pacific freight train is approaching in the last sunshine Black Canyon of the Thompson River, British Columbia, on June 23, 2016.
Cranemasters work to clear derailed covered sand hoppers. The hoppers broke free from the U.S. Silica plant in Berkley Springs and travelled down the industrial track (to the right in the picture)... (more)
On a gray winter day - back when most everything in Georgia south of Atlanta was SCL or Southern - a southbound freight departed Albany. The big roads are mostly gone from this territory today, h... (more)
Various sorts of UP power idle at Mojave on a clear Sunday morning.
The "Oceanic Breeze" takes on coal from Norfolk Southern's Pier 6 in this view from the Victory Rover.
Amtrak's "Southern Crescent"; high-level platforms under construction.
History being made. The first train makes it's way through the Thistle Tunnel. The men are able to sit back and admire their hard work for a minute. With the Rio Grande main line out of service. T... (more)
Several units await work outside the Juniata Shops in Altoona on October 7th. Some foundation work is also being done on the turntable.
In some late Fall evening light, eastbound train M306 crosses the massive Salmon River Trestle, at New Denmark, New Brunswick. The bridge stands at 3,920 feet in length.
Norfolk Southern's Illinois Terminal Heritage unit leads NS I1E, Detour of NS 21E North up the Buffalo Line to interchange with the CP in Sunbury. The train is detouring due to the recent derailm... (more)
A 99 car long Galesburg, IL o Barstow, CA manifest train snakes its way into Crozier Canyon this morning with eight motors on the point with part of the Grand Canyon in the background. Majority of... (more)
An eastbound BNSF coal train departs Laurel, Montana, at 5:45 p.m. on the eve of January 27, 2013. Snow has been falling for a while, blanketing the scene with cast that can only happen during win... (more)
Looking splendid.... Jade Green New York Central E8 4083. The 4083 was one of only three original New York Central E-units painted in the Jade Green scheme. The other units were an E8A and an E7B.... (more)
The fate of CSX 6077 doesn't look good from this wreck photo at BN's Eola Yard in Aurora IL.
Re 4/4 II with Interregio train 2272 Locarno-Zürich is entering Muhren tunnel on northern side of Gotthard. It seems that the photographer was standing inside the tunnel, naturaly he was not, but... (more)
A dusty SW-slug set rolls through Inman Yard in northwest Atlanta. That's the L&N on the higher level.
Hungry for the 70s? A 'fast forty sandwich' will satisfy those cravings. Here we have an eastbound trailer train approaching the outskirts of Laramie at 70mph. The lead Centennial was scrapped ... (more)
Still sporting almost all original equipment, the Super Chief climbs its way through the Sangre Di Cristo Mountains and towards the summit of Glorieta Pass. The Super Chief name was retained after... (more)
N312, coal loads for Cliffside, crosses the Catawba River and Lake James just north of the Marion siding on the Blue Ridge Sub. The distinctive outline of Shortoff Mountain is in the distance.
One of two brand new locomotives for the US Naval Weapons Station Earle Railroad rests in Browns Yard. USN 65-00647 has arrived yesterday afternoon after being hung up at Oak Island Yard for wee... (more)
N&W 168 among with other N&W power at Elmore, WV in the spring of 1970.
Lehigh Valley GP18 304 leads a mixed consist of Alco RS-11, Alco and EMD F units on a westbound freight at Bethlehem, Pa..
UP's "Big-Boy" steam locomotive, UP 4023, sits along Pacific Street awaiting the big move down city streets to the display at the new Kenefick Park in Omaha Nebraska.
BN's bicentennial unit 1776 still looks good as it awaits departure in Missoula, Montana.
Heavy equipment is now on the scene and the clean up has begun. Three brand-new 737s lie partially submerged in the Clark Fork River. The spectacular derailment made national news...it was quite ... (more)
An Odd Beast. WMC broke out the REO Speedwagon Railbus for the Flying Yankee Restoration Group's White Mountain Railfest. After a f... (more)
Materfer workshop built and repair locomotives and coachs. This kind of locomotive will be built by NREC and Materfer. This first (1000) unit is lend to railway companys to test them.
This is the possibly run of this unit due to a deadly accident a few hour later after the photo was taken due to human stupidity, story and pictures right hear http://www.wral.com/news/4799648/det... (more)
Sometimes you just prop yourself up on a rock and hope luck somehow finds you. This morning is one of those days. After seeing the days forecast I knew I had to at least get out to Copper Creek an... (more)
N & W preferred running diesels long hood first. This made a big loco motive seem even bigger.
The cab of a former Metroliner cab car, taken with proper credentials.
Minutes out of Rio Grande’s North Yard, Rock Island GP35 315 leads a collection of second-generation EMD and GE units on train 82 at Brighton Boulevard on Denver’s Belt Line, headed for the UP... (more)
A relatively short train off the barge in Whittier wraps itself around the curve at Rainbow on a beautiful Fall afternoon. All of the tanks are empty, brought up on the barge for a new, to Anchora... (more)
Just a shell. Gutted on the inside.
The southbound Texas Eagle heads toward St. Louis as it passes through East St. Louis, Illinois during a colorful sunset. The silhouette of the P42 and iconic Gateway Arch were framed perfectly. ... (more)
STILL THERE: Several weeks after it's arrival at the Illinois Railway Museum, ATSF 543 still sits on it's eight axle flatcar awaiting off-loading. This unusual switcher is Fairbanks-Morse H12-44T... (more)
GP-9 6031 picked a switch creating this mess just west of the Huntington ACF plant. Several brand new ACF Center Flow hoppers were damaged including the Southern car on the left.
Your basic un-decorated geep in 1:1 scale. The Rock Island 4506 sees the light of day for cleaning. Here the UP 1848 is being used as the air compressor to blow away remnants of the needle chipp... (more)
On a very hazy summer day in August 1956 the air in the Susquehanna Valley hung heavy as Pennsy steam engines worked right alongside the exotic 1st generation diesels at the company town of Renovo... (more)
An SD40 works the intermodal yard next to the Western Hills Viaduct.
A westbound 'shooter' has just slammed into a boom truck at track speed and pushed it about a mile down the track before coming to a stop. The two men in the truck jumped to safety shortly before... (more)
Rusty rails and relics. A privately owned GG-1 weathers yet another fall where it is currently stored on the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad.
WW&F Track Construction Gantry Car: "Elmer". Here's a clean view of the WW&F's recently-developed track construction gantry car, affectionately known as "Elmer". This car, and its accompan... (more)
The railroad from Aus to Luderitz, on the Atlantic coast of Namibia, has recently been rebuilt. However it seems to have been abandoned and is now swamped by the ever moving sand dunes.
The sun sets at Norfolk Southern's Coal Pier 6 at Lambert's Point in Norfolk, Virginia. Coal Pier 6 is one of the largest, fastest, and most technologically advanced transloading facilities for co... (more)
See Anyone You Know?Nothing brings out a multitude of railfans like a steam engine! As a Union Pacific passenger special, pulled by Challenger 3985 and the UP's trio of E9s, climbs... (more)
Rusting away!
Rio Grande SW1200 sits forlorn in the SLGW yard in Salt Lake City on Aug. 29, 1997. The 132 was built by EMD for the D&RGW in Dec. 1964. It was wrecked on the Southern Pacific at Roper Yard on Apr... (more)
Bringing up the tailend of CP 420, is a new GO Transit bi-level cabcar fresh from Bombardier in Thunder Bay. This is travelling as "BBRX 302" from Thunder Bay, a common ID used from coaches out of... (more)
Four Alco PA's rev up to yank S.P. Mail 21 west out of the fueling stop at Carlin, Nevada on April 23, 1964.
There's a little bit of everything from dash 8's to early geeps in the rotating collection at National Railway Equipment Silvis.
An interesting container load rides on a five pack TTX well car.
GP9 units 4916, 4910 and 4139 are ready to depart with the MAPLE LEAF on an overcast June morning. The train on the left is ATSF no. 16, TEXAS CHIEF, just in.
Loading a pellet train for the dock can be a dusty job.
Having completed another safe run, the old crew heads toward the station in Indianapolis, Indiana, on a chilly December 14th, 1973, as a fresh crew climbs aboard Penn Central E8A 4306. The train ... (more)
N&W Westbound Powhatan Arrow train #25 at Christiansburg, VA in June 1955 powered by J-class #600. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
This is the scene after the 413 derailed several cars the night before.Nikon D70
Not your normal day in Willbridge Yard after a semi-truck managed to drive of the highway.
My friend, and fellow RP contributor (and Simpson Railroad Book author) Joel Hawthorn rides the Last Train from Dayton on a beautiful late spring day. Behind the 1201 is a string of center beam ... (more)
A Kootenay Morning The westbound Trail Hotshot glides down the gentle and beautiful Kootenay river a couple miles west of Nelson. This unique train runs once a day to service the smelter a... (more)
A pair of brand new primered SD80ACes sit on flat cars waiting for their turn in CRCR's paint shops.
A BNSF train lost its air brakes and turned into a runaway train that ended up in CP's Pig's Eye Yard.
A Eastbound Union Pacific train has just passed cajon summit and is starting to apply the dynamic brakes for the downhill grade to Barstow
12 brand new ES40ACi locomotives for the Egyptian Railway for export head through Berryville Virginia on their way to a ship in Norfolk for the trip to Egypt.
BNSF rotary snowplow no. 972554 appears to be a hybrid of an older rotary blade and housing attached to a GP38-2. Interestingly, the plow has a 5 axle wheel arrangement, combining the use of an SD... (more)
This old GG-1 fan's fun meter is pinned. The United Railroad Historical Society of New Jersey based in Boonton NJ has pulled off the amazing feat of cosmetically restoring in the space of a year, ... (more)
Jersey Central F3's 56-57 pose at Jim Thorpe, PA on native rails. These units were originally rostered by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in Maine. #57 as seen is owned by Tri-State Railroad ... (more)
All that remains of the CNJ Broad Street Station. Opened in 1869, it provided a direct route from downtown Newark to the CNJ terminal in Jersey city. From there passengers could go from the train ... (more)
A 3-unit set of Erie Railroad Alco FA1's waiting for their next assignment. 35mm slide from my collection, photographer unknown.
