Bangor and Aroostook had one of the nicest paint schemes before they ruined it by going all blue with yellow letters. Pennsy had this unit on lease in Johnsonburg, PA in the summer of 1960.
Eastbound Amtrak passenger cruises past a waiting Conrail freight with E44 #4409 leading.
N&W Train 5, operating between Bluefield, W. Va. and Norton, Va., crosses trestle #1398 three miles from Coeburn, Va. in fall colors on Oct. 28, 1956. Class E2a 578 is one of two Pacific 4-6-2's... (more)
That should buff out right away, no problem...
During Ocala's Christmas Festival, Florida Central brought a locomotive into town for display. Pinsly and CSX officials hosted an Operation Lifesaver booth (tent at left).
Along the north bank of the Columbia River the Portland section of the Empire Builder approaches their next quick stop at the Wishram depot just beyond the other side of Tunnel 12 at 9:00am. Pers... (more)
The Chief takes on another load of Pacific Northwest lumber as it prepares for another trip to Mackinaw City. Due to heavy lumber traffic bound for the Michigan Northern connection the Chief was r... (more)
A view from US Rts. 11 & 15 beyond the north end of the locomotive shop features NIMX SCRAP GG1, previously CR 4809. Looks like white lined 4809 has one more trip to make- Newark , NJ, ending at N... (more)
A Sled Where It Never SnowsAmong the engine sets handling switching duties at the Southern Pacific's large West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on March 2, 1975, are SP C-63... (more)
UP 4-8-4 836 and a set of E-units hustle across York Street minutes from Denver Union Terminal with Train 18, the in-bound Portland Rose, on one of the last regular passenger assignments behind st... (more)
Amtrak Springfield service is being handled by the Roger Williams set of cabbed RDC1s. Built as an answer to the lightweight trains of the late 1950s, the Roger Williams cabs outlasted those train... (more)
Distributed braking container CN 0005 is helping CN X106 maintain its air as it heads east through Dorval, its journey nearly over. CN has a number of these, as well as distributed braking cars bu... (more)
A westbound sits and waits for a signal to pass the remnants of a derailment that left ten wellcars on the ground in Highgrove on 8/6/2006. One of two area derailments that day. The track on the r... (more)
After a recent major fire at the W&LE locomotive shop, repairs are under way and the work doesn’t stop. Here we see several locomotives at the servicing facility awaiting their turn to be worked... (more)
BNSF 9139 prepares to leave T-15 at Northtown with a string of 25 SD75s in tow, all headed for NRE at Silvis, Illinois. What will become of them?
N&W Y6 2142 leaves Blue Ridge with the eastbound local freight after switching the stone crusher there.
A rare sight to see... something that's usually done inside a shop, but when you don't exactly HAVE a shop, you have to just work with what you have. As shown here, Yadkin Valley RR employees perf... (more)
Ya Can't Fix Stupid! One of the hazards of street running is coming across people who aren't all that bright and can't seem to see there's a train within feet of their vehicles. Such was the case ... (more)
A Decauville dmu unit crossing the Portes passage on the way to Kalavryta.
A new life, and fresh paint job, for an ex-CN unit!
Eastbound C&O loaded coal train behind five GPs as seen from A Tower which was still in service at the time of this photo but was retired shortly after. This is now a double track, CTC controlled ... (more)
Amtrak California train No.759 northbound from Los Angeles to Goleta, arrives in Santa Barbara at sunrise with morning commuters. 759 lead by Siemans SC44 No. 2114 was started after the devastati... (more)
A close in view of Amtrak's southbound Vermonter train #55 that struck a rock slide this morning shortly after 10 am south of Northfield, Vermont, and derailed. The locomotive - P42 102 - and hea... (more)
Built as Amtrak SDP40F 644, DYRX 644 is seen in Ogden, Utah, on March 13th, 2015. This is one of the 18 SDP40Fs that Amtrak traded to Santa Fe for some of their SSB1200 switchers, becoming ATSF SD... (more)
This signal bridge once spanned the thriving Jersey Central Railroad's Main Line approach to its Jersey City Terminal. Once a bustling six track main through this area, the line was forever alter... (more)
After a whistle salute to those waiting below, the Canadian version of the CP Holiday Train pauses briefly over the Seguin River in Parry Sound before making it's stop at Parry Sound Statio... (more)
A solid set of Norfolk Southern power off last night's Union Pacific Expedited Intermodal train Z-AILC-27, which arrived in Los Angeles from Atlanta after dark – with NS’s "Wabash Herita... (more)
Crews from RJ Corman and Hulcher begin the task of cleaning up the derailment of 590 in downtown Altoona caused by a broken rail.
The BNSF LNG test engines lead the WB Kaiser Hauler in Cajon Pass.
On the morning of August 26 I had a shot in mind, so I set up at a frequently visited spot for the glint. Like a few weeks prior had a few trains backed up. The auto train had been sitting there ... (more)
GN SD7 558 and GN passenger GP9 have been freshly washed and await their next assignment at Superior, Wis. in the final summer of Great Northern's existence. Most of GN's SD7 and SD9 fleet spent t... (more)
Getting an over/under shot anywhere is a tough task in itself but in the coalfields, its almost impossible. At Speers Ferry, VA, the NS Appalachia District (bottom) and the CSXT Kingsport Subdivis... (more)
Since 2000, the Joffre roundhouse belongs to CLN. The company began to lease its ‘’stalls’’ to a contractor and the roundhouse became an industrial site to store rail cars inside. A few ye... (more)
NKP 2-8-4 Berkshire #765 rides at the tail of the northbound CVSR passenger extra as it makes its way through the small unsettled town of Everett, Ohio in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Many p... (more)
"Farewell to Amtrak GG1"excursion was sponsored by Lancaster and Philadelphia chapters, NRHS, using doubleheaded GG1 locomotives to pull the special train. The trip originated at Harrisb... (more)
The new one Russian made crane (shipyards Kirow) for the Hellenic railroads (cap 120t).
Waiting for the highball to Railfair.
BNSF 227 sits awaiting the scrappers torch at Birmingham Rail & Locomotive
With a Conrail freight waiting in the siding, repainted GG1 #4877 leads the "Farewell too the GG1" special on the Port Road at Safe Harbor. The massive bridge is the PRR Atglen & Susque... (more)
A F7 A-B-B-A set pulls hoppers along the B&LE main Line heading south to Pittsburgh out of Butler PA. The building in background are Pullman-Standard Company. We'd often see strings of new cove... (more)
After having a second rebirth, C&O 2716 leads a westbound excursion on the TP&W just west of Logansport. The 2716 now resides at the Kentucky Railway Museum.
In 1954 UP took delivery of 15 more 4500-hp turbines numbered 61-75, made distinctive by their recessed carbody for an external walkway called "veranda" style, and their four-truck arra... (more)
As far west as the Chief goes
THE BIG TRESTLE CN 2821 leads a B730 potash train as they cross over the 3,920 foot Salmon River Trestle on an overcast morning. This was a new vantage point for me to shoot at, and It's wo... (more)
Southbound 123 train crosses the Stuart draw bridge with a pair of Champ SD40s.
Another working day as SY 1320 heads towards the rising sun with the morning 'paddy train' carrying the early shift to Minzhu mine for an 0730 start. Minzhu is on the eastern outskirts of Fuxin.
Glad this was a slow-speed collision!
line Bloemfontein-kimberly
The 805-D is on the point of the westbound California Zephyr as it zooms by at Magna, Utah near Salt Lake City. Photo from my slide collection, photographer's name unknown.
NS 4270 leads the Masters OCS deadhead move southbound at Ashby, VA on the H-line. 2009 edit: With the relocation of "Ashby" some 3 miles south, these CPLs are now gone.
Train 116, the Dallas Connection of the Texas Chief, prior to its noon departure. Train 116 was consolidated into the Texas Chief at Gainesville, Tx.
Just another day at the East Broad Top Railroad or something special in 2005? Visit this narrow guage survivor in Pennsylvania.
Getting up close and personal with a hump retarder in action is not for the faint of heart. Especially on Milwaukee Road in 1972. Here we have a boxcar getting clamped as it progresses down the hu... (more)
An unexpected quintet of LV SW8s rolls downgrade on the weed-grown LV Mountain Cut Off toward Laurel Run and Coxton. The oversize load visible beyond the SW8s was probably too large for Jersey Cen... (more)
By the the time this picture of the "Midnight Special" from St. Louis was taken, Chuck Berry had been recording nearby at the Chess studios over 4 years. Perhaps he rode this train to Chicago whe... (more)
Sunset at the Danbury Railway Museum
From Wikipedia: "The Lima LRS-1200 was a 1200hp road-switcher configured with a B-B wheel arrangement, built by Lima-Hamilton in '50. All 16 went to the NYC, a second order was outstanding at the... (more)
The ex-BN executive fleet have made it through another winter.
Spotted this critter at Beech Grove on the way back from Summer Rail. Anyone know what type of center cab this is?
This little unit, apparently recently repainted, was just sitting out in the open north of town; it seems they were laying new track into Columbia.
Alco PA-1 853 now belongs to Erie-Lackawanna but still wears Erie green, its second color scheme. This was a Saturday morning and this unit and several RS-3 units were idle in the small yard.
This is actually the 2nd unit of two.
Built by the American Locomotive Company in Schenectady, NY, former Nacionales de Mexico (N. de M.) 4-8-4 Niagara is being meticulously restored for excursion service at New Hope. These engines a... (more)
Looking like a MAC daddy on display at Fairbanks Railroad Day is SD70MAC # 4328 in a special scheme influenced by Alaska Railroad's first blue and yellow locomotives of the 1950s. This year, 2023... (more)
With a mountain snowstorm brewing just over the next range in B.C., a westbound manifest travels over the fill at Muleshoe. Picture taken from the foreslopes of Mt. Cory, looking across the Bow va... (more)
The Hoover Mason Trestle, which once was used to transport ore to the Bethlehem Steel furnaces, is now a pedestrian walkway that allows an upclose view to the original blast furnaces and the ore l... (more)
Steam makes a pretty good smoke screen in the winter time making for poor visibility. 4020 is almost completely engulfed in steam as smoke exhaust rises very high.
On a dog walk, a local resident finds the approaching train fascinating enough to stop and take a photo.
GECX 2035 has had its prime mover removed for work at the GE Erie Plant.Locomotives:GECX 2035 ET44AC
Twenty years ago, Motive Power Industries in Boise, Idaho had ambitious plans to enter the locomotive market. On their maiden voyage from Boise to Southern Pacific rails in Ogden, MPI MK5000C unit... (more)
A classic small town scene in Upper Michigan with a passenger train and REA trucks. I shot this on Kodachrome II film at the age of 15. Everything in this photo is now gone - the engines, station ... (more)
A band of mist lingers in the pre dawn gloom as 2 FGW Turbo units quietly shuffle down the slow line - destination Paddington as indicated by the illuminated sign in the cab
One of the new Chargers destined for Midwestern assignments visits the NEC and is prepped for testing. This type of locomotive has been ordered by several states for passenger service they subsidi... (more)
Long-term study of a good 3 1/2 minutes (218 seconds exposure) with the light traces on the cantonal road, the train 4645 on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway from St. Moritz to Tirano and ... (more)
A Southern Pacific diesel locomotive # 2450, an EMD SW 1500 is seen here switching on Alameda Street in Downtown Los Angeles in April of 1975. It’s interesting to note the old RTD bus in the lef... (more)
Way back when, if the Union Pacific was power short, even the #6936 was available for freight service. Here is proof as the big DDA40X gets the NPLAV-15 underway westbound at Green River, WY. Scan... (more)
The Santa Train has some close clearance as it passes through the crowd that is awaiting candy and gifts that will be thrown off the back from Santa.
JS class SL at Sandaoling Coal Mine.
An SP Baldwin switcher pulls a train out of one of the arrival tracks at Klamath Falls Yard in Oregon.
Autumn on the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad. Crossett Western saddle-tanker #10 rumbles across the high bridge, spanning the East Fork of the Lewis River on a beautiful fall day. The bridge... (more)
Mamiya 645 color negative
Three members of the UP 4014 crew keep careful watch as the 4-8-8-4 negotiates the West Colton departure switches. The consist is lined for the balloon track ahead where it would enter 20 or so f... (more)
The TranzAlpine, having turned on the other end of town, splits the small west coast Hamlet of Greymouth on New Zealand's south island as she heads back through town toward the station to c... (more)
LNER Class B1 emerges into the late autumn sun.
I wake up, right out of my tent and what do you know, a BNSF intermodal is already on its way. Too bad the UP wasnt like that. Great early morning light and a fastly dropping moon.
Afternoon in Bio-Bio river mouth and passenger train (commuter service) from Concepción leaves the tunnel that goes under the "Chepe" hill and crossing the long 2 Km (1,24 miles) railwa... (more)
ALCX 8534 poses in the P&L's yard at Louisville while awaiting interchange to CSX. Billing indicates the unit is headed from Paducah, KY to Derby, ME, so one could infer it is in route from Progre... (more)
