OKLAHOMA CITY OK (January) 1975 — ATSF F7A 275L gleams in the sun while pausing at Nowers Yard. EMD built the phase II unit in November-December 1953 (b/n 18923) and delivered it in blue with ch... (more)

A Saturday evening in Burlington, Iowa finds the Burlington Junction Railway's unique Alco C415 tied down in the railroad's yard north of town, awaiting its next assignment on the shortline. This ... (more)

With a light rain starting to fall, NS 143 crosses the Kentucky River and through the famed High Bridge behind the Illinois Terminal and Wabash heritage units on the front

CSX's new Baltimore and Ohio heritage unit sits on display at Boyles Yard for the Family Days event. Taken with permission.

Pick Me up at MOtt Haven. While bringing MTA Metro-North Railroad's third 40th Anniversary "heritage unit" from North White Plains to Croton Harmon on the night of Tuesday Novembe... (more)

Just after sunrise, the northbound Coast Starlight rolls through the Devil's Garden. This area is a lava flow created by eruptions of nearby Mount Shasta.

While riding a train to Toccoa we lost 3000 mid trip and had to stop to start it back up. I took advantage of the opportunity for a quick photo while Eddie walked back and did his thing.

SP 4-8-8-2 4117 leads train 60, the West Coast, through Los Angeles California on July 27th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Amtrak's Capitol Limited out of Chicago running nearly 3 1/2 hours late on the afternoon of Friday August 11, 2023 rolls by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Roundhouse and Shop Complex as it begins... (more)

A Union Pacific machinist works on the prime mover of UP GE C40-8W No. 9481 inside the Diesel Shop at the railroad’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

"Granite Farm Irrigation"

On the sunny morning of May 6, 2023, the Gray Granite Railroad (GGRR) crew removes the temporary irrigation pipe that runs across the tracks to allow the tra... (more)

The fire burns in the belly of the beast. UP 844 (4-8-4) sits in Denver waiting to take the Cheyenne Frontier Days train back to Cheyenne.

The clean up Saturday morning after a loaded rock train southbound with UP power had an Oopsie daisy derailment Friday night.

Former RF&P GP35 136 rots beneath the summer sun in downtown Lavonia, Georgia. I'm riding shotgun on EJ&E SD38 654 on a northbound train for Toccoa.

A view of Haworth station, the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway’s (KWVR) principal intermediate station. The KWVR is a preserved standard gauge line which joins the national railway network a... (more)