Saratoga N.Y bound D&H #252 with freshly overhauled & repainted ex SOO SD60M 6060 skirts the frozen shores of Lake Champlain on a cold winter day

"Quad Cities Rocket", with Butterworth Tours cars returning from football special

CSX Q226 rolls down Main Street in La Grange as seen from the top of the Fortitude No. 47 Lodge above Karen's Book Barn. A very special thanks goes to the owner of the lodge, Jay Townsend, for all... (more)

A clash of seasons
An early autumn snowfall in the higher elevations of Mullan Pass surrounds Austin Creek Trestle (a.k.a. Skyline Trestle) at Skyline, Montana, on October 11, 1997. Low... (more)

Winter wonderland this morning due to the overnight storm with an empty oil train, Canadian Pacific #609 plowing the right of way at track speed.

High green under a high moon: Thin clouds have rolled in to obscure the brilliant moonlight, heralding anoth... (more)

The culprit of the shooting flames is CREX C40-8 #9048

A fitting end to the last day of the HTP charter was the final runbys near the crossing at King Road. A dramatic sky matched with a golden sunset really made those last shots memorable. Very nice ... (more)

Montana Rail Link's "Day Gas" turn has just started its return journey to Missoula as it rolls along the Clark Fork River near Thompson Falls, MT.

"Hunts Point Market Train Sidewalk-Running in the Bronx" The daily CSX Hunts Point Market Local shoves east through the sidewalk of Sal's Scrap Metal just after splitting from the Northea... (more)

DME train 487 waits in the hole at Cobden, MN, for opposition not yet out of Tracy while lighting and thunderstorms rage over southern Minnesota

Snow in Pittsburgh is not as frequent as cities such as Buffalo or Cleveland but they do get their share each winter. Here one of photographer Joe Jessel’s charters poses as a Route 44 KNOXVILL... (more)

Wrecked back in July in Sewickley, Pa, UP 5594 is finally being transported from Conway Yard to Curry Supply Company in Hollidaysburg, PA. It is still unknown what will become of this unit. Cano... (more)

On a windy but beautiful morning at this scenic coastal spot, a train horn unexpectedly breaks the rhythm of the waves. Freight on the coast line!

The first emissions-friendly locomotives funded by the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program have been released for road testing by Norfolk Southern from its Jun... (more)