Although the winters are long and often difficult from both a weather and a train perspective there are benefits. One such benefit is that you do not have to drag yourself out of bed at an early h... (more)

A Metro-North train crosses over the snow covered forest during a Thanksgiving Day snowfall.

On May 05, 2014, two AC4400CWs lead this Memphis, TN coal empty up the 2% grade in Coal Creek Canyon, CO. The units are about to enter Tunnel #1 as the rest of the train continues to go over Blue ... (more)

On a snowy day a pair of leased GEs spot ore cars on the Lake Superior & Ishpeming dock. The CEFX units represent some of GE's most modern technology while U25C No. 2501, the only U25C saved, repr... (more)

Trona Railway's aging SD40-2 #2008 pauses while performing switching duties in Searles, CA.

After a month of no snow and unseasonably warm temps, winter finally arrived, and folks along Utah's Wasatch Front woke up to a White Christmas. DYRX 644 is seen here spotted at where Amtrak's Des... (more)

New England Central train 610 heads north through Monson, Mass. on a foggy afternoon.

Two BNSF ES44ACs lead this empty coal train around the big sweeping curve just east of the small town of Keenesburg, CO on BNSF's Brush Subdivision. The train is approaching the oil loading facili... (more)

Railroads are all about paperwork. The Naugatuck Railroad's Northern Lights Limited hasn't even left the yard lead on its deadhead move to Thomaston Station, and the conductor is already filling o... (more)

A colorful power consist leads the RVKCM east through West Gilluly as viewed from East Gilluly on the opposite side of Spanish Fork Canyon, Oct. 5, 1996. Track profile charts indicate the photogra... (more)

The GM Aerotrain from the mid-50's

A lot of happy tourists at the rear of the Northbound Denali Star. We are standing on the open deck in the double-deck car of the Southbound Denali Star

Hundreds of people crowd the fence surrounding that encloses UP 1996 and the 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive, Big Boy. Cameras are high over everyone's heads as UP 1996 moves the massive steam locomotive... (more)

Black River & Western 2-8-0 #60, former Great Western, traverses the Third Neshanic River trestle late one Winter's evening in Flemington, NJ. An unlikely photo far removed from the typical vanta... (more)

NS 8327's headlights peek through the falling snow as it curves through Laurel Valley with NS 112 in tow.