In a classic scene that can't be replicated today, the helper set out of Essex with F9A 810 (NP 7002D), F9B 809 (NP 7002C) and GP9 1765 (GN 692) has uncoupled from a heavy eastbound manifest they ... (more)
Conductor and engineer confer before GG1 4857 leaves with a train for New York that arrived behind a K4s.
AMTRK 350 heading toward Jackson yard we get a right side view of the damage
A E7A is at the old Milwaukee Road Station in Milwaukee on a hot hazy summer day. Kodachrome II film exposed in a Kodak Rangefinder camera.
The sun has just risen over the Colorado Prairie as a westbound empty coal train with some extra power being shuttled west makes its way out of the Greater Denver area through Barbers Gulch just w... (more)
Pennsy Alco RS3 is badly in need of a wash while sitting in Emporium, PA.
A 3 mile hike up old fire roads-turned-ATV trails brought me this beautiful view from above Horseshoe Curve and of some classic engines.
PHL 21 lies under the Vincent Thomas Bridge as a variety of investigators from various Federal and local agencies complete their work. The engine was working the daytime Yang Ming Switcher job whe... (more)
OH BOTH! That is what people were yelling as both SP 4449 and UP 8444 showed up at the same time at Tunnel #1 on Cajon Pass. We could see the smoke plume from SP 4449 as it came around the corner... (more)
Not repainted NYC 3046 and repainted sister PC 3032. NYC's GP40s were not renumbered.
With a bonus cancelled school day, we ventured out into the Iowa winter landscape. We made an afternoon on the UP's Clinton Sub between Blairstown and Belle Plaine. Traffic was light as we only se... (more)
IBCX 8343 leads the construction and demolition train through Frederick Cut en route to Negley, Ohio
A 14 minute exposure at Willowtown..
Siemens is currently building new electric power for Amtrak near Sacramento, California. The new engines, model ACS-64, are high-tech engines that will replace the now mothballed HHP-8s and the r... (more)
OLDEST RAIL on Railpictures? Left to rust in the New Hampshire woods is what I believe to be the oldest stick of rail portrayed on this site. Perhaps it is the rarest, too. The St. Alban... (more)
Six Alco RSD-15 "Alligators" lead Santa Fe's unit coal train from York Canyon, N.M. to Kaiser Steel Corp. at Fontana, Calif. around ATSF's horseshoe curves at Blanchard, N.M. on Sept. 15, 1968. ... (more)
After a long afternoon and night photo session, the crew of MILW 261 gather and discuss tomorrows plans. Although the moon shines now, the clouds would eventually come in and heavy rains would ens... (more)
The very first non-steam locomotive built and used anywhere in North America sits at the CNJ enginehouse on a Saturday. Come Monday she'll work the carfloats to the Bronx like she did for decades... (more)
DD35A 83 is still climbing March 19, 1966, at it leans to the curve at the east end of Hermosa and begins the approach to the twin bores at Hermosa Tunnel and the summit of Sherman Hill. Together ... (more)
The fan grids on the roof look like F3 grids but the side trim looks F7 and unit shows up as F7 in rosters. This July trip to Chicago was my first trip West of Ohio. It was also my first time seei... (more)
CEBX 800 sits at the east end of Aldershot Yard waiting to be lifted as part of CN 915 which will run from Aldershot to Paris over night during lower traffic levels. It will be a two say run to ge... (more)
Eastbound CP 9015 winds through the fall foliage of Kama Bay.
A Monday morning finds GP7 243 and SW7 9259 pulling cuts of cars at the east end of Burlington's big freight yard.
Alco DL 109 rebuilt with EMD prime mover scoots past RI station with hotshot bound for Colorado.
Coming back from Oakland, OR, i made a quick stop in Albany as there is always something interesting to look at. Here, the vintage SP SD7 sits idle on this 1st Saturday of 2019. The old workhorse ... (more)
The Capitol Limited slowly eases past the wreckage of a recently derailed coal drag.
New Cemex unit along the Mojave Northern.
Milwaukee Road 3030 West passes the big substation at East Portal as it heads toward the long bore that tunnels under the Bitterroots. No. 3030 was later renumbered to 160.
A pair of F units on a hazy summer day.
A pair of classic deathstars pass by 16th Street Tower as they slowly make their way across the old Rock Island. The unmistakable Chicago skyline provides a great backdrop at this location.
A BNSF southbound freight included 6 former 1970's era Amtrak Express Trak boxcars, which were used to handled Amtrak mail and express service freight. These cars are noticeably small compared to... (more)
Snow is still falling as train CP-115, led by CP 8722 is first to go past a grain train derailment from the previous day.
SR 4501 takes on coal and water at Southern's Atlanta Spring Street Offices during the midpoint of a round trip from Chattanooga on April 12, 1980.
An 86 car empty gravel train, lead by 5 MACs, crosses the iconic Hurricane Gulch Bridge on the Alaska Railroad. About MP 284 on the railroad and climbing the hill towards the Summit of Broad Pass ... (more)
The southbound Sunshine Special had to cross the Colorado River. Yes, there is a Colorado River in Texas. The Austin skyline in 1947 was dominated by the University of Texas Tower and the dom... (more)
Being stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood in the 70's meant close access to one of the Rock's more obscure main lines. Here eastbound tonnage moves past the old depot at Meta, which by this time had lo... (more)
RS-3 #8255 readies to depart North White Plains, NY on NYC's Harlem Division.
The base of leaning pier was blown up. Site cleanup is in progress. The bridge is getting rail traffic as of evening of 3-3-04. Bridge collapse 2-19-04 A bunch of people need to be proud!!
The last of the stored locomotives at Ravenna. Two weeks previous they were buried in a sea of box cars,
Soo's lone SD9 didn't really roam very much, Glenwood and Shoreham were normally its home. With power tight in the late 70's it did get free once in awhile. Most engine crews equated 6 axle with S... (more)
The new Music City Star trainsets are running the first high speed 59mph test trips. MCS 122 faces east, and cab car MCS 402 faces west.
Looking more like the bottom of a bird cage than one of the once mighty Erie Mining/ LTV Steel EMD built F units, EMCO 4214 sits in the weeds in a small three track yard on Cliffs Erie property wa... (more)
To most railfans, Lehigh Valley means two things: Camelback engines with Wooton fireboxes, and long trains of anthracite-laden hoppers toiling over the mountains towards New York. The Black Diamo... (more)
David outlives Goliath. This rather decrepit little 0-6-0 outlasted the Big Boys and Challengers. Former UP 4455 hauled limestone for the Monolith Portland Cement Company plant near Laramie unti... (more)
High temperatures of the last days-47c- wear down a lot of AEG passenger units. The solution for this problem is what else ? an MLW of course....
Cars were lifted from their trucks when the flood wateres poured into New Orleans East.
Eastbound Yampa Valley Mail Train as seen from the westbound Yampa Mail Train.
As mechanical issues continue to plague Metrolink's newest locomotives - the Electro Motive Division (EMD), Tier IV compliant F125 - some of the last remaining veterans of the Santa Fe Railway's o... (more)
BNSF 9313 gets backed off the turntable into the shops to repair damage to the head end.
Cranemasters Inc. and ECI Construction work together to restore service to the Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain. Flooding from Hurricane Irene washed out the abutments of the mile 11 bridge on... (more)
Just ordinary old units in those days, these Fs are struggling up the grade with a westbound freight.
A night scene at the North Shore Terminal in Milwaukee on a cold winter evening in 1963.
A collection of used and abused EMD products that have remained at Balmer Yard for sometime. The SD9s were originally kept near the military base but had been moved recently to the roundhouse area... (more)
This afternoon, Mid-America Car in KC released the Iowa Interstate #516 and placed it out on the setout track for the KCS. The paint on this is a nod to the Rock Island's red and yellow from the ... (more)
Reading Alco FA-1 units in AB combination pull a Philadelphia bound freight.
UP 4023 before the move to it's new location.
A gaggle of switchers live their last days at Larry's Truck & Electric. Some will be rebuilt, many are parts fodder, and some will be scrapped.
Saturday's sunrise shot didn't provide a lot of sun but it did provide some dramatic cloud effects. Thanks to the folks who voted for the PCA, and thanks to SRI, Historic Transport Preservation, ... (more)
NJ Transit GP40PH-2 4109 is seen on display in the diesel shop within the MMC. The unit was freshly painted into as-delivered Central Railroad of New Jersey solid blue and yellow paint in celebra... (more)
We went up to catch the Dry Valley Railroad operation by Soda Springs, Idaho. They had recently started using a couple Alaskan F units. When we got there we found their former power lying in a pil... (more)
A rarity on any railroad, Alco RSC-2 1288 rests near the cottonwoods in Ellis, Kansas, between runs on the nearby 124-mile Salina-Colby-Oakley branch. Developed out of an design for U.S. Army, the... (more)
An overview of the yard at Lamberts Point: The special Pier 6 hopper car was on display during the day for employees to enjoy before being sent out for its first load of coal. Pier 6 itself can ... (more)
Deep in "the Bunker" at Union Pacific's Harriman Dispatch Center in Omaha, Nebraska, dispatchers control the movement of hundreds of trains on the UP's 36,000-mile system. Seen here are dispatche... (more)
One of the seven original ‘Galloping Geese’, Rio Grande Southern No. 7 ran passenger and freight service in southwest Colorado. No. 7 was built in 1936 and was the last and largest of the Gee... (more)
Rock Island Train No. 21, station stop, Amarillo. (No. 21 originated in Memphis, Tennessee, and is en route to Tucumcari, New Mexico.)
In the 1960s and early 1970s Western Pacific applied large plows to various units for snow duty in the Feather River Canyon and the Highline. Silver & Orange F7(A) #920-D models just such a mas... (more)
Another face only a mother could love. I my aesthetic world noseless is pointless. Sorry.
No, you're not imagining anything. The only thing holding these cars together is the load. This is the first time this method has been used in the Duluth area without a schnabel car.
An interesting maintenance of way flat car rests along Lincoln Street at Carter Yard in Kingsport, Tennessee. This flat has ramps on either end to allow the track tie crane in the middle to acces... (more)
Built in 1929 for the New York Central RR. In 1967 the NYC RR and the PRR merged, forming the Penn Central system, the terminal's second owner. Acquired by Amtrak in 1971 for $1, and used until Oc... (more)
Goat Canyon - Built in 1932 to by pass a tunnel that had collapsed in an earthquake (located to the right, out of the frame) the trestle at Goat Canyon in the Carrizo Gorge is over 180 feet... (more)
Grand Canyon #4960 runs south at track speed (40mph) through an area know as Anita. Its not often that I get to see steam run at this speed so it was a memorable moment. This picture was taken ... (more)
Ex Virginian Trainmaster 164 is shown at Roanoke, VA between assignments. It has been renumbered in the N&W series.
With the roar and the smoke-blast of a jet plane, Extra 25 West storms out of Cheyenne and heads for Sherman Hill. UP is already at work raising the 8500-hp units to 10,000 horses, making them the... (more)
Three generations of conventional Amtrak electric power, consisting of an ACS-64, HHP-8, and AEM-7 (left to right), are displayed in Ivy City Yard, Washington DC in a historical gathering. Both th... (more)
It's 14 years ago on July 4th and a UP Passenger Special is flying American Flags in honor of the day. The train is returning to the Bay Area after a weekend of excursions at Portola. During July ... (more)
CSX ES44AH's 1776 (formerly 3112) and 911 have been repainted into special schemes honoring first responders and veterans at their locomotive shop in Huntington, West Virginia.
A series of thunderstorms hammer the Denver Metro-Area dumping hail and heavy rain causing flash flooding as an eastbound UP ballast train descends the 2-percent grade on Big Ten Curve near Arvada... (more)
335 internacional passenger train from Hungary to Greece aproaching Thessaloniki city.
3534 burnt down in NB some years ago and is being cannibalized little by little.
CP 8854 is tied down on the south track of the Mountain Sub at Greely due to a series of derailments in Ontario!
WC 6645 in the dead line at LTE.
A long abandoned Amtrak Turboliner spends another lonely night under the stars in Schenectady, NY.
A new era in Amtrak motive power is quickly approaching, as demonstrated during a media day to showcase the testing of the new Siemens USA-built "American Cities Sprinter" ACS-64. Once debuted on ... (more)
