A scene that is now history. The 12.05 St-Quentin to Paris express enters the Gare du Nord on what are now the Eurostar platforms.
J 606 is serviced and facing west in the afternoon at Shaffers Crossing. The shadow of the coaling tower is just creeping over the front of the engine but the J has a nice rods down pose.
Six Burlington Northern F units were stored at Denver’s stockyards for a time in the mid-1980s. BN F7 No. 732 is a former Northern Pacific locomotive.
A scene only possible through the shutter of a camera.. As RP.net contributor Loyd Lowry and myself sit on a rock placed conveniently in the middle of the New River in complete darkness, an eastbo... (more)
These Shays at Ely Thomas Lumber Company worked the lumber mill complex and interchanged with the B&O. This photo was taken on the way to a railfan trip at Cass, WV. Ely Thomas Lumber also had a n... (more)
East Switch, Rox Siding, washout from storm. ~ http://www.trainweb.org/brettrw/derail/uprr/mvwashout/mvwashout.html
An NS office car special enroute to Chattanooga passes over RJ Corman's ex Southern FP7's at their yard in Lexington, KY. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)
Several years ago the "Lost Engines of Roanoke" were removed from a scrap yard in Roanoke, where they had been since the 1950's, and relocated to several groups in several locations. N&W... (more)
History repeated itself for the final time today at the one-time busy Bangor & Aroostook - now Central Maine & Quebec Railway - shop complex in Milo, Maine. The last-ever freshly-painted Bangor &... (more)
A BNSF train, crosses the famous bridge of Sandpoint
On a beautiful winter's afternoon near the top of Donner Pass a westbound Union Pacific double stack train approaches Norden as the dense Sierra fog begins to roll in. Looming over the scene and a... (more)
Reagan Recession StorageA downturn in the economy in the early 1980s caused the Union Pacific to store power that was deemed surplus in late 1981. Much of it was stored in the warm... (more)
Two freight trains they test the load on the tension of the bridge, it suffered the collision of a truck that came from Brazil and taking fire (in the left of the image see the wires in black) the... (more)
What was supposed to be a routine maintenance check turned into a 5 hour long repair of a drive wheel spring holder.
The other star attraction at Green Bay is 'Big Boy' 4017. Some of our group suggested that if the preservation movement were as strong in the US as it is in the UK, a 'Big Boy' would have been ret... (more)
More archives digging today: In 1992, one of many visits to the GE Transportation System's facility in Erie, PA, resulted in being shown (and having posed) the GE Coal Fueled C39-8CF, 609. The uni... (more)
With the assistance of BNSF, Hulcher and Tulsa’s Townwest Sertoma Club, recently repainted Frisco 4500 is being towed by BNSF locomotives onto former home rails. It will soon be moved to a per... (more)
Look carefully under the headlight, and you can see the old EL logo. I believe this engine still has its original EL number.
Norfolk Southern C97 cruises across the trestle that spans Elk Creek in Girard, Pennsylvania on the former Nickel Plate. C97 ran out of Conneaut to pick up a train of brand new Wabtec GE ES30ACi's... (more)
A college student ponders the mysteries of the universe as the sun sets over Puget Sound. Her thoughts clearly don't extend to wondering when the next train might come by... (Bonus po... (more)
The eastbound Rockwood Turn exits the Walden Ridge Tunnel on the former Tennessee Central. From here, its another five miles to the NS interchange at Rockwood.
While backing up, on November 3, 2007, Lackawanna coach 552 split a switch. This cancelled all long trips for Steamtown's "Lackawanna Fest" on November 4. You can see the gravel grade crossing in ... (more)
I was able to take this view inside the king of kings today, the cab of UP 6916 a DD40X. I just can not get over how big this twin engine single unit is. Or what it would be like to take a double ... (more)
Tennessee Valley Railroad Grand Jct campus.
Brand new Viewliner II Baggage cars make their first trip attached to a revenue train. The stainless steel is so fresh and clean it reflects the dark shadow of the tunnel behind me; looking almos... (more)
This afternoon a relatively minor head on collision took place on the KCT Low Line between UP Armourdale Yard and Adams Street Interlocking just north of Kansas Avenue in Kansas City, KS. A DME... (more)
A final mystery photo for to-day showing a monster NYC third-rail electric loco.
Twilight begins to set along the eastern slope of the Arizona Divide as the former Santa Fe 199, now BNSF's Z WSPNBY9, races up the grade with ease as the winter air temperatures drop to below fre... (more)
UP Big Boy sits at Steamtown
Even at a 10,221-foot elevation, small trees are taking foot on the rusty main line and siding at the summit of the former Rio Grande main line over Tennessee Pass. Still “railbanked” by Union... (more)
Weller-bound empty coal train NS 823 with a UP AC44CW leading a standard cab NS SD70 heads up the NS Buchanan Branch behind the iconic triple-story Walmart Supercenter in Grundy, VA. The store's u... (more)
On its first run through Southwest Virginia, Virginian 1069 leads hopper train #821 through Shawsville, VA on a beautiful summer evening in July 2012
After all was said and done, the UP units backed off the wye. They made a fine sight under the US flag and the Watasch Mountains, a fitting post for the upcoming July 4th holiday.
One of my fathers favorite locomotives was the Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 cab forward. It had a tractive force of 123,400 lbs., and a combined engine and tender weight of 1,051,200 lbs. My great, gr... (more)
At the depot of Drama station ,this....pig works as a helper loco on heavy freights
Sold for scrap!.... The CP Rail MLW M-636 that was on static display in Farnham for several years will be cut up for scrap this spring. The caboose has already been sold and gone. The locomotive ... (more)
After the derailment the previous week, several autoracks lay on the desert floor in Newberry, California. The coupler sits quietly with the door all bent out of shape about it.
Smell the paint! The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.
A different kind of a A-B-A set. Getting them ready for a run towards Toledo or Columbus Ohio.
Plenty of old EMD power can be seen at the VMV shop in Paducah.
Pushers at rear of train led by SD40 7495
NS 2652 & NS 2662 lead NS 134 on their first revenue run
Rio Grande Alco RS-3 5201 basks in the late afternoon sun at Denver’s Burnham roundhouse. One of five delivered to the road in the summer of 1951, by January, 1962, the 1600-hp road switcher can... (more)
The Agawa Canyon tour train weaves its way through the fog in a typical fall morning scene along Island Lake. Its journey through the Algoma District to Canyon (MP 114) is just getting underway pa... (more)
Last run of the Father's DAy weekend for NKP 765 at North Judson, IN.
Twin Cities Hiawatha passenger train.
A southbound freight led by an MLW
A trio of U50C's waits in the ready track for their next train east.
Just after, Tehachapi loop.
Conrail 2890 (U30B) and leased Bangor & Aroostook 79 (GP9R) take a spin on the turntable as viewed from the westbound hump tower on a fine fall afternoon. Uninvited and unannounced, a friend and I... (more)
West Virginian Ways | Loaded coal train 766 crawls up the mainline on the famous Elkhorn Grade of the Norfolk Southern Pocahontas District, passing a coal transload facility near the commun... (more)
A Fading Warbonnet. Once part of the proud return of the "Warbonnet" paint scheme in the 1990's, ATSF 95's iconic part scheme is starting to show its age and the harshness of the desert env... (more)
This is one of the GE motors were ordered by Russia but not delivered. Three went to the South Shore and the remainder was divided between the Milwaukee Road and the Paulina Railroad in Brazil.
An old timber built bridge owned by Conrail sits just outside of Coco, WV slowly rotting away. The locals have ripped up the rail and replaced it with strips of wood, allowing their cars and ATV's... (more)
A 3 pack of EMD SD75is, number 5775 in the lead, blast through small town of Dyersville, Iowa with U708 behind them. The 1889 built Basilica of St Francis Xavier Church still stands tall in the fo... (more)
On the cusp of a beautiful Nevada sunset, Union Pacific rolls manifest freight southwest through the Moapa Valley over the Los Angeles and Salt Lake route.
One of a Kind A visit to Canadian Pacific’s Toronto Yard in Agincourt, Ontario brought my only encounter with the one and only MLW M640. This 4000-horsepower monster, by 1971 standards, ... (more)
The Belle heads north at MP 36 on the KCS Pittsburg Sub. as KCS Train B-SHKC 11, bringing the big wigs back into Kansas City on an inspection trip.
Coal mine bound Chicago and North Western coal trains are staged to head to the mines of Powder River Basin at Bill, Wyoming, on May 12, 1995. A mixture of General Electric AC4400CWs an... (more)
Steel wheel on steel rail, close up at speed, hand held leaning out and hoping for the best.
A&M ALCO's in 2022 After a derailment on the Fort Smith bridge in early May stranded 3 for A&M's SD70's, the ALCO C420's were pressed back into road service. On a stormy Midwest afternoon, ... (more)
Norfolk and Western's "M" Class No. 382 and No. 475, both 4-8-0 Mastodons, bask under the light of a full Moon (and a few well placed floods) for a photo shoot with Lerro Productions at the... (more)
Steam over Snoqualmie Falls It's been 25 years since a steam engine last ran in Snoqualmie, but the 2014 Railroad Days festival heralds the return of steam-driven locomotion to the Nor... (more)
S70 units head back to roost in the yard San Diego MTS (Metro Transit System) facility.
The Kiparesia-Athens passenger near Diakofto city.The rock on the left looks like a head of a sheep.
Recently donated to the City of Keithsburg, a former GN GP9 and former NYC caboose stand proudly north of downtown displaying the colors of the two railroads that once served this town. The M&StL... (more)
With rain from Hurricane Barry coming down, Alabama Southern train 222 passes between the pillars of the 1923-built GM&O Depot in Northport, Ala. as they approach ABS's Tuscaloosa Yard. On point f... (more)
We all know how large an SD70ACe is. Let's look at how small an SD70ACe can be. Texas A&M University's Kyle Field makes for an impressive background.
A single SW1500 shares the engine facility with 10-12 B-B road units. The recently-filled turntable pit occupied the area of bare ground just in front of 2590.
M338 crosses over to the main at Nevada St in Waterloo as they double up their train. Tonight's M338 will depart Waterloo with a wedge plow and 101 cars. Strong winds over 50 mph will make the run... (more)
Firemans Side
Empty hopper train passes thru Philippi
The ski train is about to depart with the two cleanest locos that North Yard could find, soon after its departure the westbound California Zephyr will arrive and one of the F 40's will be attached... (more)
The last southbound Cascade creeps across Portland's Steel Bridge on its way south to Eugene. ******1-SECOND PAN******
A Roger Puta Photograph
An old C&O K4 2700 Class sits on display next to the restored PRR Dennison Depot and the Ohio Central Panhandle Line. The old Depot now serves as a nice eatery.
The "VIP" arrived earlier this morning at the Montreal Maine & Altantic Farnham Yard. Ironically, the same unit probably logged hundreds of thousands of miles going through Farnham in the past wh... (more)
Flowers at the Gravesite Conrail GP9B 3807 awaits the torch in the Altoona dead line. The curvature of the frame is a good indicator of the cause of death.
This girl is lucky that Metra MP36 412 is heading the opposite way!
Patience is a VirtueA short, unidentified intermodal train fills the center arc of the Horseshoe Curve above Altoona, PA. On the east leg, if you squint hard enough, you'll see the ... (more)
WP "Westwood Turn" power resting outside Keddie yard office
A Canadian National westbound leaves Boston Bar, British Columbia, and crosses the Anderson River Bridge on a trip through the Fraser River Canyon on September 27, 2001. The train is led by SD60F ... (more)
The cabs of three locomotives await final disposal after they were cut up at NRE Silvis. NRE has been scrapping locomotives lately as they prepare to close their facility in Silvis.
After switching the tank car facility at Logan, Montana Rail Link’s 844 local, powered by GP35 No. 403, returns to the Fifth Subdivision main line. The rest of the local’s train rests on the m... (more)
Eastbound over the Canyon Diablo bridge
NS 8133 lays on its side after derailing while leading train 370 at Hiram Ga.
