Above average temperatures and elevated humidity lay along the Levisa Fork as Shelby-bound CSX M653 approaches GC Cabin on CSX's ex-Chesapeake & Ohio Big Sandy Subdivision.

The Belt Job, under the control of MNNR 76, heads into the yard in Saint Paul on the opposite end of its duties. This new acquisition for the Minnesota Commercial has number 76, whereas it retaine... (more)

In 1987-1988, Southern Pacific closed the Modoc Line to through traffic. If the Modoc had been open, this EURGM would have been closing in on Alturas. Instead, the train is crossing Dry Canyon Via... (more)

Five GP's are in charge of a manifest in the Price River Canyon. GP40-2's, a GP40, and GP35 brings up the rear. D&RGW 3120, 3095, 3089, 3119, 3047 at Kyune, Utah.

Florida East Coast 714, the first engine to receive the current Champions paint scheme back in 2012, sits at the New Smyrna Beach diesel repair shops. Inside the building, a gathering of employee... (more)

Shidu Tunnel, Jingyuan Railway

An unfortunate yet spectacular scene along the Lehigh River this morning. NS 9891 is the other unit. At the moment the cause of the incident is still unknown. I had the morning to myself at the ho... (more)

Lighting Stripes, Big City. On the evening of Tuesday, February 20, 2024, MTA Metro-North Railroad Train 855 was flying up the Park Avenue viaduct as it approached the Harlem-125 Street Sta... (more)

Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha pops out of a tunnel just west of the top of Homstake Pass, providing passengers with a stunning daytime view of the Montana Rockies on its daytime run across western... (more)

Chesapeake & Ohio E8(A) 4016 leads train 20 The Pere Marquette at Traverse City, Michigan on a very cold day, January 15, 1965. Photo by E.L Huddleston, from my collection. ... (more)

Rolling eastbound on Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision is a BNSF manifest freight passing through a wintery landscape at the edge of the Clark Fork and a frozen Frog Pond as it approaches T... (more)

Magical winter scene in Budapest

With one of the 7000's needing work done, the E unit was utilized to help pull freight north from Valdosta overnight. Typically this does not happen to keep her running well for passenger excursio... (more)

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1793 is seen on the west side of Raton Pass, near Lynn New Mexico, during WWII in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

On 1/18/2024, FEC unveiled their new paint scheme with locomotives 820 & 816. They have been rebuilt and had this new variant added to reflect the GrupoMexico corporate image. They plan to do th... (more)