Young lady in the bikini and other people coming and going to the beach seem oblivious to the husky CF7.
Pasco, WA to Birmingham AL train 124 cruises across the Lake Pend Oreille bridge.
Norfolk Southern Railway Company 8114, Norfolk Southern's ninth heritage locomotive, rests under a colorful sunrise outside the paint shop at DeButts Yard in Chattanooga. Casey Thomason photo, ... (more)
An SY crosses a bridge above a busy street and market as it arrives at Ganshui to collect a train of empties for Qingqihai on the Datong coal railway.
Western Washington has been experiencing an "Artic" blast of winter with temperatures in the teens. This is the second snow storm we have had this year. AMTK train 513 cruises by some trees covere... (more)
Pennsylvania 8102, Norfolk Southern's sixth heritage unit, rests outside the paint shop in Altoona. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. For more information, visit <... (more)
The California Zephyr eases to a stop on 3rd Street, ending its 2,525 mile journey as families await the arrival of loved ones, excited children and other bystanders watch the event, most of them ... (more)
Not the way to start a rainy day! Night shift has left day shift a problem. Not much will move until 806 gets lifted out of the pit.
Monsoon thunderstorms spawned this magnificent light show.
Mower Lumber Co. Shay No. 4 leads a work train through the s-curve below Whittaker as part of the Cass Scenic Railroad's annual Fall Photography Workshop.
RailMax "roadrailer" 4-unit weed sprayer
To me at least...the monsoon season in the desert southwest, makes the summer season something to look forward to. Here just east of the downtown Kingman area, near its airport...you can see some ... (more)
Conrail 8098, Norfolk Southern's first heritage locomotive, poses at the shop in Altoona. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. For more information, visit more)
4814 rests in the Coal River about five miles south of St. Albans after hitting a mud slide. CSX 295 and several loaded hoppers were also involved, but did not get wet.
NB "Adirondack"
UP #4012 basks in the sunshine on display at Steamtown National Historic Park. A new perspective taken at 180 mm.
An amazing light show takes place as an eastbound freight ascends the famous Tehachapi Loop. Traffic from nearby Route 58 adds to the scene, visible at far right. This exposure was so long that ... (more)
The long abandoned tracks of the 1907 Bow Tunnel are a reminder of the history of the PRR's Conemaugh Division. The tunnel was closed in 1950 and the line relocated to the steel bridge erected abo... (more)
A 108-car southbound empty grain train "loops the loop" on the famed "Tehachapi Loop" in this aerial image taken on a perfect day in May.
Raillink 1400 inches its way out onto King Street. GEXR now has 1400 & 1401. They will be used on the plow runs from Stratford to Goderich Ontario
Nothing says Orange County like beaches, million dollar homes, girls in bikini's - and freight trains. BNSF's daily San Diego to Barstow manifest makes its appearance in along the beach San Cleme... (more)
Showing heavy damage, a month after a yard mishap.
Patience pays off here overlooking Main St. in West Brownsville as after watching a trio of NS coal trains go down the street past me, the desired CSX train appears at 03:35, completely dominating... (more)
A fresh BNSF SD70ACe in a rare test run on the Goderich Exeter Railway's Guelph Subdivision.
One of my personal favorites of all the slides I have shot. SP's San Joaquin Daylight as it passed over the Loop in April of 1971. But who was that girl? Her face and wave have stuck in my mind fo... (more)
Lots of room in the cab of a Bigboy!
Photo taken with permission.
An eastbound stack train makes its way over the undulating landscape between Bellevue and Bowie.
The train master may be asking himself "How the heck did this happen?".
NS 772 crosses over one of many trestles at Bull Run, VA between Coeburn and St. Paul, VA.
Southern 8099, Norfolk Southern's second Heritage locomotive, is seen at DeButts Yard in Chattanooga, fresh out of the paint shop. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. F... (more)
Nickel Plate Road 8100, Norfolk Southern's third Heritage locomotive, has just received its clear-coat at the Juniata paint shop. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. Fo... (more)
Firefighters, railroad workers, police, and a couple photographers at the site of a head on collision between Soo trains 909-910 about 1 mile east of Gilchrist. 910 was supposed to take siding at ... (more)
Don't sit under that apple tree with anyone else but me.
Early on the morning of November 29, 1968, two freight trains collided head on just south of Hale Center, Texas, on the Plainview District. As a result, the 213L broke completely in half just behi... (more)
CPR GP9 8700 is loading the barge with carloads of lumber on Slocan Lake, after which the Iris G will take the barge and its load to Slocan City at the south end of the lake for connection to the ... (more)
At approximately 4AM, the Chesapeake and Albermarle rock job was northbound with approximately 40 empties. When it approached the open bascule draw span over the Intercoastal Waterway, the train ... (more)
As seen from 3,000' AGL and looking east southeast, a recently unloaded coal train sits on the loop track in Ardoch, ND. This site was opened in the summer of 2005 and sees an average of two unit... (more)
2 dmu units,6526-6524 crossing Istmos canal in a special meeting
Well Mother Nature is doing her best to make railroading on the Omaha Sub as hard as it can be. Here 4 units wasnt enough power to get thru this drift at MP 408. All 4 units are having different s... (more)
This locomotive was involved in a collision 12/17/2007 between the towns of Derby and Mulvane Kansas. The unit was leading the Red Rock coal train when it collided with a UP local, taking impacts... (more)
Elk River Coal & Lumber shay #19 has five loads of logs en route from the lumber camp to Avoco, W. Va. on Nov. 24, 1961. They didn't build bridges, they just forded the creeks. A watchman ri... (more)
Milwaukee Road #261 makes good time shuttling 9 gondolas to interchange with the Twin Cities and Western in Buffalo Lake, MN. Once a two track main, the line is now single and sees mostly TC&W t... (more)
Central of Georgia 8101, Norfolk Southern's fourth Heritage locomotive, rests under an active night sky after receiving its final coat of paint. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern C... (more)
From Airplane to Newark airport.
'Night Moves'
An auto train makes it way up Cuesta Grade through the horseshoe curve on UP's Coast Sub.
The covered hopper was pulled apart but did not derail.
ex C&NW GE C44-9W was involved in a fatal accident in Clinto Iowa. Two veteran railroaders lost their lives as a result of their locomotive running into the rear of another train.
Now that’s a curve! CLD Pacific Grain’s trackmobile pulls four newly-unloaded covered hoppers around the loop track at CLD’s O-Dock on the Willamette River in downtown Portland... (more)
BNSF 5751 West follows the contours of the land while truck traffic paces it on parallel Hy. 287.
Tatyana and the brakemen from the SPO-EVE engage in idle chit-chat about how they like to spend the last days of summer as the rest of the crew waits for the dispatcher to give them the switch. I'... (more)
CB&Q's Golden 4-8-4 To celebrate the centennial of the opening of its Chicago to Aurora, Illinois line, the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy very temporarily painted its king of fan trips, Nor... (more)
Union Pacific is hauling the BNSF locomotives somewhere.
After leaving the Beach St. trackage, #3841 is heading into a cut whichs leads to SP Santa Cruz yard. In the power consist along with #3841 are former commute geeps #3194 and #3186. #3194 would en... (more)
While looking from just the right angle, one could argue that TRRA sponsors a bit of rooftop running in downtown St. Louis
Dangling ditch light and all, CSXT local B957 churns up 10 loads to 7th Street in downtown Hudson after a heavy wet snow fall the last day of the year. Three big brute SD40-2s is a rare sight eve... (more)
ATSF SD 45 A-B-B-A units first run, Mamiya 645 color negative
UP 1989, DRGW Heritage Unit officially unveiled during a ceremony for the the Denver Service Unit at the Superintendent's Office in Denver Colorado.
Crossing the Calumet Sag Channel, UP 4226 leads an eastbound through Blue Island.
Do you hear something in the backyard??? This Hi-Wide on NS looks like it is being pulled out of this persons backyard!
In the epitome of storm light, or lack thereof, an empty coal train races a powerful spring storm across the eastern Wyoming prairie on BNSF's Orin Subdivision. Within minutes of taking this phot... (more)
Drone Shot of UP #4014 Big Boy pulling PCYGR2-03 test run from Cheyenne, WY to Greeley, CO
CSX Derailment/Collision in Marysville, Ohio today. Investigation is underway, crew was transported to hospital with minor injuries
5472 eases into direct sunlight on her way to Niles Canyon with the Pacific Locomotive Association's museum collection in tow.
Not much to say in this caption that the picture doesn't say for itself! Unveiled at a ceremony in Denver, CO today.
An extra West Colton, CA to Roseville, CA manifest waits in the hole at Ansel. A southbound manifest is approaching the siding with the sun already behind the mountains leaving an impressive impri... (more)
Big Boy 4017 is being looked over by two enthusiastic fans at the National Railroad Museum.
It's often tough to get good pix while on a family vacation, but the Izaak Walton Inn perhaps offers an exception. Here between Red Bus tours and lake boat rides I found time for a morning trip o... (more)
Union Pacific 4-12-2 9514, Class UP-5, was built by ALCO in 1930, one of eighty-eight locomotives. As built, she was numbered 9077, later re-numbered to 9514. These three-cylinder locomotives had... (more)
About 75 miles east of Reno Nevada. The westbound California Zephyr was struck by a empty gravel semi. I took this photo withen about 5 minutes of the train stopping. I ran to the front expecting ... (more)
Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 is finally heading home to Cheyenne, Wyoming, for restoration to operable condition. Train PWCYR2 28 (Passenger, West Colton Yard CA to Yermo CA) departed W... (more)
NS 8980 sits on the mainline, laying down a cloud of white smoke and oil all over town.
A meet of epic proportions! BNSF 5427 meets UP 844 and SP 4449 with the steam spectacular. And yes, the rumors are true, I did use a step ladder to take this picture. Almost got blown over in th... (more)
Full Moon Baretables. As the full moon rises in the east a westbound baretable train races west on the Seligman Subdivision after the sun which has just set a few minutes earlier.
Tank train crashed into a train with lots of new Porsche and Audi cars.
Night photo shoot for the Soo Line Historical Society Convention. Lighting by Steve Barry.
With temperatures in the high 30s F, the Union Pacific Great Race 150 train departs Evanston, Wyoming, with Big Boy 4-8-8-4 #4014 and 4-8-4 #844 putting on an impressive show of steam and smoke as... (more)
Brakeshoes smoking, limestone loads descend the 4% grade on the lower loop crossing of US 50 near Maysville.
Amtrak's southbound Vermonter train #55 struck a rock slide this morning shortly after 10 am south of Northfield, Vermont, and derailed. The locomotive and head car left the rails and traveled in... (more)
The railroad keeps moving even in the worst of weather. A large blizzard has just finally passed the area after dumping over a foot of snow the night before. Two Soo Line GP38-2s bring the local b... (more)
This is certainly one way to transport 737's to Boeing. Boeing 737 Fuselages are seen traveling from the Boeing plant in Wichita, KS going to the assembly plant in Washington by rail.
Just minutes after the sun lit the tracks, 20G runs south on the NS Mon Line while loaded coal train 582 runs north as the last of the fall colors are at peak on Mount Washington. I'd never actual... (more)
Just before sunup in frosty downtown Keystone, W.Va., NS's Interstate heritage unit shoves train No. 776 up Elkhorn Grade, with locomotives in notch-8, awakening the sleeping mining community on a... (more)
An eastbound coal train is stopped on the Rocky siding and stretches west into the Little Ten Curve. In the background a Union Pacific freight train has completed the Big Ten Curves and continues ... (more)
BNSF had 30-plus cars run away from Rennick Yard Denver into 31st Street. Salt Mine job with two units, BNSF 2505 and GP28M 1532, were hit by cars doing about 40 mph. BNSF 2505's frame is all that... (more)
While waiting for a photo of Amtrak 799, I was pleasantly surprised to catch a southbound UP freight. Ironically, in the summer months when the sun is right for this shot, morning fog is very com... (more)
