The holiday season is in full swing in the small town of North Vernon, Indiana.

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Car Shop at Alliance, Nebraska, has the task of keeping many of the hoppers and gondolas used in grueling Powder River Basin coal service in good repair. I was ama... (more)

Pando siding and the spur near Camp Hale are still tracked, as is most (all?) of the UP Tennessee Pass Line. But if this line is ever brought out of embargo, they're going to have to bring a saw.

Santa and his helpers toss stuffed animals and other gifts -- some 25 tons in all over the course of the day -- from the back of the 73rd annual Santa Train at St. Paul, Va. This stop usually attr... (more)

Santa Claus waves from the rear of the 73rd annual Clinchfield Santa Train as it departs Clinchco heading south.

Expressions of joy and hope to receive that special gift from Santa surround the CSX Santa Train as it makes one of many stops along the former Clinchfield to Kingsport. This was the 73rd annual a... (more)

Some of the world's most interesting subway station designs can be found along the Stockholm Tunnelbana, where a handful of stations are left with exposed rock, painted in vibrant colors by variou... (more)

I don't have really much to say about the abolishment of Triple Crown service, except it's just sad. Very cool train to see and photograph, disappointed to see the end of the Roadrailer trains. I ... (more)

Grand Central Terminal's sky ceiling is complemented by an LED light show in the windows, celebrating the station's centennial year.

After a Union Pacific track gang replaced the frog at West Mounds, Utah, on May 11, 2006, welders move in and use a thermite weld on the rail joints. A one-time-use form is attached to the rails s... (more)

The Ffestiniog Railway was opened in 1836 mainly for the transport of slate from different quarries around Blaenau Ffestiniog down to the harbour of Porthmadog for shipment abroad. The line was bu... (more)

Where it all began. This was the last tunnel before the N&W reached the promised land to begin accessing the rich coal fields of Southwest Virginia and Southern West Virginia. Near here is where ... (more)

Control car Bt 1703 normally used on the line between Chur and Arosa, this time in a regional train between Pontresina and Scuol-Tarasp. In Nov. 2011 the control car was scrapped.