052 rolls southward toward Columbia. This train will be handed off to the Lancaster and Chester at Chester, who will forward it to CSX. It then ran south on the Monroe Sub, ran around at the Ful... (more)

Overview of Rebuilding. The more than 130 year-old Park Avenue Viaduct around the MTA Metro-North Railroad Harlem-125 Street Station in New York, New York, is undergoing a multi-year rebuil... (more)

A Southern Rwy scale test car sits in the Wheel Balancing Shed at Spencer shops, NC. The shed, built in 1944, houses a set of eight Fairbanks scales connected to the tracks where steam locomotives... (more)

Three covered hoppers lay on their sides next to the mainline awaiting the cutting torch just north of Decatur Arkansas.

UP 5762 westbound with one of UP's two geometry cars in tow.

ACWR's brunch train returns south through Pinehurst with their E9 leading.

The A Street overpass at Clifton Forge provides a place to take photos of passing trains. It makes for a nice juxtaposition from the modern and this vintage with the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical S... (more)

J14 is headed for a slip near Nolan, W.Va. with three rock cars and a caboose. Recent rains (and snow) have caused water levels rise into flood stage, evident here at Elijah Creek.

United Railroad Historical Society's observation car Hickory Creek, tavern lounge car 43 and Swift Stream going to Albany on the back of Amtrak train 233. This is the final Hudson River Rail Excur... (more)

The CSX Geometry train is headed east past the historic Joliet Union Station, crossing the diamonds with the BNSF and UP. After a day of inspecting the rails of the old Rock Island, the train is h... (more)

With a break in the rain that had been showering the central coast all morning, Northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 761 cuts through the farmland just north of the city of Guadalupe while heading ... (more)

Grinding up the pass eastbound this train is taking the long way as was usual, crossing the creek, which seems to be flowing pretty well. This and the lush green of the bushes indicate recent rai... (more)

Everett 500 finds some lingering fall color while passing through the unincorporated community of Reservoir in Blair Township, PA.

ATSF answered the need for hump power at their new yard in Barstow by creating the unique CRSD-20 combo, contrived by applying an EMD engine to a retired Alco RSD-15 Alligator. Geared very low, t... (more)

Budds Floating To Scrap. Early on the morning of Tuesday, March 4, 2025, NYNJ Rail moved 12 Budd built R-32s across New York Harbor for scrapping. The cars were loaded on the NYNJ 200 barge... (more)