Ann Arbor carferry No.7 underwent a major re-fit in Superior, WI over the winter of 1964/65. The boat would re-emerge as the Viking. One of the major modifications was to repower the boat with fo... (more)
Two UP Century DD40A-X's are assisted by an SD24B and a GP30 up Cajon grade at Devore, Calif. on April 30, 1976. UP operates on AT&SF (new BNSF) trackage rights over Cajon Summit all the way to D... (more)
The Roebling Museum, yes the Brooklyn Bridge Roebling, recently opened on the site where the cables for the famed bridge were made way back when. This critter was found on the grounds after a Sup... (more)
westbound Santa Fe freight running on SP trackage rights between Marcel and Walong, CA
A freshly painted wood-sheathed caboose sits in Turcot yard.
Here's a look at the doings at the PRR Trenton enginehouse on a overcast Saturday afternoon in May of '53. K4 3768 is under steam, but one track out of view the steam deadlines are growing. Back... (more)
Backing Up On Bridge After Doing A Photo Runby , Engine Is Ex Reading T1 2101
Quite possibly falling into the top ten sunsets that I have ever seen, a string of midwestern supercells loom over the old Naperville, CB&Q depot. Being out later on a Wednesday afternoon, althoug... (more)
As maintainers maintain the fire burning on the rails while track work is completed, Amtrak 8 flies by Rondout with the "bloody nosed" Phase I 156 on the point. Shortly after, Metra 2140... (more)
There was a lot of activity in the departure yard of Union Pacific's West Colton yard on a rainy night. A crew is working on BNSF 7703 to prepare it for departure to Barstow.
A lone GEVO leads CSX X797-26 through downtown Kent on a cloudy, crappy day. I missed a similar train about a week before this one, so I ventured out in the clouds to shoot it. The train consist... (more)
Having passed this pond a number of times, always wind blown I was pleasantly surprised to find this reflection early one morning.
Rail crews have just cleared the chassis of the truck from the front of the train, revealing the true detail into how much damage the lead unit took upon impact with the water truck. There are rep... (more)
Built in 1904, the old City Hall subway station has been abandoned for more than 70 years. After discharging passengers at its southernmost stop, though, 6 trains still pass through the loop in or... (more)
Amtrak FL9 No. 486 served as a parts source for Maine Eastern's FL9s and was finally cut up after languishing for a decade in New Jersey. The story can be found at http://blog.railroadphotographer... (more)
Derelict on display This poor old girl sits rusting away with moss growing in all the dark places in Algonquin Park's Logging Museum. Look closely and you can see a green spot on the smokeb... (more)
A southbound Katy Mikado, built by Lima in 1923, leads its 72 car freight onto a siding in order to take on water. Its immaculate appearance is typical of Katy maintenance standards in the latt... (more)
A long string of 19 former CSX locomotives, which now have PRLX markings, are stored on the Arkansas & Missouri in Springdale, Arkansas. The line of locomotives curves to the right and then throu... (more)
Newly constructed and painted PRR gons are ready for their markings in this July 1952 scene at Altoona.
LS&I 2501,2302,2303 head up the 7AM Hill Job near Empire Jct. The Hill Job started the day with a trip to Tilden mine as no loads for the dock were available at Eagle Mills. While the train made a... (more)
The headlights of the SP 8577 illuminate the side of UP's eastbound IOAG2-23 as it speeds through Livermore. The SP 8577 was on the point of the MNWRV and ran over Altamont for Roseville several h... (more)
New Chicago and North Western General Electric C44-9Ws line up at Bill, Wyoming, on July 7, 1994. Included in the gathering are Nos. 8614, 8688, 8693, 8645 and 8647.
Best seat for the 765 trips.. okay second best seat after being in the cab of 765. NKP 765 can be seen ahead of the 8100 as they lay over one night at Conway yard.
An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway business train approaches Fullerton. At just four months old, there are not many locomotives relettered for the new road yet, let alone any of th... (more)
British Columbia 6-motor Alcos lead an SD40-2 south with a train heavy with the forest products of British Columbia. Cut in about 90 cars back are cabless remote units.
Texas & Pacific 610 is being very well cared for at the Texas State Railroad Museum in Palestine Texas. It's stored under cover and only brought out when weather is favorable.
Salida was once a railroad town, where Rio Grande had a large dual gauge yard, two roundhouses, company hospital and many other functions necessary for a busy division point. Narrow gauge trains f... (more)
Wrecked SD35 at Chattanooga.
Sixty years have passed since this empty narrow gauge hopper last moved. During that time, Mother Nature had begun its process of reclamation. Rails have sunk into the ground and many wheels of ad... (more)
3751 crew member Smokey Smith inspects the area left vacant by the removal of the steam locomotives pony truck. The truck was removed for maintenance and installation of new hardware. Be sure to v... (more)
The Central Pacific,s Jupiter and the Union Pacific,s 119 sit proudly on display at the summit of Promontory. The Golden Spike National Historic Site maintains, what is thought to be very accurate... (more)
Sharply on time at 10:30 a.m. on May 16, 1967, after idling most of the night two Erie-Lackawanna E8s crack open the throttle to move the 7-car Lake Cities Train 6 out of Dearborn Station for the ... (more)
One of a kind. The first on P&W's SD70M-2's no. 4301 has been repainted into their classic, and stunning orange brown and white scheme. This unit is ex FEC no. 100 and has been modified to fit on ... (more)
Union Pacific ES44AC 7964 (built in June 2012) has the honor of being designated as the 5000th Evolution Series Locomotive (GEVO) built by General Electric. Rather than a fancy paint scheme, it h... (more)
Former DL&W 818 and former Erie 826 sit with the mostly mail and express train 22 in Port Jervis. This was a Binghamton to Hoboken accomodation that was run after the through trains had been route... (more)
A log reload yard is a busy and dangerous site so the crew of the Clarkia Logger moves cautiously as they roll through the yard. Unfortunately this scene will not be repeated as the reload and all... (more)
2019's winter was a tough one for all the railroads in the Midwest. A major storm hit on Saturday February 23rd. The storm dump rain, ice, and snow, followed by blizzard like winds. B41 left out o... (more)
The 16-cylinder, 2000 horsepower EMD 645 engine shines through the sides of CSX GP38-2 #2702, in a Dickson-style loco-xray image at Spencer, NC.
A minor derailment occurred this morning at the east end of the UP yard at West Colton when a section of rail rolled over as cars were passing over it. The work crew is busy getting the tank car ... (more)
A spring storm has coated the Colorado Front Range with a fresh layer of snow, no doubt delighting the passengers and crew on the California Zephyr that timed their trip just right for the winter ... (more)
Our Southwest Chief train on the way to Chicago had a run in with a car transporter at South Valley. The train was delayed for 5-6 hours due to the DEA being called, as one of the cars on the tra... (more)
Days before the end of ferry service by EL the commuters from Hoboken disembark at Barclay St. for their jobs. Most commuters who made the daily trek from New Jersey were already using PATH train... (more)
Strings of Terminal Railway cars and a ship create a backdrop for a pair of Paducah rebuilds switching in the former GM&O yard. Just a few years earlier, red Alcos would have performed this job.
The Dave Goodheart "stealth" charter with the 3751 on the Grand Canyon Railway. Dave created a lot of great photo ops for us. Thanks Dave.
On January 20, 1984, a predawn fire destroyed the wood pile trestle approaches to the Charles River drawbridge outside Boston's North Station, cutting off access to the station for 15 months while... (more)
The old Gundian bridge over Ulla river looks to the new high speed line bridge under construction. Arco train #280 "Camino de Santiago" from La Coruña to Irun and Bilbao, crosses this 85 meters ... (more)
Arcelor-Mittal Mines Canada had planned to fully repaint the fleet of Quebec Cartier Mining AC44CWs into the orange and grey corporate colors, however funding has staved off those efforts temporar... (more)
This two axle switcher, a Republic RX500, works the tracks inside the Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Co. in south-east Provo. Thanks go to Bill Caywood and Pete for identifying the locomotive manuf... (more)
Passing two resting helper sets in a snow-covered yard at Essex, Montana, is an eastbound grain train headed for a climb over Marias Pass on Christmas Eve, 2007.
This photo is from my slide collection . This picture was taken by my late brother Mark Clark. It might look familiar to some of you because my brother was with Everett Young who had almost the ... (more)
CSX Local train from Decatur Alabama - Unit 6059 (Original Chessie B&O 4159) Leads a three unit local grain train along the TN River in front of the Condos on the shoreline , near sunset
Welcome to 2017! While the Class 1 Railroads continue standardizing everything, there are plenty of unique shortlines worth your time as my wife steps out to grab a shot of the KJRY FP9's.
With A41's lone tank car now safely out of the way, the re-railing crews will now begin the process of picking up the SD40-2 assigned to this week's NS A41 local. Since the rail it was riding ato... (more)
Amtrak train #3 the "Southwest Chief" leans into the curve at West Devore, CA, descending Cajon Pass led by Santa Fe's last original factory painted FP 45.
At first glance this might appear to be New York Central's Harmon shop in 1958. In reality all three of these locomotives -- E9 4096, FPA4 1390, and FL9 2013 -- originally worked for the Union Pac... (more)
Burning diesel on the NSM mainline and climbing out of the Lake Superior basin with empties for the mine 47 miles inland at Babbitt, MN.
N&W SD39 2965 (ex-Illinios Terminal 2305) receiving its black paint at Norfolk, VA on February 10, 1983.
Sometimes the locomotive isn't the most interesting thing on the train. The Lake Shore Limited rolls along the former "Water Level Route" with the NYC Hickory Creek observation car at the tail end... (more)
The classic "Crocodile" locomotive Ce 6/8 II 14253 in traditional brown color was built in 1919 by SLM and MFO for the newly electrified Gotthard route, she was in regular service till 1976, the l... (more)
Crud the Genset blew up! Although this track is old Los Angeles & Salt Lake, so I'm not sure it's right to call the SW1500 by its SP moniker of Crud, and the Genset didn't really blow up, but it ... (more)
The driver's cab of historical meter gauge DMU of peloponnese
Running long hood forward, the MSJRV approaches the south end of the Newark yard with former Erie Lackawana SDP45 in the lead.
As the sun begins to set over Norfolk Southern's Inman Yard, a yard job sporting a pair of Atlanta-based GP33ECO units, continues with it's duties of building an outbound intermodal train.
An eastbound on the main track meets a westbound lead by MP2138 in a soggy downtown Big Spring, TX. around the first week in September, 1980. Water from heavy rains west of town have funneled... (more)
I had been due to fly to Eritrea next week for my fourth trip to the country and its wonderful railway, but sadly the line has been damaged by recent heavy rainfall and the tour has had to be canc... (more)
On the way to Tianjin at 333 km/h (208 MPH). Photo showing the luxury seats and the driving room.
The shadows of the River Dee are illuminated by late summer evening sunlight, reflected off the side of a local passenger train approaching Glyndyfrdwy in the Vale of Llangollen. Thanks to Richard... (more)
Some newly painted SKNX grain cars depart Jasper on M301.
AT&SF train 12, The Chicagoan, is seen east of Newton Kansas on January 21st 1939. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
People crowds around this basic ES44AC for the yearly Railroad Day event at Natural Tunnel State Park. The loco was stopped and no one was trespassing beyond bounds at the time.
N21 heads south with 130 empties for Bailey Mine, passing West Penn Power's Mitchell Station, located between Shire Oaks and Monongahela. For more information, visit more)
A different look at a familiar location! The "view from the veranda" at the Mance P. O., a place that loses none of its appeal to trainwatchers after dark. Early in the morning at 04:07, the first... (more)
Northbound along the Lehigh River on the former CNJ L&S line.
Shuffle your feet, lose your seat. Before Norfolk Southern Railroad sold their set of F units that had been dedicated to power most Office Car Specials, they were renumbered from 4270-4271 and 427... (more)
The former SOU 3024, built in 1965, has certainly seen better days. After the Southern, it became the Fox River Valley Railroad #2500 before it was sent to the Wisconsin Central. It spent loyal ye... (more)
UP 4-8-8-4 Big Boy #4014 leads UP P-MCSP into Saint Paul, MN as part of the Great Race Across The Midwest. This is the very first time a Big Boy locomotive has ever been to Minnesota. Photo taken ... (more)
The third diesel powered streamliner in North America was built jointly by the Budd Company and Electro-Motive Corporation for the Maine Central and Boston and Maine Railroads. Pictured here on a ... (more)
UP 1988, MKT heritage unit. Note the recently installed PTC equipment, which is why this unit was at West Colton for several weeks.
In an afternoon downpour - a common summer event down south - a pair of GP30s pass Union Station's trainshed on their way to Mobile with the long-distance local as an Alco switcher (with a transpl... (more)
A Kasgro 122 Ton - 25’ Depressed Deck Flat Car sits at the CN yard, with a transformer. Kasgro is the builder of “World’s Largest Railroad Car” Their web site states; "From our twelve-axle... (more)
The 1975 Memorial Day holiday found me wandering around the Cumberland, Maryland area and searching for trains, but none were to found! I decided to cross the border and see what was happening ov... (more)
Built 1916; retired in 1974 and donated to the city for permanant display in downtown park.
After a heavy snowstorm in the night and morning, rotary Xrotet 9218 and dual system (diesel/electric) locomotive Gem 4/4 801 cleared the line over the Bernina pass (2253 metre/7391 ft a.s.l.) No... (more)
The conductor on the crew visiting the O Yard cautiously checks the water levels as the west coast rain has started to flood the area. Fortunately the water wasn't dangerously high, but the two ge... (more)
Brand new ES44AC's are already getting down and dirty, performing pusher service on the Pokey.
Super "C" accelerates through Joliet. As a little trivia, when I was hanging around near the end of Joliet Union Station as a passenger station(2014) I spent several nice evenings ta... (more)
Bedtime for 611. The photo shoot is over, the actors are gone and the photographers are already headed for the parking lot. The crew from Fire-up 611 moves in to secure the engine for the ... (more)
