In November 1984, UP Big Boy 4012 was relocated from Bellows Falls, Vermont, to Scranton, PA. The locomotive is shown here, exiting the Belden Tunnel, on its way over the D&H between Oneonta and B... (more)
Scene from the "Great Locomotive Chase"
A recreation featuring locomotive 4-4-0 #63 - the Leviathan and 4-4-0 #17 - the York (Racing forward but not in view). The event was put togethe... (more)
The Texas-Mexican Railway received seven Whitcomb boxcabs in 1939. These early diesels had four powered axles mounted on a rigid frame. Electric power was supplied by Westinghouse.
A former GMTX GP38-2 now lettered for BNSF leads the local westbound through Heman on the Transcon.
CSX Q114 drilled a semi truck that stalled on the grade crossing, thus causing a huge delay to traffic on CSX. The driver of the truck was lucky enough to hop out in time and survive with no inju... (more)
The 502 passenger train to Thesaloniki crossing the big bridge of Papadia.
Aberdeen, Carolina & Western unveils their freshly painted F9 (A/B) units. These engines formally pulled Norfolk Southern's Officer Train and were sold to ACWR in 2019. ACWR put on a fantastic s... (more)
Longtime NWI-NRHS (Rockford, IL.) member Gerald Van Alstyne rode a Chicago-Springfield pre-Amtrak day fan trip. The group took an all-rail routing utilizing regularly scheduled trains, via the GM... (more)
I'm not sure of the story behind this unit, I vaguely remember hearing that it was lettered up as a joke as it is a former Louisville & Nashville unit, but any insight would be appreciated. 35mm s... (more)
Konkan Railway is one of the most scenic railway routes of India, especially, in monsoon season. In this photo, 24 coach long Mandovi express is crossing Shastri river bridge after exiting 2.6 Kms... (more)
475 blows down before making a photo run for a Historic Transport Presevation charter.
All Auto rack, All Orange A brand new Multi-Max auto rack set up in the bi-level configuration and built by Gund... (more)
A string of GP9Bs stored at the UP's Portland Shops in August 1972.
"Lining the Westbound at BERK"
A SONO Switch Tower Museum guest playing Tower Operator hastily throws one of several mechanical levers to put in a signal for a westbound Metro-North ... (more)
Continuing its jounery west toward Ogden, the UP 4014 pops its head out of the Hermosa tunnel just outside of Tie Siding, WY.
A Union Pacific Sales And Marketing Special crosses the Gaviota Trestle heading for a overnight stop in San Luis Obispo. The next day it goes north to San Jose and Oakland. Then up the Martinez su... (more)
Norfolk Southern's Wabash heritage unit awaits its next assignment in Union Pacific's Dolores Yard in Carson, CA. Note all the store UP power to the side.
The business end of and AEM-7
Even a train of this magnitude and importance is dwarfed by the massive Susquehanna River bridge, opened by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1906. The special that carried President-elect Barack Obama... (more)
After spending most of it's life inside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center, NKP 190 is front and center. A true classic, 1 of 2 that were brought back from Mexico. The locomotive looks a little out o... (more)
A GMQX EMD SW9 switcher shuffles empty cars around the main plant area. Over the next few days these cars will be loaded and then passed off to the Union Pacific as a unit train.
N&W Y6 2149 at Roanoke...Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
US Army GP10 4623 attends to a DODX flats loaded with a pair of M88 tank retrievers.
Former Santa Fe Dash 9's converted into KCS MW units.
The West Coast Railway Associations latest locomotive acquisition x-CN 6520 a GMD FP9A is seen here on her first start-up after arriving in Squamish more than a year ago, many thanks to our volunt... (more)
The sounds of rushing waters and birds chirping is interrupted by the sounds of howling dynamics and squalling breaks as loaded train N319-25 has the brakes drawn down and it's motors in full dyna... (more)
Gerald Corder of the Locust Heights and Western Railroad sits at the Saw Mill as the Climax simmers away under the days failing light. What started as a caboose built as a playhouse transformed ... (more)
In October 1992 John Craft ran a series of charters on the C&TS. During the week, while all the engines were hot, CMO John Bush had the brainstorm of lining all the engines up in numerical order ... (more)
A GP-38-2, GP-35, GP-40 and a pair of U-boats head north up the River Division towards Selkirk. The Empire State building and the World Trade Center appear on the horizon. That's the N.Y.S. & W. ... (more)
This F9 survives today.
I ran across C&O Dynanometer Car DM-1 at Huntington Locomotive Shops on Nov. 10, 1977. I can only hope that this car was preserved some place. It would be a shame if it was scrapped.
Due to a derailment and severe flooding in Baltimore, some reroutes were in order, including this R138 which had gone east previously. R138 heads west being rerouted during sunrise through foggy ... (more)
Joso has many moods. One can spend all day watching the light change and finding new ways to photograph this iconic structure and the landscape surrounding it. But it is more difficult to find a ... (more)
The AC-12 class 4-8-8-2 "cab forward" # 4294 of the Southern Pacific was built in 1944 as the last of a series of 20 locomotives by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The only survivor of its... (more)
A friendly track worker reminds his colleague that trains often come through at MAS on the mainline when you least expect it.
The sun has already set but the snow continues to fall as D797 crosses Highfield Rd. after working the MMID interchange.
Close clearance indeed, NS and RJ Corman can barely fit all their equipment into the tight confines between the Old City and the White Lily flour mill as they clean up the aftermath of 511's dera... (more)
D&RGW EMD F7(A) #5764, F7(B)#5722, GP9#5924 and F7(A) #5614 painted in four-stripe 'Grande Gold' and aluminum. Photo taken from my slide collection, photographer James Brimhall.
On a hazy, gray winter morning, #6 - the Montgomery to West Point turn - rolls through Auburn.
An early morning westbound Norfolk Southern merchandise train crosses the Genesee River in Letchworth State Park. The park touts this area as being the "Grand Canyon of the East."
A railway line connecting the main railway from the North (QNS & L) and Labrador to Pointe-Noire from Jonction Arnaud.
Polson Logging Company's #2 at the Smith Lake "reflecting pond". A photo charter over the Oregon Scenic Railroad, formerly the Port of Tillamook Bay RR.
Railroad: Polson Logging CoLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Rockaway Beach, Oregon, USALocomotive #: #2Train ID: N/aPhoto Date: May 19, 2018
Got IT! Conrail Block Operator Jim Largent has successfully conveyed a Form D to Conrail conductor Mike Quigley at Derry Road in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The Form D authority would take the ALPI-0... (more)
The Illinois Railway Museum's Sunday edition of the Nebraska Zephyr to Quincy departs Union Station.
Rusty freight car and locomotive trucks sit in front of an odd stash of locomotives at the Motive Power shops. From left to right are Genset demonstrator 244, ACE 3101, a primed MP36PH-3C under a... (more)
The westbound "City of San Francisco" is seen on the Overland Route on its way to Roseville and points west before Amtrak took over
Pan shot of EBT 15 as she marks her return to steam in through the foliage of the 2005 season close. Railroad: East Broad TopLocomotive: Steam 2-8-2Location: Orbisonia, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: EBT 15Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: October, 2005
No, Union Pacific is not repainting No. 4141 (George Bush 41). On May 18, 2015, it was in North Little Rock’s Jenks Shop paint both for some touch up work after installation of a new plow. The s... (more)
The end of the trip for 501 passenger from Thessaloniki. On the head 220 028 and 220 035.
NS 9914 has a bit of wreck damage, and is shown sitting in the Juniata shops in Altoona, Pa
NS 1187 rolls through the wye out of the NS Rossville Intermodal Facility as it enters onto the mainline of the NS Memphis District heading eastbound.
If you think it's overpowered, click on "CP 402885" to see the snow plow in action a few miles earlier.
Strong thunderstorms rolled through Duluth and in the process knocked over a few double stack cars at the port terminal.
Even some of the best rail will need to be replaced eventually.
Spreading its holiday message and cheer, the CP Holiday Train stops on the massive Tunkhannock Viaduct for a 10-minute show of its lights and horn blowing. The town had waiting hours in anticipati... (more)
Welcome to Whittier! - Two of the last three GP40-2s to wear their 1975 as delivered black and yellow paint march a 6015 ft train out of the 13,338 ft long tunnel and into the town of Whitt... (more)
Westbound East Of Sunbury With PRR 478044 Cabin (Blt 4-51 N8 ) , On The Former Reading Main Line , Special Trains For Sunbury River Festival
Sometimes, quite by accident, you discover something truly extraordinary. On July 24, 2000, I found a Union Pacific coal train departing Provo, traveling west down the Sharp Subdivision on its way... (more)
Just after returning from a trip back east, Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 No. 3985 shows some road dirt highlighting its massive boiler. After spotting a couple of cars, the locomotive will back into the ... (more)
Got a dimensional load coming? This vehicle seems to have all the necessary measurements covered.
Only just an hour into the northbound Coast Starlight’s journey, disaster has struck. A large truck was fouling the single main around 11:15 AM Wednesday morning when Amtrak #14 came through at ... (more)
Two of NJ Transit’s ALP locomotives have been wrapped in heritage schemes in honor of the railroad's 40th anniversary. Here is the Pennsylvania (ALP-46A 4636) posing outside the loco shop with C... (more)
P99's conductor climbs out of 1072 getting ready to uncouple the locomotives from the train as the PTI van chases them down the track.
Seattle bound Cascade #508 lights up the night as it's crosses the Willamette Draw, not but a few minutes out of Portland Union Station.
In the early days of Conrail, all of the six-axle Alco Centuries were based in Ohio for heavy drag freight service, and the epicenter was Mingo Junction. A long weekend visit yielded less of the b... (more)
A fairly clean EMD power set shoves 48 empty ore cars past the laker Joseph L. Block that is in the process of unloading limestone. The limestone will be loaded into the ore cars 6252 is positioni... (more)
The Adirondack skirts along Lake Champlain a mile south of Port Henry behind one of the the D&H's iconic rebuilt PAs.
World record:longest passenger train in the world with 25 four-car Capricorn units like celebrating 175 years of Swiss railways. This is also longest narrow gauge personal train. Location for ph... (more)
On August 18, 1990, train 961 eases into Belen on the north main for servicing and a crew change. On the head end are 140-102-2811-3615-5264 (GP60M/GP60M/GP35/GP39-2/SDF40-2). At left, moving off ... (more)
A Santa Fe transfer arrives in the UP/RI yards in Kansas City, KS powered by Alco Alligator no. 9818 and a former RSD 4/5 slug. Meantime UP GP9 no. 237 handles switching chores. Not a car with gra... (more)
Sunset viewed from Inwood Hill Park, as a Hudson Line train passes under the Henry Hudson Bridge and arrives at Spuyten Duyvil station.
Santa Fe eastbound Mail Train 8 blasts through Stafford, Kansas without even slowing down, and the Agent appears to be looking down, not watching the action or the RPO clerk in the first car comin... (more)
Climbing the grade out of Las Vegas, this westbound intermodal works hard to defeat gravity through the curves at Sloan NV. It will soon reach the the grade crest at Cima, CA, and be speeding tow... (more)
CN SD60F 5510, C40-8 2006 and SD40u 6003 provide a nice consist on the headend of M304, speeding through Henry House.
With the Flood of 08 over HOPE! and the water down to a point you can see what happened. The 2 pier was under cut by the water and the flood just pushed it in to the hole, and pulled the the span... (more)
It’s a busy time at the Boston & Maine’s small Lawrence, MA yard as a southbound train with three GP40-2’s does its pick-up/set-off work. Meanwhile, a northbound train waits its turn at yard... (more)
EMDX SD70ACe #70, EMDX SD60MAC #9501 and EMDX SD90MAC-H #91 sit around at EMD's plant in La Grange, IL. #70 is unique as it was the first SD70ACe ever built.
DRGW Cumbres turns were often accompanied by a fair number of photographers and just curious tourists, and for the crews it was almost like a public performance. The brakeman smiles for my camera ... (more)
This is the current state of the fast moving Fire Up 611 campaign. The superheater unit is back in and the boiler has passed its hydrostatic test. As evidenced in this shot, clearly the Southern r... (more)
A string of EMD hulks sit at the east end of the Silvis shops, waiting further disposition.
This Mark IIa long wheelbase landrover has been converted to run on 2-foot gauge rail track. The rear wheels are driven by chain from the original engine. This amazing contraption featured in the ... (more)
Soo 2719 rolls through downtown Duluth on the North Shore Scenic Railroad on its first revenue passenger run since arriving this past spring. Like the sign on the building says - Welcome to Dulut... (more)
Inside the cab of the 1225.
As a nice summer day comes to a close, a southbound BNSF intermodal meets a northbound UP intermodal on the Chamber's creek lift bridge. Railroad: BNSF RailwayLocomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)Location: Steilacoom, Washington, USALocomotive #: BNSF 1021Train ID: n/aPhoto Date: June 24, 2008
Brand new Fords and Lincolns are now bound for the scrap yard after being severely damaged and destroyed in the derailment of NS 22Q on July 5th, 2018.
Conrail E8 4022 leads 6108-6257, and is backing Mail 8 down into the lead for the Post Office at, Jersey City, NJ. 11/14/1977
