"LIRR Cabin Car for Scrap" One of Long Island Rail Road's surviving hacks sits on a flatcar along with another in Holban Yard shortly after being detrucked and prepped for transp... (more)
The southbound Floridian was often hours late. Bad track north of Louisville caused most of the delays, but on this day the ailing Es aren't helping matters, so an SCL GE helps out. It's late su... (more)
Shave and a haircut--two bits. Inside the Cloquet Terminal Railroad's shop a little wheel work is taking place to remove some "slight imperfections" and this wheel set will be returned to service... (more)
Some ex Bn F7's and Wc Sd45's sit rusting away.
Street running? Wuppertal Schwebebahn No 18 approaches the western terminus of the system at Vohwinkel. Most of the line runs above the river Wupper, but the last couple of miles are above the str... (more)
The Union Pacific City of Denver is ready to leave Denver Union Station for Chicago in Summer 1956 (right after UP ended its relationship with CNW and took up with Milw). Scheduled Departur... (more)
Built By ANF-Frangeco, France
SP C415 2405 leads the Anaheim Hauler past two other C415s, the power for the Buena Park Hauler, in Buena Park, CA, on January 20, 1973.
CSXT 3082 Leads Eastbound at 8:30pm with a beautiful crazy sky in the background and grain elevators in the scene
A creative graffiti artist has given this car a rather artistic touch.
"Extended Lake Shore Limited at Tilcon New York (Clinton Point)" Dust is blown into the air as Amtrak's New York City bound Lake Shore Limited hustles through Tilcon New York's Clinton Po... (more)
Kicking off a month of 'road trips' for the Pan Am execs and invited guests/shippers, Pan Am Railways Office Car Special (OCS) train is seen crossing the Hoosic River at Schaghticoke, New York. O... (more)
For the past 20 minutes, we've been watching a tiny speck of light, some 7 miles away, gradually grow into a beacon illuminating the last of the exhaust still billowing out of the west portal of t... (more)
This CPR track maintenance crew was using every bit of available track time to gather up old ties and pile them up at Spences Bridge. This truck is deceptively powerful and able to move along at ... (more)
There are several cabs at Cresson Steel off of Norfolk Southern Dash 9s. The locomotives have been rebuilt with new cabs, leaving the old cabs to be scrapped.
I was on my way back to my office in Signal Hill from a job when I encountered this Southern Pacific re-railing operation in Paramount, CA. Not long after I took this shot, I was asked to move ba... (more)
On 1st june 2016, the world's longest railway tunnel was officialy inaugurated, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) through the Alps from near Erstfeld in Uri to south of Bodio in Tic... (more)
Espee Cab Forward! Thoroughly dominating the main hall of the California State Railroad Museum is one of the most impressive steam locomotives that I have ever seen displayed indoors. Weig... (more)
Rio Grande F9A #5771 takes her first journey from Denver to Salt Lake City after the completion of a complete rebuild and repaint at Burnham shops. Rio Grande Zephyr train #17 has just emerged fro... (more)
Not sure why the Rio Grande Heritage unit was left on the house tracks in downtown Colorado Springs today, but it was a welcome sight! More info at Railroad: Union PacificLocomotive: EMD SD70ACeLocation: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USALocomotive #: UP 1989Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: June 27, 2011
There's plenty of muscle here, PRR 6768 pulls on the main. A companion view is seen here. PRR Class M1a.
An empty ore train exists Cramer Tunnel on its way back to the mine. F9 4213 would be destroyed in a run-away at Taconite Harbor two years later.
After meeting Amtrak #6 at Platteville, UP's Denver, CO to Green River, WY Manifest (MDVGR-21) gets up to track speed as the train races north out of Platteville as the sun is about to set behind ... (more)
In some early morning light, CN 2013 leads test train 999 westbound, as they head to test sidings on the Napadogan Sub.
A northbound empty hopper train works its way across the famous Clinchfield RR "Copper Creek Viaduct" during the last of the afternoon light on this Fall afternoon. This particular angle wont be n... (more)
Tight Parking. On November 24, 2019, a very full storage yard in Roanoke, Virginia shows Norfolk Southern engines of many varieties. EMD SD40-2s and SD70M-2s sit along side GE Dash 8s, unit... (more)
Rays of light bathe Nevada Northern No. 40 as it waits for its inspection to be completed.
Survivor. Juniata Valley Railroad 446 (née-NYC 8983, SW9) moves in to switch out Joe Krentzman & Son Inc. on Thursday, November 17, 2020. A quick glance to the foreground reveals a number ... (more)
You never know what you're going to get on the Warm Springs Local.... BNSF 110 and BNSF 2469 lead a short 5-car Warm Springs Local up the Square under a mucky January afternoon. Canon Rebel XS.
Preserved 4-6-2 suns itself in the company of an SW8 and another switcher. Collection of James Humbert.
On a clear summer night, Yellowstone #225 sits in Proctor, greeting visitors taking Highway 2 into Proctor. These beasts were once the main power for ore trains along the line. Now EMDs and GEs ha... (more)
On a surprisingly warm and beautiful April evening, the shelter for passengers awaiting eastbound trains in La Fox is illuminated by the setting summer sun. Unfortunately, recreation of this photo... (more)
NP 3617 and a restored wood caboose are on display next to Union Depot in Duluth for the benefit of the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Society convention. Attendees could enjoy this before cl... (more)
Posted a photo of the control stand undergoing repaint last month -- here's the finished product, and it's DUSTY already!
A helper set at Skykomish awaits the arrival of an eastbound freight led by SD45 6445. Soon the freight will pull to a stop and the helper set on this day will tie on to the rear in front of the d... (more)
6,200 horsepower, give or take, at rest, at Steamtown. Lighting compliments of Lerro Productions.
The tracks over to CN's Courtnay Bay yard are in rough shape. At sunrise, CN B730 slowly negotiates it's train around the "rock cut" and are on the move to set off the cars at Courtnay B... (more)
The Rio Grande Zephyr begins its 570-mile westward journey to Salt Lake City promptly at 7:30 on March 19, 1983. Waiting to board on the adjacent track is the Rio Grande Ski Train.
A see-through E-44; note the utility pole visible through the gutted area behind the cab. Conrail has begun the scrapping process by removing the roof panel below the rear pantograph to allow acc... (more)
One of UP's doodlebugs on a local mixed train.
The next 2 ex-EMD SD60's to be put into service on the CN is the 5420 and 5432. Here this 2 units sit in the shops getting all the final touches put on and ready for testing. As short of power as ... (more)
Nothing but moonlight provides the lighting for this night shot. CSX 969 fresh out of the GE shops sits on the interchange awaiting Q393 to pick it up which will be along in about 2 hours.
Wabash E8A #1009 was the 10,000th diesel locomotive built by Electro-Motive Division, commemorated on June 14, 1951, at its LaGrange, Illinois, facility. After retirement, it went to the Virginia... (more)
Charles Town, WV 11/20/2012 - The shadows of passing freight cars in the distance create a ghostly image of Norfolk Southern's northbound 38Q along the NS "H-line" to Hagerstown. Amid grand old tr... (more)
The cabs of NS C40-9's have met their end as the fleet is rebuilt into AC44C6M's, which feature new widecabs. Two such cabs await their fate at a scrapyard just outside Altoona.
Credit where credit is due. Employees CSX, members of the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum and associates posed in front of Clinchfield 800 (F3A) at the end of the day on November 18, 2017. Afte... (more)
A CN 595 crew member is hard at work clearing switch points after another overnight dumping of snow.
A double ic express at Kakia Skala passage on the way to south. The line is out of work from 2004 because the new double standard gauge line is more usfull.
CW 2-6-6-2 #46 and 2-8-2 #45 have crossed the summit on the California Wesern and are now going to drop down to Willits as part of a double headed excursion in June of 1974. #45 remains on the CW ... (more)
Forty-Five Years Ago On this day in 1976, the Erie-Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, Jersey Central, Lehigh & Hudson River, Reading, Penn-Reading Seashore Lines, Buffalo Creek, Niagara Junction, ... (more)
Breaking Trail. Having picked up a single boxcar at the Panolam plant at Martins, CN 4132 plows up a bit of snow as it gains headroom coming off the plant lead and onto the back track befor... (more)
After a quick stop, 611 is underway northbound through Dundee yard out of Danville.
Late afternoon light streams across the work floor at Nelson, BC, last stand of the F-M's.
The Santa Fe Railroad ordered fifteen 2-8-4 Berkshires from the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1927. These locomotives were designated as Class 4101 and assigned road numbers 4101 through 4115. The C... (more)
Lehigh Valley #400 was the first of four low nose RS-11's on the roster. She is seen here basking in the sun on a service track in Sayre Yard.
A southbound passenger on the way to Athens crossing Assopos passage
One of fifty-nine BL2s produced, the 7172 and its slug are hard at work on a steamy June afternoon in 1981. The unit was built for the Western Maryland Railway in October, 1948, as their No. 82.
Worn-out, obsolete, unneeded - all words that might accurately describe these old locomotives, as well as their dilapidated surroundings. But L&N is going to give several RS-3s (delivered in 1954... (more)
Racing the setting sun....literally!. Standing on the slippery rocks of the Sacandaga River, I can hear the distinctive whistle of David Kloke's beautiful Leviathan as she signals a stop at... (more)
This is Progress. EMDX 1501 (SD70ACe-T4) sits at the Progress Rail/Electro-Motive Division facility in McCook, Illinois on the evening of February 19, 2020. Built in 2015, it is an upgraded... (more)
Heading for the Hills The Alaska Railroad dispatched a "snow fleet" work extra consisting of two GP40-2s pushing Harsco/Jordan Spreader 9 south to Portage to begin open... (more)
The engineer of UP 4043 east looks over his paperwork for his trip out of the Bay Area before a crescent moon sets behind some buildings. After letting all the amtraks through, the dispatcher gave... (more)
A Bald Eagle has left it’s nest in the care of it’s mate, while it makes a inspection of the beast that daily interrupts the solitude of Benewah Lake.
Railroad: St. Maries River RailroadLocomotive: EMD GP9Location: St Maries, Idaho, USALocomotive #: STMA 101Train ID: n/aPhoto Date: July 16, 2018
3 Soo Line passenger cars sit out side the railroad shops in Escanaba, MI in May of 1986. This is the same location that the ex--D&H Baldwin Sharks are kept, and like them, the passenger cars are ... (more)
The first train of the day is running up the steep grade to Rothorn Kulm. Shoving is light oil fired cogwheel steamlocomotive H 2/3 # 16, built in 1992 by SLM Winterthur for the Glion-Rochers de N... (more)
A classy and colorful caboose is at the rear of a manifest freight as it rolls west through Griffith almost thirty nine years ago, just east of the famous Broad street tower. Gotta love those spru... (more)
Ever wonder what it looks like going 12 mph down poor rail in a GP15? Engineer John takes his train North out of Chippewa Falls all the way up to Rice Lake. After some switching, we headed back do... (more)
The golden hour approaches as former BN 429 sits in Tacoma, as it has for about 8 years. This unit was involved in some sort of accident in the 2000's and was at CEECO before they closed. It seems... (more)
Southbound 752-A at Altus, Wyoming on December 31, 1956 working on the Colorado & Southern, with four F-7 units owned by the Ft. Worth & Denver. The Colorado & Southern and Fort Worth & Denver... (more)
I must admit, I took every opportunity to view RF&P 250 ton wreck derrick No. 1 when it was being used. It didn't get used often, but when it did, I tried to be there. Still, being steam powered... (more)
Peru Rail's 653 hauls train 19 Puno - Cusco through the busy streets of Juliaca.
B&M 3713 undergoes restoration at the Steamtown shops in Scranton, PA. Last I heard no completion date is set and it is looking like it will be post-2010.
Here we are getting ready to service the 20th Century Limited after its arrival in the Windy City. The 20th was in the spotlight once again as A. Hitchcock's North by Northwest was released in 19... (more)
Check out the art work by the dynamic brake handle.
Did you know, Auto Train is the longest passenger train in the world? It's longer than the Empire State building is tall. It also happens to be the only Amtrak train where you can bring your vehi... (more)
A Northern Pacific Diner Among an ATSF Gold Mine. Stainless steel fluting on original Santa Fe Railway passenger cars returns again to the rails of the Barstow station, even if only for jus... (more)
According to reports, no fatalities in the wreck of 4663.
With a pair of Northern California cars and CDTX 2051 on the point, Amtrak 782 hustles into Emma Wood State Beach and under Pacific Coast Highway No. 1 as it skirts the Pacific Ocean this afternoo... (more)
It isn't often that you find equipment freshly painted in BN's Cascade Green scheme. This box car looks sharp on display at Bandana Square, a former NP shop complex now used for offices, a hotel a... (more)
Here's an example of a power lash up that made the Union Pacific a 'Diesel Spotters Guide' dream come true in the 1960s and 70s. An EMD GP9, a DD35B and a GP30B prepare to depart Provo Yard for No... (more)
The gleaming ATSF 3751 (along with three Amtrak P42s that nobody noticed anyway) coasts southbound along the beautiful beach shores of Del Mar with the 24 car AAPRCO special handily in tow.
Just a bit of snow can make the show
AC&W presidents special splits switch and derails second unit, no. 9538 and baggage car. Rerailing took nearly three hours using only wood blocks, greese, and ingenuity.
The February 8, GMRC 263 consists of steel, salt and slurry as it passes above Ludlow, VT, with VTR 207/202/308/GMTX 2663 and VTR 432. Hard to see but hundreds of skiers are enjoying fresh power ... (more)
It's not in the middle of nowhere for nothing. While the Fillmore & Western does operate tourist service, the most distinctive part of their operation is in the movie business. With a vast amount ... (more)
A Southern Pacific passenger train heads east across the Benicia–Martinez Bridge. Built between 1928 and 1930, the lift-bridge spans the waterway between Martinez and Benicia northeast of San F... (more)
What was once new, will become new once again! NS 3214's high nose and cab are cut off to make way for a Admiral Cab. This SD40-2 will also receive a complete overhaul, under-floor air conditionin... (more)
FIRST FREIGHT. The first revenue freight move to cross this bridge since November 1989 rolls SB, operating under the old D&H symbol used for the D&H North Creek to Saratoga job.
A spotless CP 1800 makes a reverse move past John's camera and will soon couple onto a intercity train in the Windsor platforms behind him. Meanwhile, CN pool sleeper Emerald is tied into a recen... (more)
