An improbable lashup led this transfer on the BN
A northbound IC train hauled by a class 103 Co-Co electric paces a tourist bus just after passing Oberwesel. Note the typical German turnstyle guarding a foot crossing.
Amtrak’s westbound Cardinal approaches its station stop in Hinton, West Virginia. Passenger trains on the C&O main are having their troubles today, as is evidenced by the B&O GP40-2 helping an a... (more)
On April 1, 1976, the Delaware & Hudson had to rebrand 44 Lehigh Valley and Reading locomotives that it acquired as part of its territorial expansion when Conrail was formed. The need was immediat... (more)
My final trip to the C&NW 40th Street Shops was just before May 22, 1956, the last day for C&NW steam in Chicago. The only operational steam locomotives I saw on this visit were several 0-6-0s and... (more)
RCT&HS's "new" trainmaster slug sits at Temple Station after being acquired from RMDI in Pittston. The trainmaster started out as Wabash, then Norfolk Western, then ended its service on Norfolk So... (more)
When the first train of the day from Poschiavo via the Bernina Pass to St. Moritz reached the plane of Cavaglia at about 6.50 AM, the two pantographs of the Allegra trainset, each fitted with 3 gr... (more)
Built in May 1984 as CR 6745, NS 5425 was retired in August 2012 to be rebuilt as an SD40E at the Juniata Locomotive Shop in Altoona.
A graveyard for EMD's. Dozens of EMD's (mostly SD40-2's, but also some GP38-2's and SD9043MAC's) populate the deadline at Weston Yard in Winnipeg.
The Railway Post Office Car (RPO) was still in wide use in the 60's. These RPO's one or more per train would be assigned to varnish or special mail trains and was the high speed mail link for many... (more)
The sun begins to set over the horizon, as this B&O rail veteran stays in place, as it will tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that. Every day, until it's fixed, or scrapped.
Déraillement du CN 403 à Montmagny, Québec; le 7 février 2004 vers 16h30. More pictures and text of this derailment at: http://deraillements.trains.quebec.fotopic.net/
The "Twentieth Century Limited" gets underway westbound behind diesel power at Harmon, after exchanging the P-motor electric that brought it out of Grand Central Terminal for a pair of E... (more)
End of the line. At the end of BNSF's Niobe Subdivision in Northgate, ND is the Boundary Line. It's not the boundary to Montana or Minnesota; but the International Border between the USA... (more)
Brand-new MP36 #923 poses on the "wash track" at San Jose's Diridon station.
Having just crossed into Southern Colorado, Amtrak's Southwest Chief catches the last few rays of sunshine as it negotiates the tight twists and turns of Raton Pass. At over 7,500' above sea level... (more)
CN Turbo set 129 enters Montreal Central Station trainshed for a late-afternoon departure for Toronto on August 19, 1970
Springs is Avalanche season and there are plenty of slide zones on the Alaska RR such as this at MP 7.1 on the Whittier Branch. Just a few days earlier this slide was 30 feet across the RR. Thanks... (more)
Pinky Lynton takes water at Bondad. Pinky was an engineer on the Rio Grande Southern. When the RGS abandoned in 1951 he went to the DRGW. Pinky was a qualified engineer but he was uncomfortable... (more)
There are those events to which we can look back and say "I'm glad I was there". This was such an event. "We don't need no stinking diesels!" Up the steepest mainline grade... (more)
An unidentified K4 and electrics can be seen co-mingling at the Meadows Terminal.
A heavy fall fog has dropped down over the yard at Centralia, WA as train M-PASTAC rolls into the yard to set out a bad order car. The switchman on the ground has bundled up and has his lantern on... (more)
Despite how it may look, this photo isn't very rural at all. Had I pointed my camera in any other direction, you would have seen a sea of McMansions and suburban sprawl. On a lighter note; check o... (more)
Northbound on the Joint Line near Louviers, Fort Worth & Denver 752D heads a Colorado & Southern freight for Denver on July 8, 1967. The practice of sandwiching one or two SD9s between paired AB F... (more)
CN trains E217 and Q106 meet at Henry House, both of which feature a BC Rail paint scheme up front.
In the 1990s, Conrail's Lehigh Line and Harrisburg Line were normally visited by freshly re-manufactured units from the Morrison-Knudsen plant at Mountain Top, Pennsylvania. A large order for Sou... (more)
A group of partying trespassers throw far too much caution to the wind as #516 passes on main 2. Note the cooler which is actually sitting on Main 1. Amtrak warns the approaching Main 1 freight w... (more)
A look at the controls of UP 951.
Fire retardent is poured on this dpu after blowing it's dynamic breaks. This train had a rough time getting things cleared after the fire was out due to confusion about whether the authorities wer... (more)
Classic Grande on The Joint Line with a nice cupola caboose, coal, and grungy helpers. After assisting this train from Denver the helpers have cutoff and run around the caboose (the helpers were a... (more)
Go to the link below to see same scene from opposite angle. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=221982 Geeps are headed for Mt Hope to pick up loaded hoppers. Caboose is on end of work ... (more)
Every passenger train after the end of it's run, passes through the washing mashine.
Variety of locomotives in Juniata locomotive shop under a clean sky that would bring heavy rain during the afternoon. Built in 1888 - 1990 and expanded in 1924 - 1925, Juniata Shop it was an expan... (more)
After two days with about one meter of fresh snow, a wonderful day breaks. Shortly after seven in the morning the first train from Poschiavo just has reached Alp Grüm on 2091 meter above sea leve... (more)
Like fresh from the factory, locomotive Ae 6/6 # 11407 "Aargau" is brought back by the road/track-Unimog to the Schweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik Winterthur (SLM), where she ... (more)
Highball Scribner. SP&S Alco 313 has a clear signal and order board to proceed east to Spokane. This is railroading the way it was with the engineman and station operator acknowledging each othe... (more)
New Haven LB-2 the overnight freight from Lowell shows up just after sunup on the original New Haven mainline, the Midland division. The New Haven is few days away from becoming part of Penn Centr... (more)
An express regio EMU grab a car carrier truck stuck at a level crossing and derail. No injuries in the train, but unfortunely, the truck driver die in the crash.
C&NW Baldwin AS-16M 1498 (ex-MKT 141) shows off its EMD GP9 long hood while switching the industries in Appleton, Wis., on December 20, 1980. Katy had the unit repowered by EMD in 1960, which resu... (more)
Star of the show! All of this day's pushers on Williamsport Hill are different: "hammerhead" RS-3. RS-3, F7(A), FA-2, GP7. But operating Alco FA units are especially scarce by 1972, and Williamspo... (more)
If ever there was a great spot for train watching it was South Amboy and its engine change. The NJDOT GG1 that brought train #3359 from New York City moves out of the way as a neat lashup of an NJ... (more)
Steam locomotives 3526, 3642 and 3830 race the NSW Rail Transport Museum "Illawarra Highlander" special out of Otford Tunnel, and into the daylight near Stanwell Park. The special train was en rou... (more)
The weight of this train was 12,000 tons.
New BNSF 9378 heads west into the sun with it's first revenue train at Oreapolis near Plattsmouth Nebraska.
The Northlander starts it's long trek north from Toronto Union Station on a gloomy day.
Time stands still for Jersey Central's venerable F3's... Come to ground level, click HERE or Railroad: Jersey CentralLocomotive: EMD F3(A)Location: Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: CNJ 56-57Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: January 17, 2009
The lightning stripe applied to the RF-16 gave a different appearance to the Shark nose, a very dignified look. Eighteen "A" units and eight "B" units built by Baldwin-Lim... (more)
CN's U741 ore train has stopped clear of Partridge while freight L-549 puts its train together. This short delay allowed LS&I's 7-Tilden to sneak past at Empire Junction with C30-7 3073 and U30C 3... (more)
"Behemoth Basking in the Morning Light" A truly impressive locomotive - UP 4012 measures in at a monstrous 132 feet long and takes up the entire frame of this photo! The loco... (more)
SWPC 411 is one of only 35 SDP35s ever produced and the only one still operating in its original carbody. 411 started life as SAL 1111, where it was designed to be effective in both passenger and ... (more)
These EMU are speed trial car of JR-EAST. They aim at 225MPH-operation.
Amtrak train No. 4 approaches Winslow with the snow-capped San Francisco Peaks in the distance.
Union Pacific Alco FA-1 1638 and FB-1 1606. No photographer name on slide.
CBR 1203 leads the first revenue train westbound out of Tunnel 14 on the Coos Bay Rail Link main line. Other than a work train in September 2011, this is the first train over this line since Sept... (more)
STEAM Returns to the Mainline! NS 730 gets a Green Light to Innovation as 630 is moving into position to lead a train on the mainline for the first time in many years. Appropriate that her first m... (more)
A railfan special was co-sponsored by the NRHS and N.Y. Chapter of Railway Enthusiasts to Reading in order to see stored steam power. Reading T-1 locomotives 2100 and 2124 were spotted for fans as... (more)
Under the watchful eyes of shop employees, an EMD 16 710G3C prime mover is carefully lowered onto the frame of Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 8382 on May 18, 2015, at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in No... (more)
CN's ferry Huron (of Sarnia) crosses the Detroit River with another load of cars, including what looks to be a Massey Fergusen combine, in August of 1964. Numerous rail ferries crossed the river a... (more)
PC 8024 running long hood forward brings new Santa Fe boxcars from the builder, Berwick Forge & Fabricating. First stop will be Newberry Yard on their way to delivery to the ATSF.
Early morning at National Railways of Mexico’s Huehuetoca yards, the road’s handsome 4-8-4s are on the move, roundhouse to the “patio” to pick up their trains. On July 4, 1964, steam is de... (more)
At the end of a clear but cold day in October 1997, Union Pacific rotary snowplow No. 900082 and support train clears the Kansas Pacific Line in eastern Colorado.
Heber Valley's former Great Western 2-8-0 #75 had the honors this day in September of 2001. Today she is under restoration with hopes to get her ready very soon now that Heber's former UP #618 ha... (more)
It was fairly rare to see a caboose in active service in 1991, and even rarer when it was a Chessie safety caboose. A small fleet of these cabeese were painted in colorful liveries, each adorned ... (more)
My guess is that this unit was involved in a sideswipe collision of some sort and is headed to Waycross for repairs.
One of the many locomotives at NRE Silvis is Metra E8A #521. The engine was originally built for the C&NW in 1951. After being used in commuter service for RTA and eventually Metra, the unit was s... (more)
A Milwaukee rib side caboose rolls on the the IHB crossing the Santa Fe mainline at McCook. The caboose is pretty weather beaten and also shows signs of impact from things being thrown at it. Now ... (more)
Rolling out of Union Station, two bald PRR E8s 4255 and 4297 leading train 22 the Manhattan Limited on its journey to New York on June 19, 1968. Photo by photographer's name not listed, from my... (more)
For rail fans going through Denver, this engine has become somewhat of a landmark in lower downtown, where it has sat gathering rust since colliding with an ethanol tanker truck in July of 2009 (n... (more)
A Turbotrain returning from New York hits full stride through Attleboro. The sun has just set but there is enough afterglow to light the scene. For more Trubo train shotsmore)
An unknown Chicago, IL-Detroit, MI train passes the monumental Pennsylvania Railroad freight house, as it prepares to leave CUSCo. property on its way East.
second derailed train in this saturday at Bandung area. before this moment some car of Argo Wilis trainsets derail in bumi waluya area.
C&K Scrap Metal is scrapping M&E RS11 7215 and C424 4216 at the railroad's Morristown yard. Components of the 7215 are awaiting movement to C&K's Newark processing facility.
An NW excursion train rolls towards Fort Wayne, Indiana. Quite a number of people are hanging out the side of the cars. Those were the days.
The Toronto Section of the Canadian leaves Union Station
WP 7161 getting ready for Heritage Steam Run at Bangalore Station
The lineup at Sunnyside.
CSX Q520 rumbles off the Biloxi Back Bay Bridge as they land on the Ocean Springs side of things. Sunset has just transpired and the night is moving in. What a way to send daylight off with this ... (more)
The End of Steam As the last sun of a March day illuminates the Northeast Corridor at Trenton, New Jersey, Amtrak train 82, the Silver Star, slows for its station stop. This... (more)
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As always, lots of neat engines around Progress.
A pair of E-Units idle passively after a late afternoon rain storm.
No.9048 seems to have an ample supply of coal for the journey ahead as it moves west through Omaha.
KRM's Monon BL2 waits for its next call to duty.
Unlocking the switch at triangle yard.
Saying Goodbye - Locals gather at the Milepost 30 Indian Route 21 crossing to watch the coal train go by one last time. This is the last loaded coal train that will run through here in the ... (more)
With a fresh crew and a good warrant, BNSF 6305 begins the long journey across Colorado as it hauls 12,634 feet of empty coal cars. BNSF has increased their numbers of double empty coal trains ove... (more)
Returning from Rutland
Former PLM four-cylinder compound 4-6-2 No 231K82 enters Calais Ville station with the 08.39 Paris Nord to Calais Maritime express.
