All-Weather Atlas. NJ Transit ALP-45DP no. 4503 is seen leading Montclair-Boonton Line train 6234 through Montclair, NJ, passing the former freight house at Upper Montclair Station. The... (more)

Dead locomotives waits out their last days in Chicago Heights with their fate already sealed by the cutting torch.

An LNG consist winds down the grade on their way to the Manzanillo ports

EMDX 7237 is hard on its dynamics as it fights the downgrade towards the port of Manzanillo, on the front, a great friend gives a friendly wave

Better Than 194 Steps. The World Famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, Pennsylvania is a busy thoroughfare for both Norfolk Southern and Amtrak. Home to a park in the middle of the curve that ... (more)

Racing south along with rush hour traffic a nicely matched set of Amfleet "airliners on wheels" is keeping up and perhaps gaining a little. Hey, I used to own one of those Nissan 510s!

"CTrail Over CTtransit at Hamilton Ave"

On the afternoon of January 23rd, 2024, Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT)/CTrail EMD GP40-3H 6699 leads Metro-North Railroad tra... (more)

BNSF 4294 powers an eight car officer special westbound. Cars are Cajon Pass, Trinchera Pass, Mt. Helena, Raton Pass, Marias Pass, Topeka, Fred Harvey, & William B Strong.

High above the Shasta Valley, the northbound Coast Starlight crosses Dry Canyon in summer 1994. An Amtrak engineer once told me that if the signals were all green and the train was making track sp... (more)

In 1987-1988, Southern Pacific closed the Modoc Line to through traffic. If the Modoc had been open, this EURGM would have been closing in on Alturas. Instead, the train is crossing Dry Canyon Via... (more)

An aging pair of CSX AC4400CWs find themselves on the point of train I037 traversing the East/West Connection track at Hamlet passing the Seaboard era depot crossing over the S Line. The Depot was... (more)

PA and PA in PA: An N-scale NKP PA poses next to the real thing at Steamtown.

BNSF 9650 in the 'Executive' paint scheme holds lead unit in this consist of classic BNSF and novelty EMD power bringing train H-PASEVE into Tacoma, as it meets grain shuttle operations at the Tem... (more)

A UP oil can train meets the BNSF Denver to Provo train led by BNSF 9295 (SD70ACe) which occupies the siding at Tolland, Colorado.

A storm the night before has blanketed Crescent, Colorado with a foot of snow as UP 5339 (ES44AC) leads an oil can train through the curve on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.