The Illusion of Speed

Wabash 1189 is on home rails as it sails along on an equipment move, positioning equipment for a Norfolk Southern employees Santa Train which operates out of Decatur this weekend, (Dec. 14-15). Th... (more)

A nice winter landscape greets the lead unit on a northbound empty Magenation all-rail ore train headed for Superior.

Pacing shot in horse country.

UP, ex CNW 6703 leads an NS train into the yard slow enough for me to try some pan shots. The consist and train had apparently been sitting in plain view for a few days before the convening of my ... (more)

The engineer of CNIC's Santa Train works power out of Gibson City, with the carbon build up in Illinois Central E9 101 wafting back along the train as it heads for its next stop in Melvin, Saturda... (more)

On September 21, 2013, Canadian Pacific ES44AC No. 8710 glides through Wasa, British Columbia, with an empty coal train heading for a crew change at Fort Steele.

Two days ago we moved from a big quiet 4br house way out on Long Island into a tiny 1br apartment closer to NYC for a few months. Doesn't sound like much fun, but on the plus side there are some *... (more)

General Electric HiAd Trucks with AC Traction Motors that were made in Canada.

A GP20C-ECO and an ex-Milwaukee Road GP40 head eastbound along Minnesota State Highway 55 toward Brooten.

Union Pacific Railroad train M BNAS (manifest Bloomington-Alton Southern) blasts down the mainline of the former Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Steve Smedley

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)

Scene from the "Great Locomotive Chase"

A recreation featuring 4-4-0 #17 - the York and visiting locomotive 4-4-0 #63 - the Leviathan (Chasing backwards but not in view). The event was... (more)

new chinese long range passenger diesel motive power