A Christmas Eve snowfall brightens the scene and spirits while waiting for the train.

A college student ponders the mysteries of the universe as the sun sets over Puget Sound. Her thoughts clearly don't extend to wondering when the next train might come by...


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Stranger in a strange land: An MRL Officer Car Special cruises along Puget Sound at Carkeek Park near Blue Ridge, WA, running from New Westminster, BC to Missoula, MT via Seattle and Stampe... (more)

This is a VERY RARE scene. An MRL business train rolls along the Puget Sound coastline. This train originated out of New Westminster BC and is headed back to Montana. Here it is seen at Milepost 1... (more)

Engineer Ed Dickens is at the helm of UP #844 as the train departs the greater Denver area through the suburb of Commerce City with a lucky lady sitting behind Ed.

The view out onto Jalama Beach, California, from the observation car on Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight.

A passenger head down the platform as a trio of Acela train sets wait in the station to head up the road.

A familiar scene can be found most nights on many of the Chicago elevated station platforms. A scene of many different people from young to old, hip to traditional with one common link between all... (more)

Chicago and North Western’s yard office at Bill, Wyoming, is where C&NW train crews report to work in Powder River Basin. It is also the workplace of two friendly lady railroaders in the corner ... (more)

An uptown train is departing while a downtown train loads at the busy station at Times Square in Manhattan.

Times they are a changin'. In recent years, the demographics of the railroad crews at tourist railroads and museums have begun to shift a bit. It isn't just the boys who are playing with t... (more)

Roll by
The female conductor of an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe autorack train is on the ground and doing a “roll by” inspection of a westbound at Summit, Montana, on Octo... (more)

Railpictures.net contributor Maryann Norvik waves at 224 after getting her pictures. Shots on the north side of the track only work in late s... (more)

It’s a hot summer afternoon as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle waits for a BNSF unit sulphur train to pass by at Emery Street in Longmont, Colorado, on July 7, 2005.