Five hot! Producing an awesome set of exhaust plumes, the entire operable fleet of steam engines at the Cass Scenic Railroad puts on a display of mountain muscle at the annual Railfan Weeke... (more)

In the "blue hour" 3 "Pacifics" and 2 "Mikados" gather in the depot of the DGEG in Neustadt/Weinstrasse. From the left 01 118 of the Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt (... (more)

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
These signals and their sister single mast for southbound movements are not long for this world as their replacements sit 8 miles south ready to b... (more)

A splash of color around the Spencer roundhouse. These beautiful streamliners are NS 4271, Erie 833, NH 2019, UP 949, Wabash 1189, and Wabash 1009.

In the "blue hour" 8 large german steamlocomotives are gathered in the depot of DGEG in Neustadt/Weinstrasse on the occasion of the Rheinland-Pfalz steam festival 2014. From left the 3 express tra... (more)

The only steam locomotive at the Streamliners event, Norfolk & Western J-class 4-8-4 #611 spins on the turntable while Iowa Pacific's E8 (disguised as Central of Georgia 812 for the morning) and t... (more)

The 611 is in the spotlight @ Spencer

Dixieland Delight One of the many neat railroad treats one can find in the Music City is the last surviving NC&StL steam jack built by Alco in 1942. This massive class J3 4-8-4 beauty loo... (more)

TVRM's former Southern Rwy 2-8-0 #630 leads a southbound Norfolk Southern/TVRM public excursion train across the massive bridge over the Kentucky River at High Bridge, KY on its round trip between... (more)

The entire New Royal Palm train is silhouetted against the morning sun as Southern 630 leads NS 957 into Kentucky for the trip to Danville.

Thunderstorm rolled to the North while I was out shooting trains last night. Captured this shot of lightning from the Norfolk Southern Reading Yard last night. Photo by Shawn A Leightcap

With the morning sun rising in the sky, UP 844 is steamed up and ready to depart Salina, Kansas westward for Sharon Springs.

Shortly before sunrise the 489 and a work train make a photo runby at Lava. In the background the San Luis Valley is covered by fog with a few hill tops looking like islands. Our train was heade... (more)

Freight trains from Germany to Italy usually take the route via Basel, but there are occasional trains via Schaffhausen. This DB Schenker intermodal freight train just crosses the central section ... (more)

M338 has an out time of 20:00 at Waterloo for the trip to Kirk Yard, IN. As the days get longer that departure time give some time for some sunset photos east of Waterloo. Today's M338 left at 19:... (more)