Making its inaugural run of 2017, Norfolk and Western 611 marches towards Spencer, NC for its annual inspection prior to a busy excursion season. Following the old Virginian route between Roanoke ... (more)

One of two remaining GP60s painted in Rio Grande paint, GP60 #1900 serves the Mount Pleasant to Texarkana local in far northeast Texas. Built for a May 1990 order for the Cotton Belt, D&RGW reciev... (more)

Completing its first revenue run in 16 years, a freshly restored Southern 4501 returns to Grand Junction with the four car Missionary Ridge Local consist during the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museu... (more)

On a summerlike May morning, Norfolk Southern's office car special makes its way back home to Altoona as it crosses the Tugalo River into South Carolina. Even the fisherman under the bridge stoppe... (more)

One of Pan Am Railway's business train units takes its turn on the turntable while being re-positioned to face the correct way for the coming day's events.

A perfectly timed MDNFW-07 crests the hill at Mingo, with Southern Pacific heritage #1996 making light work of the short manifest going south down the former T&P. This makes the first of Union Pac... (more)

A gloomy afternoon at the Tuscaloosa Amtrak station fits the dampened spirits of the Alabama Crimson Tide faithful less than 24 hours after a close loss to Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl. Many passe... (more)

A surprisingly early 213 rounds the curve at Baldwin during a fairly significant rain shower. This colorful consist brightened the otherwise dreary afternoon, with a Warbonnet SD75M, CN/IC ex-LMS ... (more)

Smoke from Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's 1916 Baldwin 2-8-0 blankets the historic Cumberland depot and riverfront as the excursion unloads and prepares to head back to Ridgely, West Virginia ... (more)

Faces of the ever-popular SD40-2 see the first light of the day while a bright sunrise creates a beautiful sky over northeast Georgia.

Front Porch View: An eastbound intermodal passes by the Cresson Station Inn's famed front porch, a popular hangout for railfans to socialize and enjoy the heavily trafficked former Pennsy m... (more)

UP's Western Pacific heritage SD70ACe #1983, in the lead of a Terminal Island to Dallas intermodal, sprints a down the former Texas & Pacific mainline west of Weatherford on a spring-like January ... (more)

Galloping horses: A lone SD40-2 leads empty rail train 915 as it passes by the statue of Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger. The story behind the cowboy memorial is that the two rode on a tra... (more)

A F3-A class 4-6-2 of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway sits in golden evening light under its shelter in Childress, just feet from the former "Denver Road" mainline. Childress owes its growth to ... (more)

A loaded rail train running from Roanoke, VA to the rail facility at Atlanta's Inman Yard cruises through downtown Norcross with NS' Central Railroad of New Jersey heritage unit as the lone motor.... (more)