I happened to be in Moab, UT when a friend reminded me that the once a week UP potash local runs on a Friday, wait thats today! All my previous plans for the day were now pushed to the side as I h... (more)

At the end of a perfect day, a rainbow encircles a Montana Rail Link helper set trundling eastward at Austin, Montana, after helping a BNSF grain train over Mullan Pass on July 5, 2021.

As the golden hour arrives in the James River valley, and the Blue Ridge mountains loom off in the back ground, 212 hustles north across the Southern built James River Trestle on their way north t... (more)

The Nyssa Depot is a unique Art Deco architecture depot along UP's Huntington Subdivision. While unique depots dot the OSL, this one is my personal favorite to get trains blasting past. This would... (more)

Hard to believe it's been 17 years since I shot this photo. There were a few years in my youth where every April and Aug I was set up near this location to catch sunset. I never caught exactly wha... (more)

The Belton Job calls it a day and heads for the shop, passing this hot dog establishment, which actually has quite good reviews on Google.

The battle between Fall and Winter was ongoing at various locations along the Green Mountain Railroad's Bellows Falls Subdivision on October 30, however none as prominent as at Brockway Mills. Wi... (more)

A Fall sunrise greets the Road to Paradise, as Strasburg Rail Road decapod #90 hustles West on the morning of October 18, 2020. This photo was taken as part of the SRC's 60th anniversary celebrat... (more)

'Rhaetian Crocodile' Ge 6/6 I number 415 is in charge of the summer tourist service between Davos Platz and Filisur. The train is popular with tourists and is even epitomised in a bottle of beer s... (more)

A mixed freight moves Northbound with sunset colors glowing in the sky and spring shower clouds still visible in the distance.

For my 10'000th contribution on Railpictures.net I choosed this moonlight picture: The full moon above the 2622 metre high Muchetta mountain (Rhaeto-Romanic for fire extinguisher or candle... (more)

The moon illuminates the spectacle on the intermediate signal at milepost 712 on the Raton subdivision on this cold January evening.

A consecutive numbered trio of ''Blue Barns'' with a leased four axles, Central Maine & Quebec Job 1 has just crossed over to the Adirondack Subdivision for the last leg of the trip to Farnham Ya... (more)

Built in the Spanish Mission style, the 1899 AT&SF station in Las Vegas, New Mexico greeted many of the Santa Fe’s long-distance passenger trains. Now, it exists to serve the Southwest Chief<... (more)

The Castañeda

Anyone familiar with Santa Fe history has undoubtedly heard the term “Harvey House”. Before the introduction of the dining car, passenger trains would stop at �... (more)