Unusual place for a high-speed train
In 1992-93, Amtrak tested the Swedish-built X2000. The train was designed and built by Kalmar Verkstad (later merged with Asea Brown Boveri, Inc.) f... (more)

Quint Powered. After a mechanical failure on Amtrak Train 48 (Lake Shore Limited) near Waterloo, Indiana on the night of Saturday, December 3, 2022, Norfolk Southern 7258 (SD70ACu) was adde... (more)

The Kansas City Southern Holiday Express returns to the rails for the first time since 2019 and one of the stops was in Leesville, Louisiana. The tank car named Rudy lights up the night in the Lee... (more)

Big Tanks Burning Off That Turkey Meal. On the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 25, 2022, Conrail Shared Assets train BY-1 was approach Jersey Gardens Blvd passing through Elizabeth... (more)

The yard dog.

"Phase Tree"

On the afternoon of October 26th, 2022, Amtrak P32AC-DM 708 sits ready to lead Empire Service train 238 from Albany-Rensselaer Station with an interesting add... (more)

Fall for fast freight, the Western Maryland.

"Mini Trainset, Big Help"

During the early morning hours of June 13th, 2022, a portion of Metro-North Railroad's lower New Haven Line suffered a weather-related catenary p... (more)

Dirty Double. Westbound Amtrak and NJ Transit trains are seen at the iconic curve at Elizabeth station. The NJT cab car clearly hasn't seen a washing facility in quite some time, compar... (more)

The Many Faces of Amtrak

Sitting at Amtrak's 16th Street Diesel Shop is a variety of motive power: On the left is AMTK MP14B 592, and next to that is Illinois Department of Tran... (more)

Stored Metro Comeng sets await their fate in North Shore Yard.

Big Boy And The Big Easy. On the afternoon of Friday, August 20, 2021, Union Pacific Railroad's 4-8-8-4 4014 (Big Boy) crossed the Mississippi River over Huey P. Long Bridge with the city o... (more)

Re 4/4 II of the SBB with the funny number # 11111 (Re 420 # 111), delivered in may 1967 by SLM and BBC, is pulling the Intercity 181 Stuttgart-Zürich from Singen (Hohentwiel)/Germany via Schaffh... (more)

Back when CP was still cool, a mother/daughter set is heading back down into the bowl after putting a block of cars away in the departure track.

The two Talgo series 6 trainsets owned by Washington State, are headed for scrap in LA. WSDOT retired all of the Series 6 trainsets and they were implicated by the NTSB in the severity of the 12/... (more)