Dromedaries and an about two kilometer long loaded ore train, called "mineralier", near Nouadhibou. Pulling are the SDL40-2 # 109, 103 and 117 in multiple control.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

The immaculate Woodstown Central No. 9 charges towards Oldmans Creek Road. The engine recently returned after a lengthy rebuild after years of being out of service. It previously operated for the ... (more)

Getting 60 carloads of rock on the move from a stand still takes some power. While throttling up out of the siding, CSXT #949 imitates a steam locomotive. A long plume of smoke blows out of the e... (more)

The full or empty ore trains in Mauritania have always been used free of charge by the locals. In recent years, a trend has emerged whereby the trains are increasingly being used by adventurers fr... (more)

The SDL40-2 CC # 114 built by EMD in 1993 pulls the about 2 kilometer long empty ore train of the SNIM (Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière) from Nouadhibou to Zouérate at line kilometer... (more)

Atchison, Topeka& Santa Fe 2-10-2, number 3876, had a total engine and tender weight of 687,000 lbs., and a tractive force of 81,500 lbs. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, where my gre... (more)

CPKC ET44AC's CP 7433 + CP 7431 pull 113's train out of Marathon with KCS SD70ACe 4009 operating mid train.

"Holiday Lights at the Heights"

On the early morning of December 3rd, 2024, Metro-North Railroad's "Holiday Lights Train" (running on 703) arrives at Morris Heights station in the Bro... (more)

It's a rainy September day as the Delaware Lackawanna's SC-7 job gets back on the move through Archbald, Pennsylvania as they head back to Scranton from Carbondale. With most of the train made up ... (more)

SDL40-2 locomotive CC # 119 of the SNIM in the workshop of Nouadhibou.

This 0-8-0, number 206, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Mahoning Ore and Steel Company. It had a total engine and tender weight of 354,500 lbs., and a tractive force of 60,100 lb... (more)

With a pair of SD40-2's, the Reading & Northern's QAMC Mountain Job emerges from the Buck Mountain Tunnel in Barnesville, Pennsylvania and past the old blower housing structures at the eastern por... (more)

20669 Hubli Pune Vande Bharat express crusing down the Shindwane Ghats. The new alignment and tunnels as a part of doubling is also visible.

Red, White, Blue, and Skyline. On the afternoon of Monday, December 2, 2024, Amtrak Train 235 was led by AMTK 87 (P42DC), the first time that a Phase VII painted unit has led a train on the... (more)