The Cincinnati Railway's annual Fireworks Train lays over at the riverfront as the Western & Southern / WEBN Fireworks show gets underway. The train brought more than 250 riders downtown to enjoy ... (more)

With intense thunderstorms moving in from the southwest, the RCPE crew prepares to depart Pierre.

The rear helper units on a heavy Port of Los Angeles stack train slowly grind up the steep 1.4 % grade towards Yampai Summit as they enter Crozier Canyon. The sound of General Electric Evolution S... (more)

A Lancaster, California bound Metrolink commuter train makes its way through the Sand Canyon Fire near Tunnel #19. The 22,000+ acre wild fire has forced Antelope Valley Line trains to operate at r... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Laurel to Missoula manifest freight streaks through Lombard, Montana during an awesome light show courtesy of Mother Nature. I'm standing on the abutment of the old Milwaukee R... (more)

Happy 4th of July from NS' Avondale Yard in North Kansas City! I took these from the parking garage at the North Kansas City Hospital, along with quite a few others, who strangely, seemed less int... (more)

Allentown & Auburn SW 206 tied down for the night as fireworks are set off by the volunteers in celebration of Fourth of July. Now that's 'Merica!

Happy Fourth of July.

Valley Railroad shop worker Chip cuts a superheater tube out of locomotive No. 97's boiler. This work is to stabilize the locomotive, and do some preparation work prior to the start of her 1472 d... (more)

A welder grinds some fresh weld repairs to a plow at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015. On the left is EMD SD40-2 No. 3071 which is in the pro... (more)

On 1st june, the world's longest railway tunnel was officially inaugurated, the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Alps from Erstfeld to Bodio. The very first train which run from ... (more)

A welder puts some elbow grease into it as he grinds fresh welds on repairs to the nose of Union Pacific SD40-2 No. 3071 at the Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 201... (more)

Work progresses on the restoration of Chesapeake & Ohio 2-6-6-2 No. 1309 in the Western Maryland Scenic's shop. This is actually a staged photo done as part of the "Farewell to 734" even... (more)

A Union Pacific welder cuts the north rail during a grade crossing replacement at 72nd Avenue on UP’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision in Arvada, Colorado, on October 25, 2003.

The Alaska State Fair is a two week long annual celebration that punctuates the end of summer in the 49th State. The fairgrounds in Palmer sit right beside the ARR's normally freight only branch ... (more)