A Southern train with a GP30 leading waits for its turn to cross the bridge as a north bound Milwaukee Road train with caboose 992118 bring up the rear, at New Albany, IN. 9-22-1984

Orin Iron Horse Race......Raw horsepower against gravity. AC against DC. The 5 DC motors have slowly been overtaking the New AC power since leaving Converse Junction. The two trains will end the r... (more)

Wichita isn't known as a railfan hub (and for good reason), but it can get pretty busy. Here at 21st street, all four of the city's railroads (BNSF, UP, South Kansas & Oklahoma and jointly UP/BNSF... (more)

Days before the end of ferry service by EL the commuters from Hoboken disembark at Barclay St. for their jobs. Most commuters who made the daily trek from New Jersey were already using PATH train... (more)

In May 1989 the VIA "Supercontinental" departs Edmonton behind FP9A's 6303 and 6301. Attached to the rear is the "Skeena" behind VIA 6310. This scene can never be repeated as these tracks, origina... (more)

On a gray morning, a C&O freight curves toward the Hawthorne Street overpass and the station and yard just beyond.

Back before Clifton Forge was seriously downsized...

Amtrak's California Zephyr train #6 pauses for fuel and passengers at the Rio Grande passenger station in Salt Lake City.

Hoboken's tower, built in 1982, supervises movements in and out of the yard at dusk. The old tower can be seen in a photo Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: Tower
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: N/A
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 23, 2012

A late-1970s view of the UP's Omaha Shops. Bob Zwiers photo.

With an Illinois Central southbound freight waiting, a Toledo, Peoria and Western westbound crosses the diamonds at Gilman, Illinois, on May 5, 1990. The TP&W in this era was repainting some of it... (more)

On a busy afternoon in Opelika, a local resident finally gets across the tracks on her way home from shopping downtown. Right to left are train 215, an SCL run-through from Hamlet with a WP caboos... (more)

I have no idea what those people down there were doing. The SD7 however was ex-CB&Q 309. The dinkey is inbound just minutes from leaving Aurora has a generator car on the rear.

Night fall in Pavonia brings out night trains. In the middle of the image three switch jobs wait for an RS-11 to clear. All are waiting for a freight way left background to clear the yard. On the ... (more)

Three Seaboard SDP-35s lead Extra 1106 South across the "Original" Norfolk Southern Railway diamond at Boylan Interlocking, Raleigh, NC on the way to Hamlet Yard, NC . Raleigh Tower is out of vie... (more)