Canadian Pacific 2816 leads the CPKC Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour continues the climb up the grade at Rich Mountain as it starts the journey south toward Shreveport
Canadian Pacific 2816 leads the CPKC Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour through the farmlands near the community of Neosho, Missouri as it continues its journey south toward an overnight stay at H... (more)
Canadian Pacific 2816, "The Empress", leads the CPKC Final Spike Anniversary Steam Tour train across one of the arched bridges outside of Kansas City as it heads south toward Heavener
30T heads south with the Wabash leading.
A pair of GP's on CSX's L356 local have just picked up a fresh batch of down ES30ACi locomotives from the Wabtec interchange in Erie, Pennsylvania. This crew will pull down to CP 85, where they wi... (more)
A pair of ES40DCs lead an autorack train north past Nashville Union Station.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Intermodal Stacks train S-LBTCHI1-20A, with one of those colorful consists that made early BNSF trains so interesting, climbs the western side of Cajon Pass as... (more)
That's a Lot of Signals! The old searchlight signals are on their last legs as newer tri-color signals have been installed at Kansas City Terminal's North-South Corridor ... (more)
Thanks to Metrolink train 606 breaking down in Santa Fe Springs, and Metrolink train 608 also stopping there to pick up 606's passengers, Metrolink train 712 (91/Perris Valley Line; Los Angeles to... (more)
Cp 9375 sit's with a 3 car set of CPKC Containers.
CSX B422-24 (East Savannah,GA-Proviso,IL/UP) is shooting north through Wauhatchie on its way north up the CSX Chattanooga Sub for Nashville, TN. It feels like 2013 all over again as the empties it... (more)
A trio of Norfolk Southern locomotives lead intermodal train 217 as it soars over the town of Kenova, West Virginia as it approaches the bridge across the Ohio River. The approach trestle to the m... (more)
The Henderson Overton Branch job makes its way back to Henderson after dropping off 29 empties at Overton for interchange with UP. LTEX 3905 still wears its unique Baja California Railroad livery.
CN A489 heads through downtown Jackson as it approaches CN's North Yard. In trail is Bessemer and Lake Erie #907, an SD40T-3. Once used extensively on Minnesota's Iron Range, this engine has spent... (more)
During the late evening CSX Q611-15 (Atlanta,GA-Montgomery,AL) is doubling in the departure yard before getting permission to depart south out of the Atlanta Terminal. What a fond distance memorie... (more)
In a dense and foggy winter morning, BNs 458 job makes a run for Zearing with both a “Smurf” GP38 & BN SD40. Seen here in Meriden.
NS empties approach the subdivisions namesake town of Mendota, with an H1 Dash 9 on the head end. Seen here outside town, aside Meriden.
In the afternoon summer sun along BNs Mendota Sub, NS empties rumble west with an H1 Dash 9 up front for power.
Photo event at the historic locomotive shed of the railway depot in Wittenberge.
"Crossing Reconstruction at Britannia Street"
On the morning of April 13th, 2024, southbound CTrail Hartford Line train 6401, led by CTrail (CTDX) GE P40BH 6711, passes over... (more)
It's a classic Elgin, Joliet & Eastern scene at the old J depot in Lake Zurich as SD38-2 #667 hustles a weed sprayer train north on a nice morning.
CSXT 1982 leads train X51522 through Westover, AL
CSXT 9032 leads train M51417 through the siding at Coosa pines in Alpine, AL
66011 passing Kings Sutton.
168107 passing Kings Sutton.
395014 on High Speed 1, near Lenham.
374015 on High Speed 1, near Lenham.
Blue Over the Mystic The Northside Extra crosses over the Mystic River after working on the Coke Works and Saugus industrial tracks.
Comet Funeral The Northside Extra shoves into the Everett Coke Works with two CTC-1B cab cars heading to Schnitzer Steel for scrap.
CSX OCS ride from Florida to the horse races in Saratoga Springs featuring the "Georgia" observation car carrying many top officials finishes the last stretch of their journey back in Au... (more)
Steamlocomotive G 3/3 # 5 of the former Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher (LEB) and tramway car Ce 2/3 # 28 former Tramways Lausannois (1913/1948) in Chamby museum during the Pentecost steam festival.
Former Bernina Railway electrolocomotive Ge 4/4 # 81 of the Blonay-Chamby Railroad Museum is running light as train 25 from Blonay to Chamby museum, near the Cornaux stop.
Southbound I75 led by ES44ACi #8465 photographed in Tamoyo yard, between Araraquara and Ibaté cities.
Craigsville Cruise: CSXT 4711, a freshly rebuilt SD70MAC, leads empty grain train CSX G806 west along the Buckingham Branch through Craigsville, Virginia, as storms build in the distance.
"Mallet" steamlocomotive G 2x2/2 # 105 of the former Zell-Todtnau Railway in Germany, is entering Blonay station with train 55 from Blonay.
"Mallet" steamlocomotive G 2x2/2 # 105 of the former Zell-Todtnau Railway in Germany, pulls train 19 of the Blonay-Chamby Railroad Museum from Blonay to Chamby near the Cornaux stop, dur... (more)
G 3/3 # 5 former Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher (LEB) and G 2/2 # 4 former Ferrovie e Tramvie Padane, are pulling train 15 of the Blonay-Chamby Railroad Museum from Blonay to Chamby during the Penteco... (more)
Town MACs: CSXT 4711, a rebuilt SD70MAC, leads empty grain train CSX G806 westbound along the Buckingham Branch through Nicelytown, Virginia, as the train makes a final push toward Clifton Forge,... (more)
2-6-0 T cogwheel steamlocomotive HG 3/4 # 3 of the former Furka-Oberalp-Bahn, is pulling train 17 of the Blonay-Chamby Railroad Museum from Blonay to Chamby near the Cornaux stop, on the occasion ... (more)
CNJ 113 stomps its way through near its stop at the Saint Nicholas coal breaker. This is the first time since 1983 that a passenger train has traversed this portion of trackage.
Train 747 from Grand Central Terminal to Croton Harmon heading into Croton Harmon Station. Budd M3 train set consisting of eight cars.
After switching Kraton, BIP 178 slides down the bridge into the yard at Parkersburg with loaded tanks from the customer.
The Renfe Series 446 is a type of electric units designed to offer effective commuter services. Built between 1989 and 1993, they will be removed between 2025-29.
"Beach Ball Overtake at Rowayton"
As the day comes to a close on April 10th, 2024, Metro-North's 40th Anniversary "Beach Ball" heritage-wrapped P32AC-DM, MNCW 208,... (more)
Another Metra train with two units this time rolls through Lombard during a busy evening rush.
CSXT 8315 leads a local eastbound past the Cleveland Cliffs Riverdale Mill in Riverdale.
BNSF Q-LACNSA3-08A passing the former Chicago Burlington & Quincy Station in Galesburg
MILW 354 crawls thru Sylvania, WI. in May of 1985. The train is on a remnant of the old MILW Southwestern Line. The cars are destined for a warehouse about a mile away. The track has since been re... (more)
"Penn Central Over Wappinger Creek"
Metro-North's 40th Anniversary "Penn Central" heritage-wrapped P32AC-DM, MNCW 217, leads train 847 over the Wappinger Creek Rai... (more)
A train in the latest "Frecciarossa 1000" livery ETR 400 - 06 in high-speed service, heads towards Milano.
On May 2-11, I had the immense privilege to witness CP 2816, the "Empress" 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive, make its trek south on the Final Spike Steam Tour celebrating the Canadian Pacif... (more)
Denver & Rio Grande Western 491 accelerates its freight train up the hill on its final lap around the Colorado Railroad Museum track.
NR75-NR51 race past Aircraft Station with MA5 freight.
The Carolinian arrives in Cary in the late evening.
11007 Mumbai Pune Decaan Express between Malavli and Kamshet.
"Conrail at Naugatuck Depot"
On the afternoon of April 4th, 2024, Metro-North's 40th Anniversary "Conrail" heritage-wrapped P32AC-DM, MNCW 201, leads train 1942 in... (more)
"Conrail Crosses the Naugatuck River at Derby"
On the afternoon of April 4th, 2024, Metro-North's 40th Anniversary "Conrail" heritage-wrapped P32AC-DM, MNCW 201, l... (more)
"Conrail Approaches the Naugatuck River at Derby"
On the afternoon of April 4th, 2024, Metro-North's 40th Anniversary "Conrail" heritage-wrapped P32AC-DM, MNCW 201... (more)
UP 702 and UPY 637 working the industrial spur in Woods Cross, Utah.
It's nice these days to see a pure set of EMD's. UP 8936 and 8425 are about to go onto the Shafter Subdivision.
CP 2816 "Empress" passes through Donehower, MN.
Steaming Through Molino. Reading and Northern Railroad - Passenger T-1 RBMN 2102 (4-8-4, née-Reading Railroad 2102) was the leader during the "Fall Foliage Excursion" on Saturday... (more)
After taking it's time down the big sandy, CSX B651 begins it's decent down the Clinchfield loops with an Orange visitor leading the way.
IHB SD38-2 3961 switches out the West end of Gibson Yard in Hammond.
UP 7459 (ES44AC) sits with other Union Pacific power in the large North Yard in Denver, Colorado.
Two Denver RTD commuter trains pass each other at Denver International Airport.
PRLX 4102 (SD40-2) assembles a stack train at the intermodal facility in Hudson, Colorado.
BNSF 9275 (SD70ACe) leads a loaded coal train past a pond at West Tonville, Colorado.
The California Zephyr casts a reflection at Barr Lake as it heads towards Denver, Colorado on the Brush Sub.
After interchanging at New England Central (former Central Vermont) Italy Yard in Saint Albans, Canadian National train 323 is seen crossing the 3800-foot trestle over Missisquoi Bay at the Northe... (more)
Making the shove back through the Nº 2 pockets for Yard trk-W03 to double it's train CSX Q582-15 (Atlanta,GA-Nashville,TN) is completing it's set-off at Wauhatchie Yard. Q582 will pick up the r... (more)
NS 8101 leads NS 379 through Leeds, AL coming off the Central of Georgia to the NS Alabama East End
A special Amtrak move eases past the old Hornell Station in Hornell, New York as it diverges over the switch into the Alstom Plant out of frame to the right. After 14 months of testing at TTCI in ... (more)
NS 8101 leads NS 379 while NS 187 passes under them at Leeds, AL
CPKC's Final Spike train crosses the Red River on its way to Shreveport. The city of Texarkana is known for sitting right along the Texas/Arkansas state line, with a photo op available at the post... (more)
Rolling south through the verdant San Joaquin Valley (using less than 1% of U.S. farmland, the San Joaquin Valley supplies 8% of U.S. agricultural output (by value) and produces one-quarter of the... (more)
Decked out if Metrolink's least attractive paint scheme, 32-year-old F59PH 868, one of only two F59PHs still operating on the system, pushes Orange County Line train 609 (Oceanside to Los Angeles)... (more)
A Maryland Area Rail Commuter (MARC) train has arrived in Washington DC from Baltimore, with MP36PH-3C 24 and GP39H-2 74 (ex-B&O GP40 3710) for power on the rear. (Washington DC – January 22, 2... (more)
Departing the station in Orange, and about to diverge from Metrolink's Orange Sub to their Olive Sub (and then onto BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub) is train 802. This train, consisting of F125 931 a... (more)
To the City and Back. The platform at Newark Broad St Station is full of afternoon commuters as Gladstone Branch train 433 arrives, led by Arrow III car no. 1526. This station is the tr... (more)
To Dover, the CNJ Way. After hauling a shop move from the Meadows Maintenance Complex, NJ Transit GP40PH-2 no. 4109 is seen laid up in Dover Yard with a pair of electric motors - an ALP... (more)
Dark Signals. NJ Transit Arrow III car no. 1509 is the lead unit on Montclair-Boonton Line train 208, seen approaching Glen Ridge Station. The signals here at CP Glen are approach lit, ... (more)
CPKC's Final Spike train heads over Caddo Lake as it approaches Shreveport. To the right sits the historic 1914 Caddo Lake drawbridge, which was notably visited by Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower an... (more)
290 south at CPC31 with a P32 push/pull.
