IC 519 arrives an hour late with Tartaruga 018 on point just as EC 147 rolls in coming from Marseilles-Nizza-Monaco-Ventimiglia-Savona. EC 147 will continue to Milan after reversing. From left to ... (more)

The Mississippi River has caused alot of headaches in the Midwest with the railroads this spring. The river crested at Burlington, IA, (19 miles upstream) on 6-02 at the 3rd highest crest on recor... (more)

My favorite wife and my favorite steam locomotive Engineer pose next to my favorite steam locomotive! Thanks Jeannie and Steve for mugging for the camera.....Tom.

On November 11th, 2019 for Remembrance Day, Canadian Pacific unveiled 5 brand new SD70ACUs at their Ogden Yard wearing various military schemes. On November 11th, 2019 (Remembrance Day in Canada),... (more)

Nothing says welcome to the South more in summer than over abundance of the imported vine, Kudzu. Originally brought to North America to control erosion, the fast growing vine rapidly did it's job... (more)

"USWX 400 at the Maspeth Industrial Center" Waste Management's Mother/Slug combo leads New York & Atlantic Railway's RS-90 through the Maspeth Industrial Center at Flushing Ave on the Bush... (more)

60 years have passed since Cheyenne last heard the roar of a Big Boy as it stormed out of town westbound up Sherman Hill. On May 2nd, 2019 what was once a daily ritual was recreated thanks to the ... (more)

Dateline Tillamook Oregon…. The Columbia River Belt Line Railway #7, aka The Skookum, is all packed up and ready for its road trip to The Niles Canyon Railway in Sunol California.

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Another oldie from the Grand Trunk, which shared rights on the industrial trackage in Portland, Maine with the Portland Terminal (MEC). Central Vermont RS11 #3605 mingles with vehicular traffic as... (more)

A former GN snow dozer dusts the Prairie River east of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. A rare (for northern Minnesota) pair of FXE units provided the power.

Severed—forever?
In early March 2014, a 30-foot boulder came crashing down the mountainside above Minturn, slamming onto the Tennessee Pass main line below while breaking in two and dest... (more)

These Union Pacific locomotives have reached the end of the line at Progress Rail Service's facility on President's Island in Memphis, Tennessee. The two C40-8's and one S6-1B (former GP50)are bei... (more)

WNY&P 6002 and 2 Alco's are on a Turtlepoint turn taking fuel at the south end of Eldred Siding. I hear that this routine as fuel taxes in PA are less than fueling at the yard and shop in Olean, N... (more)

DM&IR consolidation 332 (aka D&NE 28) undergoes testing prior to being placed into service this summer on excursion trains along the north shore of Lake Superior. On the left is DM&IR SD18 No. 193... (more)

One of the old Santa Fe warbonnets showing its age as it sits in a deadline in Galveston,TX