The C57 were graceful little engines. It has been a long time, but I believe this is a Sasebo to Nagasaki local approaching the junction at Haiki where the branch to Sasebo joins the mainline to ... (more)

A Cumbres turn approaches the west switch to Cresco siding while climbing to Cumbres. The cars will be left at Cumbres and the engines and caboose will return to Chama. After spending another ni... (more)

Eighteen months after being swallowed by UP, some things had not changed on the former SP. Just north of San Luis Obispo a brace of old SP road dogs brings a train down Cuesta grade, the heat from... (more)

A Farrail special emerges from the only tunnel on the HSB climbing from Wernigerode toward the junction of Drei Annen Hohne on a glorious spring day. The engine is actually lettered for the DR an... (more)

A low sun glints off our train as it climbs out of the Rio Chubut valley north of El Maiten. A Farrail charter on the Esquel narrow gauge line in southern Argentina.

Green hills and evening light. Even with all the trespassing restrictions Tehachapi in the spring is a nice place for train watching. I'm a sucker for the gentle pastel colors of a scene like thi... (more)

In nice light and cool morning air, the Independence Limited crosses above Bramwell, WV enroute from Bluefield, WV to Portsmouth, OH.

This is a pretty basic wedgie, but it sure looks timeless. The NN really is a gem of historic preservation. The "Ely Junction" location refers to when this was the junction with the original main... (more)

Following restoration for American Freedom Train service, SP4449 makes her early morning debut at BN's Hoyt Street roundhouse in Portland where the work was done. She had actually been out and abo... (more)

The SP would soon be history, due to disappear into UP the following September. So I spent some time trying to get a few final pictures. I was looking for red noses lettered SP, but these DRGW i... (more)

The sun is low as our train climbs out of the valley of the Rio Chubut towards Norquinco. For those of us from the western U.S. the Esquel line is very reminiscent of the Carson and Colorado thro... (more)

Sunrise behind our train leaving Ing. Jacobacci. It is on the dual gauge portion of the line shared with the 1676 mm broad gauge, so that the 750 mm gauge third rail is almost centered. Perhaps ... (more)

Our charter train climbs north out of the valley of the Rio Chubut, a few miles north of El Maiten. Irrigation has turned what was once an arid landscape into lush farmland.

Farrails photo charter on the 75 cm gauge Esquel line in southern Argentina.

The narrow gauge line to Esquel runs through a vast and lonely landscape for much of its route. It is very much like the Carson and Colorado which was once described as being built 200 miles too ... (more)