The last run of the Wisconsin & Southern Circus Train rolls across Lake Wisconsin on its way from the Circus World Museum in Baraboo. Scanned from slide, taken when I was 16.
A leased Utah Transit Authority locomotive, known as the "Bombpop," shoves the last morning inbound Northstar commuter train through the urban canyons of Minneapolis. Survey crews are marking the ... (more)
Work continues to fill the Saginaw with pellets, and the LS&I's dock job heads off the dock to retrieve another cut of cars. The Soo Locks will close in several days, bringing the lake shipping se... (more)
I traded my lunch to get the horse to cooperate. Horsey was happy with the deal until the train blew its horn for the crossing.
Union Pacific's Potash Local rolls along the colorful Book Cliffs on the former Rio Grande mainline. This train operates only on Fridays.
A southbound Capitol Service train crosses Benicia-Martinez Bridge.
We have all the hallmarks of life in the South: trailer home, multiple rusted-out pickup trucks, hound dog (busy barking at the train), and high-nose diesel locomotives. Yes, the grade is actually... (more)
Amtrak's Southwest Chief splits a set of semaphores on its westward trek across the plains of New Mexico.
CSX's Johnstown Jet drops cars for interchange with the Conemaugh & Black Lick in front of the steel mill in Johnstown, PA. Both the classic sign, the mill, and Johnstown as a whole have seen bett... (more)
Friendly waves are exchanged between conductor and pedestrians as a Union Pacific freight train rumbles north through Oakland.
The perils of winter railroading have visited Train 350 on its morning journey from Chicago.
A westbound Z-Train dashes over Lake Pend Oreille in a crisp morning in Sandpoint, Idaho.
Passengers in the lounger car on Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief are taking in the scenery as the train traverses a series of reverse curves. The train has help in the form of a BNSF locomotive... (more)
Kansas City Southern is busy putting the "class" back into "class one."