The lowest numbered unit on CSX's roster, the Spirit of West Virginia, teams up with a BNSF Dash 9 to pull UP freight MASSH 19 southbound to Shreveport, LA.

Train 159 has run with an ACS-64 for power for months now, so I took my dad over to get his first look at one after Mother's Day dinner. Sun was perfect for the first time in 3 weekends. So what d... (more)

Great news for this grand lady! The Western Maryland Scenic Railroad announced today that it will acquire #1309, a C&O 2-6-6-2 mallet, and return the locomotive to operation. The 1309, the last ... (more)

A set of light engines heads east toward the out-of-service track 1 at Union Interlocking where a tie-replacement project is taking place.

VLI - GE C30 -7 In Embu Guaçu / São Paulo - Brazil.

Grain train is going back beyond the switch to change the track and go away on the right track, this is the left side track.

A Bombardier consist is pushed by SEPTA's lone ALP44 into the layover yard at West Trenton, N.J.

Conrail OI-82 brings a train of Norfolk Southern maintenance of way equipment south to Browns Yard. Reportedly there is a tie replacement project scheduled in the near future on one or more of th... (more)

Amtrak 5 passes along the shoreline with 822 still wearing its specialized Phase 3 paint scheme.

On the PRSL Engine No. 460 is at Atlantic City' NJ after a fantrip run from Newark, NJ. This is Johns 1000th photo for Railpictures.net. Many thanks to all for allowing him to share his images.... (more)

SEPTA wire train tied down on a Saturday afternoon in Lansdale Yard. "The Carmel Cannonball" has been written to the left of the SEPTA logo on this unit.

A rather dirty AEM-7 powers a Northeast Direct train through the interlocking in Metuchen.

With his thumbs in his ears, fingers wiggling, and an odd look on his face, the engineer of crude oil train 64R "greets" me from the cab of his locomotive. Not sure if he was having fun or showing... (more)