Second Central Maine & Quebec Job 1 is approaching its final destination Farnham Yard on a pleasant winter afternoon.

The BN trio is looking good as L CHI105 makes way across the Des Plaines River in Lemont.

This PC Alco assigned "Baltimore" for servicing awaits its fate in the backshop area along with numerous other old locomotives Conrail deemed not fitting into its future plans.

The CSX 994307 "E. Hunter Harrison" crosses Karen on Conrail Shared Assets Garden State Secondary on Thursday, February 6, 2020. This car was recently repainted in a B&O heritage tribute scheme C... (more)

The 3rd shift NS local shoves back to tie up near the Kodak Eastman plant as the sunrise begins to warm the day. They pass by a Jordan Spreader slowly rusting to the rails on a parallel stub trac... (more)

During the annual steam gala at Beamish museum there is plenty of action in the colliery yard. On the left there is the coffee pot waiting for its next trip. On the right Dave tends to narrow gaug... (more)

Today's storm has already blanketed the Eastern Townships with quite a bit of snow as Central Maine & Quebec Job 2 is heading toward Maine.

Conrail piggyback train TV-6 has nearly completed its run from Indianapolis to Boston as it pulls down the lead into Beacon Park Yard behind a C30-7 and two EMDs.

Westbound Conrail tonnage crosses the Delaware River as it enters Pennsylvania at Easton, PA. The trailing U23B is in familiar territory, having started life as Lehigh Valley 510.

Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr arrives at the ornate Glenwood Springs station on July 6, 1987. Sitting along the Colorado River, the Romanesque Revival-style depot was originally built by Ri... (more)

Eliminating the middle man. The twelve “Dash Eight and a Halfs” on the Norfolk Southern roster never quite made an acceptable or a notable presence on the railroad. On Monday, February 10, 2020, s... (more)

A lengthy TOFC train snakes its way through the curves at Mance, Pennsylvania during its westbound assault of Sand Patch grade. The normal assortment of Chessie EMD’s has been augmented with a pat... (more)

For the second time this year Amtrak 130 and 156 are both assigned to the Heartland Flyer. Unlike last time, 130 is on the south end with 156 on the north end. Here the train is crossing the Trini... (more)

A year and a half ago, I posted my father's photo of the rear of the RFK funeral train. I finally located the photo of the front of the train. My mother recalled that she and my father went to s... (more)

After a 12-year overhaul, 3801 is back at Thirlmere. It is seen here, with the majority unpainted, on the turntable at the NSW Rail Museum only a few days after making the historic trip from Chull... (more)