The 1931 Brill-built speedster and big crowd pleaser SEPTA 205 is seen zooming through the Rockhill Trolley Museum's Halloween pumpkin festooned picnic area. Hey, I was with the king of zooms Mit... (more)

Pennsylvania Railroad GG-1 4877, beautifully restored to it's original nine part black Brunswick Green paint, shares the limelight with Norfolk Southern's EMD SD70ACe No. 1474 Lackawanna Heritage ... (more)

The N or the Q train goes back to the City to bring another load of tired workers back home under a for-real salmon colored sky in Sunnyside Queens New York.

The last E/L E8, Erie 833 was returned to its as-delivered livery courtesy of its new owner, the New York & Greenwood Lake Railway in 2009. It was sitting on a spoke of the operating turntable in ... (more)

Here is another railfan in the making. Metro-North set this up so you move the throttle, the propulsion unit relays in the plastic box start clattering and the wheels move, all under your control.... (more)

With such a sight to behold, is it no wonder how railroading had such a hold on the nation's imagination for over a hundred years?

Few of todays' railfans know the amazing fact that from the 1900 to 1960, the mighty Southern Pacific ran a 3 foot narrow gauge railroad in the Owens Valley of California. Stock Car 163, built be... (more)

Three levels down in the bowels of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, there is a huge barrel vaulted space that welcomes and discharges No. 7 trains. Clattering out of the East River Tunnel... (more)

For my 100th RP image let me introduce a genuine steam locomotive engineer. This is Aaron Stout and he is about to unleash Canadian National No. 3254's 53,000 lbs. of tractive effort and thus prop... (more)

Boston & Maine 494 stares down the upstart diesel that dares to disturb it's slumber. Unlike many other display engines, it is under shelter and cared for. Ironically 494, a lovely 4-4-0 built by ... (more)

The trainman is on the fireman's side due to close clearance and the GG-1's fireman will relay the signals to the engineer. All in fun at the United Railroad Historical Society's Boonton Yard on t... (more)

Amtrak 938 AEM-7, one of the locomotives that eclipsed the GG-1, rolls over the Dock bridge into Newark Penn Station with a SB Regional on a December evening.

Here is one of the youngest steam locomotives on the planet built 1988 in China. It's youth is one of the reasons the Valley RR selected this as it's most recent locomotive. It is much younger tha... (more)

Two Lima beauties reflecting during the cool night in the steam capital of the USA! Full credit is due to Steve Barry, Peter Lerro and a horde of helpers for creating the settings that are allowin... (more)

A typical short line, the EBT goes to sleep at night.