Earlier this year I took the Cardinal into CIN, arriving in the early hours of the morning. I wanted to get a shot of the station at first light so I set my alarm to head back to the station and ... (more)

I want to inform you all, friends of Railnet, about some picutures realized by a soldier German photographer: Walter Hollnagel. During German occupation in Italy he supplied documents about ameri... (more)

La Plata, Missouri, has a population of about 1300 people, but by virtue of being located along the route of Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, it has an Amtrak station stop. The town’s station... (more)

While Amtrak's Silver Star passes by each day, it doesn't stop at Union Station in the town of Aberdeen, North Carolina. This nicely maintained depot was built around 1900. The Victorian-... (more)

One of Santa Fe's more distinctive stations was the road's depot at San Juan Capistrano. A short walk from the famed California Mission (known for the annual return of the swallows), this station... (more)

The old single-story stucco Santa Fe passenger station in Santa Ana was replaced by this imposing structure - the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center. When the new station, which serves Amtra... (more)

The beautiful P&LE station in Pittsburgh restored and reopened as the Grand Concourse restaurant. The station really shows that the P&LE had quite a bit of wealth at one time.

The train station in Fullerton, California, appears quiet on a Friday evening. Originally built by the Santa Fe in 1930 (replacing the original Victorian depot built in 1888). Designed in a Span... (more)

The town of Casper, Wyoming, as founded in 1888, but the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad did not begin serving Casper until 1905, arriving from the southeast. (A line from the northwest even... (more)

What may be the most iconic clock in railroading stands in the center of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, New York. Opened in 1913, it is mind-boggling to think of all the people who have... (more)

On a clear spring day, iconic Chicago Union Station looms over Jackson Boulevard and Canal Street. Construction began on the current station in 1913 and it officially opened twelve years later on,... (more)

Lots of traditional C&O infrastructure here; line going off to the right is the branch to Orange, Virginia and the connection with the former Southern Railway (now used essentially exclusively by ... (more)

A cosy coal fire and gas lighting welcome visitors to the small booking hall at Oxenhope, on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. The booking clerk can be seen through the window, doing his admi... (more)