Mt Baker sits in the background as BNSF 8580 leads a Roberts Bank coal empty south through the Skagit Valley and Conway, WA on March 17th, 2024.

The newest NS heritage unit, honoring the Delaware and Hudson, leads its first train after the paint booth. 34J is seen here departing the IHB and entering the NS Chicago Line in the shadow of for... (more)

Earlier this week, Metra debuted F40PH #120 in a brand new paint scheme saluting veterans across the United States Armed Forces. Here, the handsome loco is seen arriving at the Joliet Transportati... (more)

Clinchfield At Church. On the night of Saturday, November 18, 2017, a very special "post ending" to the day of the CSX The Santa Train was arranged in Huntdale, North Carolina as Clinchfiel... (more)

P20 at North Dynon MFT ready for scrapping. At the last moment this locomotive was saved and donated to 707 Operations by Pacific National for preservation.

Missouri Pacific bought a batch of 18 PA-3's in 1952 numbered 8019-8036. One of the MoPac pair leads the Southerner out of Little Rock, Arkansas for its overnight run to St. Louis, Missouri on ... (more)

My personal favorite part of National Train Day was seeing SPS 700 under steam again. This was the first time seen under power since the rebuild, which started in 2015. Hopefully we'll get to see ... (more)

Rail Safety: Los Angeles, the largest railroad safety event in more than a decade, presented by San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (SBRHS) with presenting partners Los Angeles Union... (more)

With the full moon rising over the Kittatinny Mountains, the SU99 passes the Port Jervis station on its way north.

CraneMasters rescue CSX 6938. In March of 2025, CSX Local L100 struck a loaded coal haul truck in Friedens, PA and the lead engine, GP40 6938 derailed and came to rest in the yard of a neig... (more)

With heavy fog from Lake Superior still lifting, we see Canadian Pacific, CP 9111 SD9043mac and 8778 ES44AC that had rear end a train that was already sitting on the siding at Coldwell, Ontario. T... (more)

Overlooking Thistle's altered landscape after being decimated by a landslide which blocked the railroad, river, road, and buried the town in 1983. All realignments (rail, river, road) can be found... (more)

The "Wolf" Santa Fe Southern 07 waits to depart from the Santa Fe Depot with a weekend passenger train. I have to say this "Game of Thrones" inspired paint scheme sure gets eve... (more)

P&E local moving west with GP7 5621 dressed in black and gray lightning strips and silver trucks with the P&E logo on the cab, at Champaign, Illinois on March 21, 1956. The Peoria & Eastern Rail... (more)

The FEC Port Job makes its way across US 1 and the Arena bound for the Port of Miami, just ahead. This is viewed from the Elser Hotel a new property with lovely views into the Port.