Balcony Views: CSXT 3198 leads a doubled up loaded coal train eastbound along the CSX James River Subdivision through Balcony Falls in Glasgow, Virginia, as it passes the old coaling tower and ya... (more)
"Pushing Snow at Charlestown"
On a snowy, but sunny March 24th, 2024, snow-covered Amtrak P42DC #130, painted in the Phase II heritage scheme, leads southbound Vermonter Tra... (more)
Monument at Saigon Station
Wisconsin Central train 49 passes WC intermodal train 219 in the yard at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on the morning of May 6, 1995. Both trains are powered by a pair of EMD SD45s, with lead locomotive in... (more)
Brand new "Flirt Evo" RABe 531 # 001 built by StadlerRail for the SBB, on the test run 97503 from Sulgen to Romanshorn VL, passing the pond at Riedt near Erlen. The SBB, RegionAlps and Thurbo orde... (more)
The crew of Wisconsin Central train 219 poses with the train’s lead motor, recently-repainted WC EMD SD45 No. 6554, at Waukesha, Wisconsin, on May 6, 1995.
Fifty two years ago Wilmot Model Railroad Shop in Prattville was a beacon for model railroaders in the deep south. We traveled there as often as possible to buy treasured models and to chit chat ... (more)
A little seen view of NS 316 crossing the Huron River in Milan, Ohio.
Best Seat in the House. Amtrak View liner inspection car 10003, the American View, is seen on the rear of Northeast Regional train 171, bound for Washington DC. The massive windo... (more)
In a dispatching move that didn't quite make sense, the California Zephyr 5 train meets the California Zephyr 6 train, but since a UP oil train occupied the siding at Rocky, Colorado, the 5 train ... (more)
UP 1995, the Chicago & Northwestern heritage unit, leads a manifest through downtown Austin
CN 3327 Navigates Howe Sound At Lions Bay With Train L546.
After taking on water, SOO 1003 returns to its train by stirring up fallen leaves as it passes through Schoeffler Park in the center of Brandon, WI.
This 1978 built General Motors unit is one of the last Operation Lifesaver painted locomotives active on the NS. Originally built for the Burlington Northern, NS 3495 was acquired from CIT Group ... (more)
Battered but not beaten this former L&N veteran sits proudly in the winter sunlight. Photo by Craig Hatter. From my collection.