"Checking the Plates" One of the LSAs aboard Amtrak's Silver Meteor towards Miami makes last checks of each plate before bringing them out to hungry patrons in the dining car. ... (more)

As part of the "Norfolk & Western Reunion of Steam" event, a photo charter was planned using Strasburg Railroad owned Norfolk & Western 475 and visiting locomotive Norfolk & Western 611.... (more)

The conductor lines the switch just north of Thendara station for the Adirondack Scenic Railroad 1845. The ex CP MLW RS-18 is running around it's train for the return trip to Utica.

With three step applied, the conductor on mine run C660 removes the EOT, before running the power around an empty train to be loaded at the Spurlock loadout near Printer, Kentucky.

As day draws nigh, the firemen draws water to slake the thrist of the steam machine.

Railroading knows not the light or dark of the day, only the time.

As part of the "Norfolk & Western Reunion of Steam" event, a photo charter was planned using Strasburg Rail Road owned Norfolk & Western 475 and visiting locomotive Norfolk & Western 611. The 611 ... (more)

As part of the "Norfolk & Western Reunion of Steam" event, a photo charter was planned using Strasburg Rail Road owned Norfolk & Western 475 and visiting locomotive Norfolk & Western 611. The nigh... (more)

Setting out hoppers in Bartlett. One of the highlights of the first day of the Conway Scenic Railroad's Railfan Weekend was an opportunity to see steam locomotive CN 7470 doing what she was... (more)

A railway postal clerk snags a bag from midair on a cross country CB&Q passenger train in the '50s... In reality, this comes from the time machine known as the Illinois Railway Museum at the ye... (more)

Engineer J.B. of the bavarian S 3/6 # 3673 or 18 # 478 express train steamlocomotive is greasing his gem in Göppingen. His comment to this photo is: "Driving a locomotive without a cigar is possi... (more)

Contractors build a new turnout near East Belle Ayr Junction on the Orin Line south of Gillette, Wyoming, on May 4, 2007. To lessen delays to trains, the turnout and switch are completed near wher... (more)

Ghosts of Union Station. A glimpse into the past is captured in this empty walkway as three railroaders, dressed in proper overalls as if they had stepped off their steam locomotive, descen... (more)

Sometimes on the railroad s*** happens, and this is a perfect example. With some acetylene and a BFH (Big F***ing Hammer is the technical term) the #316 was fixed up and headed back to move more c... (more)

Illinois Railway Museum's SLSF 2-10-0 #1630 is prepared for an evening run at dusk.

Night shoot was a bonus to the Railfest day.