Indiana Boxcar's Olin Locomotive Works is nearing completion on a rebuild of former Louisville & Nashville Railroad SD40 1245, built in 1970. The locomotive is framed in the cab window of former E... (more)

Just west of Hillsdale, Wyoming, Union Pacific SD70ACe No. 1995 leads the "MNPPC" west at a whopping '20 MPH' as it approaches a grade crossing and Operation Lifesaver display, on Januar... (more)

Long-term study of a good 3 1/2 minutes (218 seconds exposure) with the light traces on the cantonal road, the train 4645 on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway from St. Moritz to Tirano and ... (more)

Ridin’ to a switch
The conductor of Copper Basin Railway OT-1 rides the steps of GP39 No. 505 to a switch while running around their ore train at the ASARCO dumper in Hayden, Arizona, o... (more)

A BNSF intermodal slithers into the start of Wickenburg canyon, as the sun softly comes through a mostly cloudy sky near the end of the day.

"Splash"

Shortly after 7 PM the Interregio 1164 of the Rhaetian Railway from St.Moritz over the Albula line to Chur is crossing the iconic 65 meter high Landwasser viaduct near Filisur, under a nice starry... (more)

Winter railroading on the Bernina line of the Rhaetian Railway. Crossing at Bernina Lagalb station, viewed out of the window of "Allegra" railcar ABe 8/12 of train 4621. Train 1636 from ... (more)

The Connecticut Valley Railroad, also known as the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat runs a number of Christmas trains each season. On weekends during the season, the railroad is running trains for mo... (more)

The direct route from A to B is not always the best. If the gradient is too steep, an additional loop is an advantage. Around 1906, for example, the engineers used this spiral-shaped track guide t... (more)

A UP-APL OAAP6 negotiates Williams Loop with double stacks occupying all levels of the circular alignment.

The iconic spiral viaduct of Brusio in the "blue hour", with the three "Campascio"-granite figures "Grande Figura Femminile", "Unione Granitica" and "Mater Luce e Trapasso" of the homegrown stone ... (more)

A single U18B chugs up quite a hump along the haphazardly constructed former Southern Railway branch to Belton, SC.

Winter Dreamscape

The daily Selkirk to West Springfield manifest is about to emerge from the east portal of the State Line Tunnel on CSXT's Berkshire Subdivision. This is the old ... (more)