After northbound Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner No. 777 passes, the northbound Guadalupe Hauler with a clean No.3033 leading leaves Seacliff Siding l

"The Cut"

The remnants of a portion of the former Reading Company's "City Branch" in downtown Philadelphia, PA. The branch was built between 1881 and 1893 by the Philadelphia & Reading ... (more)

Still earning its keep
Montana Rail Link’s Helena local with eight cars flies up Winston Hill at milepost 215 east of Winston, Montana, on the afternoon of June 25, 2020. MRL EMD GP9 No... (more)

VIA 67 passes the skyline of downtown Montreal with wraps at each end. Two of the four cars are still in the older grey, yellow and blue paint scheme, which are getting harder and harder to see.

A southbound Kansas City Southern coal train, with run-through BNSF road power, pulls into Pittsburg, Kansas, where a set of KCS power will be added to the train to operate as a mid train DPU on t... (more)

Route of the Rockets Belleville was once a busy Junction between Rock Island mainlines from Kansas City, Omaha and Denver. Passenger trains and freight heading for the Rocky Mountains p... (more)

Sou 5000 leads the first Chickamauga Turn of 2021 down the East Chattanooga Belt Line

With it's namesake mountains behind the camera, Cascades 505 crosses Bridge 14 at a very low tide, with Mt Rainier out of sight of the train's passengers, but in plane (err drone) view from this v... (more)

Hill Turn The third Freeport McMoran run up the mountain to Morenci leaves Clifton, Arizona. The train made up of loaded sulphur, acid & empty concentrate gondolas puts on quite a show ... (more)

Grain loads snake their way along the New River passing under the soaring New River Gorge bridge above.

In wintertime, when the road over the Oberalppass is closed, the MGB (Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn) is running car transport trains between Andermatt and Sedrun and vice versa. On this day, for engine... (more)

Back in the days of red and silver, or yellow and blue... the latest and greatest, a matched set of 5 B40-8Ws race the hottest train on the railroad around Houlihan's curve and up Edelstein hill. ... (more)

This is a former Chesapeake and Ohio switcher bought by the N&W. S1 number 274 was shot by my father as the two of us visited Shaffers Crossing as guests of the benevolent Norfolk and Western.

The MNA Batesville North Local paralleling the White River at Calico Rock. The two lead units are the last remaining railtex red six axles on the MNA roster. This scheme once dominated the Ozarks,... (more)