Morning run. An intermodal train slows for a crew change at Altoona in preparation for its climb up to Horseshoe curve. Deadlines always fascinate me for some reason, especially when they are fi... (more)

A dying EMD's last request....just to have a little company. Metra F40C 610 and IHB SW1200 2256 create an extremely sad sight at the entrance to NRE Dixmoor this afternoon. Lot of good times with ... (more)

Transloading activities are underway on a four-car derailment that occurred on the east end of the bowl at IHB's Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

At 00:39 on 01/17/69, southbound Illinois Central passenger train #25 led by a trio of E-units collided with a northbound freight that went past a red signal at Indian Oaks. Three people, includi... (more)

The early morning sun peeks its way around the streamlined nose of N&W 611 as it makes an early morning run-by during the Reunion of Steam N&W photo event at the Strasburg Rail Road in October of ... (more)

The sun was shining at the Apache Railway Shops and it was time to shoot some ALCOS! Apache 98 and 81 are building the outbound train for the BNSF at Holbrook, while other units sit around the pro... (more)

History being made. The first train makes it's way through the Thistle Tunnel. The men are able to sit back and admire their hard work for a minute. With the Rio Grande main line out of service. T... (more)

It's business as usual at the steel mills of Burns Harbor as the 728 foot Joseph L. Block makes its arrival.

Three rows of engines sit at National Railway Equipment in Silvis, IL. With the facility closing, some of these locomotives will likely be scrapped sometime in the near future.

It's a busy day at the beach as H-BARSDG3 pulls away from the Del Mar Bluffs as they approach Torrey Pines and the beginning of their ascent of Miramar Hill.

SBB Cargo's 10th and latest special paint locomotive (two more to come) is Re 420 257. She is pulling the freighttrain 62172 train from the RBL to Biel RB. 10.09.2020

CN 3115's inaugural run leading revenue pulls out of York two leading CN X376 for Montreal, these units sure do pop, especially when the weather is absolutely garbage out. Photo not to be used ... (more)

Making a rather odd appearance beneath the Colton flyover, UP 1111 leads an engineering special off the BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision and onto the Union Pacific Yuma Subdivision. The unusual rou... (more)

Highball the Roll-by... Dusk has settled in and the temperature drops at the summit of Goffs Hill; located in the eastern Mojave Desert. Here, a Chicago, IL to Los Angeles, CA intermodal tr... (more)

Special Amtrak move #920 rolls past Morton Grove with the Empire Builder set that was damaged in an unfortunate collision between the train and a tractor in Montana on May 29th.