The View From "JD Tower". While the JD Tower building itself is a modern edifice at the Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society in Clifton Forge, VA, former C&O EMD SD40 7534 (CSX 4617, CSX ... (more)

It's the Illinois Railway Museum's annual Diesel Days event, and on this Saturday the mainline trains were running primarily with hood units. Here, Minnesota Transfer 200 reverses from the south e... (more)

The OSJT is seen crossing the Lehigh River during peak fall colors. It is making its reverse move back to Jim Thorpe.

The OSJT is seen crossing the Lehigh River during peak fall colors.

Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 cab forward 4114 is seen at Los Angeles California in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Western Pacific 2-8-8-2 number 257 is seen at Portola California in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A loaded grain train with classic BNSF power capped with a ACSES equipped NS leader is seen snaking through Zoar along the Deerfield River in the Berkshire Hills.

Brightline's newest wrap for Baileys Cinnamon Churro Liquor passes alongside the Florida East Coast Railway's 335/336 unit train while it is being unloaded. The Brightline train is approaching Coc... (more)

Led by the Missouri Pacific heritage locomotive, a westbound 'grainifest' sails down grade through the heart of Palisade Canyon on the former eSPee mainline. Near the center of the photo is the 'f... (more)

Amtrak train 647, a Keystone Service train from New York NY, arrives at its final destination of Harrisburg. on September 25th, 2013. Cab car 9647 (rebuilt from 1967-built Amtrak Metroline... (more)

Special steam train Lucca-Castelnuovo di Garfagnana passing through persistent rain at Castelvecchio Pascoli.

The gales of November have come early as a pair of SD40-2's pull a rail train down the siding at Marathon alongside Lake Superior & Pebble Beach.

Canadian Pacific Railway SD30C-ECO 5044 was built by General Motors Diesel as CP SD40-2 5729 in October 0975. It was rebuilt by Bombardier Transportation (in Ciudad Sahagún, Hidalgo, México) in... (more)

In 1968, work was underway to build the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) through Pasadena and Arcadia (necessitating the removal of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's depot in Santa Anita, ... (more)

The San Manuel Arizona Railroad (reporting mark SMA) was an Arizona short-line railroad that operated from a connection with the Copper Basin Railway (CBRY) at Hayden 29.4 miles (47.3 km) to San M... (more)