Born just down the Delaware River in Philly some 85 years ago, #40 still brings home the bacon on a daily basis.

Outside the ex-SCL depot, an Aberdeen & Rockfish caboose is lit up for the holidays in downtown Aberdeen.

Amtrak Train #6, the eastbound California Zephyr, exits the last tunnel it will encounter on the Moffat District. Ahead lies Big Ten Curves, after that it's smooth sailing for an on-time arrival i... (more)

A loaded UP coal train is stretched out along the length of Big 10 Curve, with its two lead locomotives on the lower level of track (heading left to right) and the rear DPU still above (moving rig... (more)

The first Surfliner of the morning runs in push mode over the trestle at Arroyo Hondo Creek, rushing for an on-time arrival in Santa Barbara. The bridge in the background is the old Highway 1 brid... (more)

611 on the platform in its home city. A Lerro Productions event at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

One of the last runs of the Montana Rockies Rail Tours tourist train snakes along the Clark Fork River east toward Thompson Falls

The cold weather means lots of steam as the engineer looks over the running gear of #40 between afternoon excursions.

Amtrak 5 speeds across the flats near Kremmling into the afternoon sun. In just a few miles the scenery will change dramatically as the California Zephyr enters the dramatic Gore Canyon, with its ... (more)

The crew of F725, the relief crew for the Apex-Durham turn, has completed their work on a Friday afternoon and is about to back the power into the storage track on the far right for the weekend. T... (more)

Amtrak's Phase I heritage unit leads the westbound California Zephyr through Pinecliffe and on toward the Continental Divide

A lineup of axles inside the A&R's Aberdeen engine house

Long past peak foliage in the region, a yard near Posm Trestle is covered in a blanket of orange from a late-changing tree as NS 098 cruises toward Norfolk in the background. The cargo is 11 tarpe... (more)

After decades of faithful service beneath the coal hoppers which brought power to Duke University Medical Center, seen in the background, this switch stand lays on its side awaiting removal, and p... (more)

The target