Except for the modern guardrail, the third of four setups could be a typical night in Jim Thorpe in the 50s, with 2 CNJ F3s posed next to the station. Lighting provided by Railpace Magazine's Deni... (more)

In the late 1950s in southwest Pennsylvania, a maintenance of way worker takes a break from repairing a lineside telephone booth to observe the passage of the daily B&O RDC run from Pittsburgh. Th... (more)

On Sunday, July 21, the American Association of Railroad Superintendents used the Juniata Terminal E8s and coaches from Juniata Terminal and the Morristown & Erie on a railtour of the Conrail Shar... (more)

From up above...A beautiful overview of the Swatara Creek valley as ex-CN 2-6-0 91 backs its train across the creek and back toward Middletown.

The first run of Strasburg's 2007 season departs a snow-covered shop area, passing 44-tonner 9331, which has been repainted into its PRR scheme. The diesel was used earlier to plow the line after ... (more)

My first shot on Railpictures was a night shot, my Railroad: East Broad Top
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: EBT 15
Train ID: Freight Train
Photo Date: October 17, 2010

Black River & Western workhorse GP9 leads a special train for railroad employees and supporters past a small well on trackage that hasn't seen a passenger train in over a half a decade.

Because of issues with the locomotive, the Saturday evening train during the annual Fall Spectacular didn't depart until after sunset. After finally leaving the turntable area, EBT 2-8-2 15 pauses... (more)

Baltimore & Ohio F7 722 emerges from the south end of the Trough and crosses the South Branch of the Potomac River at Sycamore Bridge with the local freight bound for Petersburg. Thanks to the Sou... (more)

Happy Halloween. After performing a few runbys at the wye, Reading & Northern back the special excursion to Jim Thorpe, passing this pumpkin patch in Haucks. Note the low-hanging clouds obs... (more)

Tuscan Red under all reds. All four heads on the signal bridge just north of the Metropark station display stops as PRR E8 5809 leads sister 5711 and five passenger cars underneath on a dea... (more)

On your mark, get set... On National Train Day 2010, eastbound loaded coal and grain trains are lined up next to the former Virginian depot in Roanoke, awaiting a crew to complete their jou... (more)

A delivery from the local general store has just arrived at the Cass enginehouse while Shay 2, Heisler 6 and Shay 11 (behind 6) simmer through the night, ready to tackle the mountain again in the ... (more)

Two fans grab a shot of Challenger 3985 from the shoulder of Route 30 as it heads east across the Nebraska plains. A fast-approaching westbound manifest, led by UP 4005, can be seen in the distanc... (more)

Black River & Western GP9 752 leads Lehigh Valley SW1 112 and a handful of freight cars over the trestle in Copper Hill on the southbound trip to Ringeos. LV 112 will be restored in Ringoes by Pen... (more)