A southbound empty coal train trots down the street in Elizabeth, PA. What's even rarer than the street running? The motive power - CSX has the smallest fleet of SD70ACe's, only 20 units.

A Pacific Surfliner skims along a lagoon near Del Mar, California

Air brake equipment at speed.

DMIR 213 and two sisters climb Procter Hill with a loaded train of limestone. Even at this early date, DMIR's image was fading fast.

Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr slips through Glenwood Canyon on a late September afternoon. Though the temperatures are hovering in the mid-70's, the plants are well aware that winter is in ... (more)

The rain has let up and the sun peeks through the clouds as a southbound Hiawatha Service train approaches the Sturtevant, Wisconsin, station. Scanned from a slide, taken when I was 16.

An Amtrak California train wanders down the street in Oakland, California.

The Kansas City Southern business train basks in the autumn sunlight after returning to Union Station with a round-trip excursion.

Freshly repainted Aberdeen Carolina & Western GP16 1601 basks in the sun in Star, North Carolina. This railroad recently purchased five F-Units for use with a planned dinner train.

Small railroad, really big bridge, part II. Two Franklin Industrial Minerals B23-7's have the morning train in tow for the Norfolk Southern interchange in Rockwood. Getting to this spot involved a... (more)

The Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Blue Unit circus train pounds the diamonds in Carleton, Michigan, as it heads south to Florida.

This Fort Smith Railroad locomotive beds down next to a historic brothel.

To the crew; you have my undying appreciation for your quick efforts to close the nose-door. Though you were unaware that I had waited seven hours over two days for this photograph, you were the o... (more)

Ronald McDonald Special

A line of Amtrak P42DC's await duty outside Amtrak's Chicago shops. Of note are AMTK 30 and AMTK 32, both of which sport white logos and numbers, something I've never seen before.