Vintage railcar CFe 2/4 # 11 of the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM), built in 1913 by SIG and MFO, ran for the very last time on may 3 and 4, 2024, as additional trains for free use by anyone... (more)
VR IC 23 might on the first glance look like any other VR IC, but a closer look reveals the new livery on Ed 28001 (FI-VR 50 10 2697 001) making it's first journey after getting the new livery ... (more)
First time spottingWDG-4G (GE ES43ACmi) - Designed at GE Transportation, Bengaluru, built at GE Transportation, Erie, Pennsylvania - powering coal freight
CZ / 220 Tabor - Ceske Budejovice (Os 8217) 106 m
Pune WDP4d #40593 with 01511 Pune Daund Baramati Passenger train at Kadethan.
Ex-Penn Central.
B100 roars out of the hoosac tunnel with 6957 leading
The one and only Kentucky Derby train is only a few miles from Churchill Downs and the 150th running. CSX 1,2 and 3 lead its train past a Louisville neighborhood.
A leased GMTX #2146 (GP38-2) repositions in the yard of the refinery in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The eastbound California Zephyr #6 train meets the westbound California Zephyr #5 train at Rocky, Colorado.
Two Phase VII P42DC's lead the California Zephyr as it runs through Coal Creek Canyon, Colorado.
Heavy frost from sub-zero temperatures cotes the trees and grass as the California Zephyr rounds the corner at Blue Mountain and heads towards Coal Creek Canyon.
Amtrak engine #157 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr through flocked trees at Pinecliffe, Colorado.
13R heads across the B-Line through some Virginia wine/horse country on a Sunday evening.
11Z, led by the "Virginian" heritage unit barrels through Elkton on its way south after switching in Shenandoah yard.
With the "Virginian" heritage unit leading, 11Z creeps across the James River due to a slow order on a nice evening over the CSX former C&O mainline.
Amtrak 97 lead by P42 hustles into Seville
With Just A little Paint. AMTK 909 (AEM-7, EMD/ASEA, 10/1980) was not one of the "toasters" selected for upgrade to AC electronics, but was repainted, and looks fairly respectable... (more)
A little over a year after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, a westbound train highballs Mott siding on the Shasta Route. The crew change at Dunsmuir is about ten miles away.
With both the "Virginian" and "Conrail" heritage units leading, 12Z pauses for a quick moment on the bridge while a motorboat races by the scene. The conductor may or may not have used this as a... (more)
B101 roars west by auto 435 with 6964 leading
B101 roars towards the Hoosac Tunnel with 6964 leading
13R races south just before sunset after following a very late 289 southward.
B100 rolling through Charlemont with 6957 leading
27A blows across the Potomac River as NS 955 had to wait about a mile south on the siding. The lead unit is a relatively clean rebuild. Note the peaking redbud tree in the foreground.
NS 8099, the "Southern" heritage unit, shoots through The Plains, Virginia on the return trip from the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. Actor Robert Duvall actually lives right around ... (more)
NS 12Z with blasts north on the Lurgan Branch in nice morning light with both the "Virginian" and "Conrail" heritage units. Also note the PC and CR gons behind the locomotives.
2816 sweeps through Valley City on the long climb up the grade. In the background, the Hi-Line trestle is visible, taking BNSF trains over the city. The climb up this hill was challenging, for som... (more)
After a meet with 445, 2816 continues east through the North Dakota countryside near Velva. There's plenty of old codeline still to be found on this portion of the ex SOO main.
