A Rio Grande freight with three GP30s and two GP35s for power departs Provo for Salt Lake City. This Kodachrome transparency is one of my very first, shot in Oct. 1973 with a new Russian made Cosm... (more)

Southbound leaving city , with two CN engines on train , on trestle. Notice this engine is one of only seven with marker lights on hood. Train had 111 cars on train after dropping off 30 cars on ... (more)

An outbound Hiawatha train from Chicago Union Station to Milwaukee Wisconsin races out of Glenview with the famous Amtrak Ocean View dome car along for the ride. Happy Turkey Day 2012!

Fairly new SD40-2 and ex-PRR SD45 hang onto an ex-HN caboose for the ride down the hill as they get going past MO tower.

Hurricane Sandy damaged the NJ Transit rail system, with the North Jersey Coast Line taking the brunt of the storm. Rail service resumed this week, three weeks after the storm, with some interest... (more)

One of Metro North's inspection trains after Hurricane Sandy. Train crews looked for trees or any obstructions on the tracks, stopped when one was spotted and on board track workers armed with cha... (more)

The Grand Rapids Local accelerates after picking up orders at Saunders Tower.

The Glacier Discovery in the station Anchorage in the eveningsun

WM 501 leaves Ridgley Yard with the excursion train under threatening skys

After dousing the red marker lights, Amtrak Downeaster Train 683 behind P42 197 will ready to run north to Portland after a 35-min. layover in Boston's North Station. Two MBTA trains flank Amtrak... (more)

Hoboken's tower, built in 1982, supervises movements in and out of the yard at dusk. The old tower can be seen in a photo Railroad: Erie Lackawanna
Locomotive: Tower
Location: Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: N/A
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 23, 2012

Soldier of Fortune: Metro-North #4904 rests at Hoboken - a long way from home. Built in 1966, rebuilt 2007; Ex-Union Pacific #629, exx-MoPac #629, nee-Rock Island #372.

Co-workers at Hoboken

The 2012 AAPRCO special is almost ready to depart. Hat's off to the Washington Terminal folks for accommodating this 29 car monster train on a busy Monday morning, ensuring an on time departure.

Seaboard Extra 8131 West waits in Roebuck for an eastbound to pass.