Great Northern 400 pulls a set of matched streamlined coaches over the French River bridge near Duluth, during Railfan Weekend 2009.

Dakota Southern No. 213 is a long, long way from New York, where it used to run in commuter service as Long Island Railroad 213. The track that Dakota Southern operated in South Dakota are now bei... (more)

Detroit & Lima Northern 7 hardly makes any smoke (it's a very efficient locomotive), so most shots of it look static - like it's standing still. I asked the fireman if he could produce "just a li... (more)

D&RGW 346 pulls two authentic Rio Grande passenger cars around the loop at the Colorado Railroad Museum, simulating the local train it was assigned to in the 1930s between Montrose and Gunnison, C... (more)

After we tied up for the day, I took this photo of NREX model 2GS14B demonstrator No. 1400 under the sodium vapor lights at St. Paul Yard. This 1400-HP Genset was in town for the Railroad Interch... (more)

Nickel Plate 2-8-2 624 in very poor condition at Hammond, Indiana.

The Burlington and the The Burlington. CB&Q 4-6-4 3003, in fresh paint, resides in close proximity to Burlington's namesake hotel along the Mississippi River.

One of CP's big SD70ACU's rolls down the BNSF joint track at St. Paul Park, Minnesota.

Runby at Decker Bay with former Great Western No. 75. All of the equipment seen in this photo is now out of service, with the exception of the tank car and the hopper.

Famous "Reading Rambles" 2124 on display outdoors at Steamtown.

Every year during the annual Nevada Northern winter photo shoot, the steam locomotives take the spotlight. But what about the diesels? Where else will you find an operable RS-2 and RS-3 running ... (more)

A 1977 Chrysler Town & Country wagon stopped at a rural grade crossing for BN SD9 6234.

Rio Grande No. 169, an 1883 Baldwin 4-6-0, is undergoing slow restoration inside the train pavilion at Cole Park in Alamosa. The tender is finished, and attention has turned to the locomotive its... (more)

The closest I ever came to seeing a “real” down-south steam short line was the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas. Sure, it was a tourist railroad, but it still had that down home Southern flavo... (more)

D&RGW 346 speeds around the loop at the Colorado Railroad Museum with an afternoon passenger train