In November 1984, UP Big Boy 4012 was relocated from Bellows Falls, VT to Steamtown in Scranton, PA. The photographers in the foreground of this picture were standing on the D&H Penn Division brid... (more)

During a trip with a nostagia train we met this freight train

A photo which really shows the atmosphere around these festival trains in Bangladesh. Metre gauge 2712 heads a train of Pilgrims returning from the Biswa Ijtema festival at Tongi. Seen at Mohakali... (more)

In 2021, the Rigibahnen will celebrate 150 years since the inauguration of the first cogwheel railway in Europe from Vitznau to the Rigi mountain in 1871 (Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn VRB). In 1873, the Swis... (more)

A probably worldwide unique situation, two railroad vehicles on a turntable, not one behind the other, but shifted by 90 degrees. The turntable of the Rigibahnen in Vitznau has both a straight tra... (more)

OPR 801 was hit by one of the many fires that ravaged Oregon during the Labor Day weekend.The future is uncertain for this locomotive (hopefully salvageable), but the line didn't loose any of its ... (more)

In 2021, the Rigibahnen will celebrate 150 years since the inauguration of the first cogwheel railway in Europe from Vitznau to the Rigi mountain in 1871 (Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn VRB). In 1873, the Swis... (more)

In 2021, the Rigibahnen will celebrate 150 years since the inauguration of the first cogwheel railway in Europe from Vitznau to the Rigi mountain in 1871 (Vitznau-Rigi-Bahn VRB). In 1873, the Swis... (more)

Any track here ?

After a derailment the steam locomotive of the Sauschwänzlebahn was placed on the rails again. Afterwards, a truck of "THW", a technical aid organization, has moved the locomotive away from the s... (more)

Strong thunderstorms rolled through Duluth and in the process knocked over a few double stack cars at the port terminal.

Making the case about the Safety of rail passenger travel, Amtrak California no. 768, the morning Surfliner from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles, passes morning commute traffic on Hwy 1 and Freeway ... (more)

'Rhaetian Crocodile' Ge 6/6 I number 415 is in charge of the summer tourist service between Davos Platz and Filisur. The train is popular with tourists and is even epitomised in a bottle of beer s... (more)

After chasing the B63 local to Hennepin and back to Streator, he got held up for a line of very strong thunderstorms. After the storms passed, the dispatcher let B63 proceed through town, however... (more)