Winding Road: Washington & Idaho's "Highball" heads south near Spangle, Washington on an early spring day in April, 2011. Leading the train is a GP16, GP30 and FP9.

Essex, Montana: There are railroad towns and then there is Essex. Located on the former Great Northern Railway's Marias Pass line, the small community was and still is a critical helper sta... (more)

A pair of St. Maries River Railroad GP9s make their way across Benewah Lake on April 4, 2011. At Plummer, the local will interchange traffic with the Union Pacific local from Spokane before return... (more)

Four SD40-2XRs and two GP9s lead a combined Night and Day Gas locals on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. The night before, the Night Gas died on the law at Paradise on its way east to Missoula and ... (more)

For the first time since 1984 freight returned to New Hampshire's legendary Crawford Notch on June 20, 2009. Moving from Searsport, Maine to Conway, New Hampshire by way of eastern Quebec and Verm... (more)

Dreamers: In 2012, a steam locomotive restoration takes a lot of time, money and talent to get done. Far too often restoration efforts flounder due to a lack of one of these things. But the... (more)

Two Albany and Eastern B23-7s lead a short log train under deep blue skies on Sept. 18, 2013 through the scenic Willamette Valley of western Oregon. The A&E is made up of former Southern Pa... (more)

"Where The Magic Happens." Inside the Seashore Trolley Museum restoration shop on a rainy spring day finds trolley car 4175 under restoration along with the vintage tools that make the preservatio... (more)

The Last Prince of Washington: Just last year, eight of the Mount Washington Cog Railway’s 0-2-2-0s roamed up and down the face of the east’s tallest peak in northern New Hampshire. But today,... (more)

Local fishing boats sit the weekend away waiting for their crews to return during the week. Meanwhile the crew of VIA Rail's train 16/17, The Chaleur, work east along the Gaspe Peninsula on this w... (more)

Montana Rail Link's Darby Local heads south on the morning of May 6, 2009. Behind its lead unit is NREX 2020, a low emissions locomotive currently being tested on Montana Rail Link.

Narrow Gauge Country: Having grown up in Maine, to me narrow gauge railroading was anything where there was two feet between the rails. But even just one afternoon on the Georgetown Loop we... (more)

Welcome to Wonderland: Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railway 0-4-4T No. 10 takes on water during the museums annual Victorian Christmas. Dec. 18, 2010.

On a gorgeous yet frigged January day, four photographers find themselves in downeast Maine along Maine Eastern’s Rockland Branch to shoot MERR GP9 764 lead a freight from Rockland to Brunswick ... (more)

Fathers Day and 70-tonners: Few locomotives depict classic New England shortline railroading as well as the General Electric 70-tonner. From the Montpelier and Barre to the Belfast and Moosehead L... (more)