An empty trash train bends east, awaiting the Arthur Kill vertical lift bridge (unfortunately, not in this rendering, but according to Wikipedia, "the largest vertical lift bridge in the world, wi... (more)

W.D. Shaw's prior photo inspired me to dig up this same view from almost 20 years ago. Sure looks better now ...!

Traveling westbound through the Royal Gorge, approaching Rio Grande's famous hanging bridge (built by AT&SF in 1871). From the other direction: Railroad: Royal Gorge Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD9
Location: Canon City, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: CRRX 5305
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 22, 2004

ArcelorMittal #1012 and a traction calf (behind, not visible) sit near the station house, preparing for a morning of switching. A section of the western expanse of the massive ArcelorMittal compl... (more)

C&NW 401 has seen better days. At least it hasn't made it to the scrap heap.

A fortunate red light, and a perfect sun angle gave me a clear shot at this little beauty right through the front gate of Metra's 14th Street Shop. The only thing that would be better would be to... (more)

Still toting fuel around over two decades on from its original role. Now it appears to be used for delivering diesel to fuel depots such as Clyde Diesel Shop.

UP 6936 and the other locomotives and cars on display for Franklin Park Railroad Daze are waiting for clearance back into Canadian Pacific's diesel facility. It appears from the exhaust that CP... (more)

Cooling The Wheels. Two Superfleet sets stop on the bypass track refueling pads to get serviced and wait for new crews in Belen, NM. These are two sections of the guaranteed-priority eas... (more)

Trains head off in every which direction to the north and west from Ogilvie Transportation Center (top track) and Union Station (bottom track). Closer, diff locos: Railroad: Metra
Locomotive: EMD F40PH
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 04, 2006

There are at least 10 GP60Bs lined up in the quiet line in Corwith Yard. Hopefully this is a temporary result of the recession ... these are the last "unique order" units that I can recall, and I... (more)

On June 12th, 2008, floods hit Iowa hard. Here, a maintenance "train" descends into the bottoms of Burlington, Iowa, where the Mississippi River still sits over much of the Burlington riverside y... (more)

Special P32 #500 still wears the emblem from its Biofuel test on the Heartland Flyer.

Hanging out in the Autotrain Yard is RS-3 Amtrak 107 (ex-Penn Central, exx-NYC).

UP 3985 pours on the oil for a show ... this overpass was temporarily shut down by the DPS for the foamers to occupy.