The culprit of the shooting flames is CREX C40-8 #9048

Once the companion of Alligators, this ex-SOU unit has a more mundane, ex-BN partner by this time. They have brought the daily train down to unload at the usual ambling gait. These old "Boats" m... (more)

Even the third generation of Tokaido-Sanyo Shinkansen trains are scrapped or museum exhibits now, the 70 trains of the 300 series, built from 1990 to 1998, capable for 270 km/h. Some were in servi... (more)

A new Cryo-Trans mechanical refrigerator car takes a break at UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. The CRYX 5825 was manufactured by Greenbrier of Lake Oswego, Oregon in Feb. 2013. The car is 72 feet ... (more)

Limited Express SUNRISE IZUMO is a doubledeck overnight train between Tokyo and Izumoshi, which runs with 7-car 285 series EMUs since 1998. Between Tokyo and Okayama, it runs combined with another... (more)

Acela isn't as attractive when her nose is up, but it's interesting.

An interesting car, AOK 21993 features a depressed center for loading dimensional lumber.

This would appear to be one of the most recently-installed semaphores in the U.S.; likely a fixed aspect (approach, indicating that the next signal is expected to be stop, at the crossing of the f... (more)

A VERY rare event... not only is a Santa Fe warbonnet spotted at Rigby Yard, it is also used for a little while on this nice afternoon as a yard switcher! This unit had come to Maine on a loaded o... (more)

Better Days..... I'd say this C30-7 has seen better days, cut up for scrap the cab is used as a "break room" for the workers of the Recycling center.

A severe thunderstorm has begun to roar through the woods of rural St. Mary's, Pennsylvania, the home of the little-known Bucksgahuda and Western Railroad. Engine #5, nicknamed "Henry" is making i... (more)

An Ex Southern Pacific SD40-T2 rebuilt by Progress Rail to run in meter gauge. In Brazil, It's called "Titanic" due to the length of the platform.

Canadian National train No. 117 passes the ferry at Little Fort running through Boulder, British Columbia, on July 21, 2011. The Little Fort Ferry is a reaction ferry across the North Thompson Riv... (more)

It could be a picture of the sixties: Just a few passengers in the railcar, and a trailer for baggage and small goods.