GE painted three B32-8s into Burlington Northern colors for testing by BN in the mid-1980s. Numbered 5497-5499, the three unit consist is seen undergoing a mechanical inspection. Tom Golden photo... (more)

The European X2000 trainset was brought into the US by Amtrak in 1993 for demonstrations across its system. The set is seen on display at Joliet's Union State in July of that year. Tom Golden ph... (more)

Westbound Valparaiso-Chicago commuter service passes through Hammond. Tom Golden photo.

"Charger to Heaven, via New Canaan"

On the morning of May 3rd, 2025, brand-new Metro-North Railroad Siemens SC-42DM #302 leads a mini-bomb consist towards the bumper on Tr... (more)

Dead in Tow. On Friday, May 2, 2025, Amtrak Lake Shore Limited (Train 48) passed through Ludlow near Yonkers, New York under a stormy sky. This train, which had nine passenger-related cars ... (more)

A caboose hop runs through Loyalton, CA with an ex Western Pacific GP35. The branch now abandoned served the lumber industry there. It branched out just east of Portola, CA.

After a mainline crew change, this train transitions from the Wayzata Sub to the Midway Sub.

An F9 with four GP9B's head east up Archer hill with a long freight.

A failed attempt at saving the Rock Island after a failed attempt with a merger with the Union Pacific. This was a short lived scheme but attractive. Too bad it didn't survive, as Johnny Cash woul... (more)

Housatonic Railroad's NX12 going through New Milford with four cars for Danbury.

The annual traditions of the Kentucky Derby: Rain and Passenger Trains. The 2025 version of CSX's Kentucky Derby train clears through Paynes Depot, just outside of Midway, as it heads west down th... (more)

Cincinnati, OH - Waycross, GA manifest Q541 exits Hickory Tunnel 1 entering the small community of Morley before the climb across Duff Mountain

A loaded CSX ethanol crosses Bolton Road still stenciled for the NC&StL Railway

A Union Pacific coal train descends the 2.29% grade at the Crater Loops running 2x2x2. This train loaded at Energy Mine on the Craig Branch and is bound for Southern Company's Plant Daniel in Miss... (more)

Engineer John Shine gets a good look at his swing helpers as they descend the 2.29% grade at the Crater Loops