RP contributor Maryann waves at the driver and passengers aboard a set of Pacers as the local stopping service accelerates out of Dawlish. These units have been withdrawn.

A passenger hurriedly takes to texting upon alighting this Pacific Surfliner, as the conductor prepares to highball.

Welcome to 2017! While the Class 1 Railroads continue standardizing everything, there are plenty of unique shortlines worth your time as my wife steps out to grab a shot of the KJRY FP9's.

We are inside the control room at America West Resources, Wildcat, Utah loadout. Loader operator Jennifer is in charge of loading this Utah Railway unit coal train which will deliver its load to t... (more)

A patch of sunlight catches Budd R32 car 3406 with a Jamaica Center bound J Train as it pauses at Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn. The last R32 cars are expected to last in to the 2020's and are eking o... (more)

The conductor of an inbound Fitchburg to Boston Commuter Rail train smiles for the camera as the train makes a quick stop at Ayer Station.

Cervo

on November 1 this stretch railway line will be closed for ever and replaced by a new double track railway line. Location Cervo (Liguria)

Final Boarding Call - A passenger discusses her seat location on Amtrak Train Number 4 (the Southwest Chief) on a warm summer evening at Fullerton.

A lifeguard prepares to end her day while Amtrak's Surfliner 785 slips by Richard Nixon's old Western White House behind her.

An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner makes its way along the sandy beaches of San Clemente.

An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner passes a game of volley ball on the beach.

A young lass cleans the windshield of this F40PH at Jasper in an era before wearing PPE was common. She is certainly no aged CN machinist...

On our way back to America via British Airways there is time for a grab shot of a Class 377 EMU sliding into Gatwick Airport. Transport modes are exceptionally well connected in the UK.

A Cross Country HST blasts through the station as Maryann gets her photos. Most of Cross Country's services here are with the Voyagers but they do throw a few HST's in the mix.