Trains don't come 'round here no more... The greens of Summer are slowly reclaiming the upper stretch of the Clearfork Branch, which once hosted three coal loadouts and almost daily traffic up int... (more)

On July 19, 2003, Union Pacific’s Cheyenne, Wyoming, yard is jam-packed with a nice variety of freight cars.

Having originated out of John Sevier Yard in Knoxville, TN, a coal train derailed a week ago under the Middlesboro Mining loadout. Two hoppers were rerailed with another suffering damage and skidd... (more)

A Frisco boxcar was part of MOW equipment parked at St. Michael.

For my 4500th contribution on Railpictures I choose this "moonlight special" as a tribute to the Gotthard mountain line, with the famous loops around Wassen. In a double longtime exposur... (more)

Waiting to be utilized again, rows of used plows are lined up in the outdoor storage yard at the Downing B. Jenk’s Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015.

The open-air Train Hall sits adjacent to the historic headhouse of Denver Union Station. The neon lights still invoke the message "Travel By Train."

A trio of semaphores stand under the desert sky protecting the west end of Levy siding on the Raton Pass line.

Beginning in 1902, the Great Northern began navigating its trains between Jennings and Columbia Falls, Montana on a new right of way partially following the Kootenai River. This route bypassed a l... (more)

We're on the ground! Something no one wants to hear. Some derailments are minor, some are not. The C&NW had a bad wreck in March of 1985 north of Milwaukee. The wreck happened right next to the fr... (more)

Under the stars, a Union Pacific freight passes the old water tank in Lusk, Wyo.

The sun rises next to the former Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley (later Chicago & North Western) water tank at Lusk, Wyo. The tank was built in 1886 and is on the National Register of Historic ... (more)

30th Street Station is lit up for the Democratic Convention in town.

It almost looks like a one of the main yard tracks at Canadian National’s Proctor Yard is ballasted with taconite pellets on June 13, 2016. This yard is a former Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range p... (more)

The sun is rising over the Clark Fork River Valley east of St. Regis, Montana, on September 13, 1998. Morning fog is slowly burning off as the sun crests over the mountains to the east, silhouetti... (more)