Santa and guests will travel in clean accommodations on Saturday, Nov. 23 in the 71st running of the Santa Train

The shop crew of the Strasburg Rail Road captured working on projects. Work progresses on in house projects as well as outside contract work. Here a steel dowel is milled flat while in the backg... (more)

Sections of the temporary panel track used to move the 4014 closer to the mainline are seen being disassembled here in preparation for re-assembly at the rear of the locomotive. After many hours ... (more)

Just shy of the midnight hour, 16th Street Relief operator Madelyn Gonzalez jots down the passage of Metra Rock Island District's last train into LaSalle Street for the night, as its' MP36 locomot... (more)

The conductor on an eastbound Rock Island freight grabs orders from the operator at Culver Tower in Muscatine where the MILW mainline from Kansas City joined the RI mainline to Davenport.

An eastbound Rock Island freight grabs orders from the operator at Culver Tower in Muscatine where the MILW mainline from Kansas City joined the RI mainline to Davenport.

I wonder if those kids on bikes could get this close to a wreck today. I don't know any details, but I figured since there were freight car trucks in front of the locomotive that these were mid-tr... (more)

K Tower in Washington is akin to an air traffic control tower, with hundreds of moves being directed each shift. I "stole" this composition idea from fellow RP contributor Jim Johnston. Photo ta... (more)

Friendly CSX Tower operator Allen Brougham throws the levers in Miller Tower in Cherry Run, WV shortly before it closed in 2000.

BNSF inbound trains for Long Beach Container are routinely stored on the Hyuka lead, adjacent the facility, when they arrive before an outbound train departs due to it's cramped facility. The prev... (more)

With a mode of conveyance seemingly quaint in contemporary railroading, a Rio Grande track patrolman awaits train 664's passage before proceeding on the Tintic Branch to Springville. D&RGW's trust... (more)

The Conductor off of Amtrak NE Regional 95 gives a friendly wave to myself and fellow railfans on the platform in Ashland, Virginia... Just departing from the regularly scheduled station stop.

Max Medlin prepares for another run-by as the photo line gathers.

Santa Fe's westbound SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF negotiates a "shoo-fly" around a freight train derailment at Dunmoor, New Mexico, on November 28, 1969. A SD24 and three GP35s were involved in the mishap,... (more)

A pair of SD40E's provide dynamic braking for a loaded coal train as they roll by the now closed Alto Tower.