F45 5986 leads the X-AMAM west near Joel, Texas. The train originated at Amarillo, Texas, and is distributing empty grain cars to country elevators on Santa Fe's Hereford Subdivision (Transcon mai... (more)

SP B30-7 No. 7855 idles under the glare of work lights in Roseville Yard.

Amtrak Trn. 9 descends west side of Bozeman Pass en route to next stop at Bozeman.

A CN northbound freight with an IC-lettered C44-9W, sets out cars in Duplainville, WI in a cold and snowy January day.

If any photograph is worth a thousand words this is the one I'd choose. This remarkable scene was not 'set-up' or 'posed' in any way. This was everyday life in the Inner Mongolian village of Xiake... (more)

Scotland's iconic Forth Bridge is now mercifully without cladding or scaffolding after a 10-year maintenance programme is finally completed. At dusk, new-build Pacific 60163 'Tornado' crosses with... (more)

A storm blowing through. Making track speed and trailing a dark, turbulent plume, Nickel Plate 765 blows past the iconic Carland Elevator dragging a heavy, 34-car freight. Although there a... (more)

Santa Fe #93 slows for a station stop at the end of its run at Lubbock, Texas. Trains 93 and 94 ran between Lubbock and Amarillo, connecting at Amarillo with the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF. E8Am 80L was ... (more)

Four ex BN EMD's lead a 59 car L MON8331 04I into Berthold, cruising along at the restricted 40MPH due to a pesky empty sand hopper. The 833 local, also known as the "Ross Turn" services the grain... (more)

On October 19, 1985, a DW&P transfer bound for C&NW’s Itasca Yard passes through Saunders, Wisconsin. The train is powered by two freshly-painted ex-Rock Island GP38-2s. Overhead is a BN taconit... (more)

A westbound SP vehicle train off the NS at Kansas City snakes through the eastern portion of Auburn on the original Donner alignment.

Three westbound freights line up nicely for servicing at the west end of Clovis Yard. The photo was taken from the Hull Street overpass, which has since been replaced by a new structure.

Last rays of light make this ex CR shine.

Conrail SD40-2 No. 6374 was bringing up the rear of an eastbound unit coal train as it shoved through Lilly, PA on March 26, 1998. I have always liked the older houses in the communities in this ... (more)

This Laurel, MT to Denver, CO manifest heads south through Berthoud, CO, past a grain elevator with an interesting mural painted on the south side of the building.