Impressive running gear of the french 4-8-2 "Mountain" steamlocomotive 241 A # 65 with a driving wheel diameter of 1,95 meter ((76,7 inch) and 110 km/h (68,35 mph) maximum velocity. After several ... (more)
After several years of extensive repair and refurbishment, the former French 4-8-2 express train steamlocomotive 241 A # 65 of the Dampflok Depot Full (DDF) association successfully completed its ... (more)
Loads out of Minntac are back on the Two Harbors Sub for the 70 or so miles back to their destination at Two Harbors. The train pokes around the Iron Jct Wye at 10 mph, before getting back up to s... (more)
The Rainy Sub south of Virginia is mainly used for southbound trains bound for the Stevens Point on beyond. The Rainy is old DW&P territory from the Canadian boarder to Duluth. CN still uses alot ... (more)
Our 2nd storm of the season started getting going Friday morning. By the time it ended Saturday night, most of Iowa is in pretty bad shape. It was an impressive storm with a decent amount of wind ... (more)
NS 3648 emerges from the famous Natural Tunnel in Duffield, VA along Norfolk Southern's Appalachia District. This is train U41 which is bringing coal loads to Frisco yard in the Kingsport, TN area... (more)
UPY GP15-1 733 leads a local East through Duluth, heading to Rice's Point Yard.
One of the new Metra 501 (rebuilt KCS, SD70MACs) rolls outbound, out of Union Station and across Canal St. in downtown Chicago Illinois
DRGW 5771 (F9A) had a storied career in Colorado, leading the Rio Grande Zephyr until 1983, when it was then used for some time leading the Colorado Ski Train, and she even ran some freight before... (more)
DRGW 5771 (F9A) is a fan favorite at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. EMD delivered the units in 1955 with the Aspen Gold paint scheme.
The California Zephyr runs past Barr Lake in Brighton, Colorado as it heads to Denver on the Brush Sub at sunrise.
The Colorado Rocky Mountains are white with snow as BNSF 7607 (ES44DC) leads an oil train through the curve at Crescent, Colorado.
BNSF 9272 (SD70ACe) leads a long oil can train through the Big Ten Curve as it descends from Clay into Rocky, Colorado. The destination is Denver, the skyline of which is at the top of the photo.... (more)
Bnsf 8381 Takes a Hot Z1 West down the Marceline Sub.
Moving Cane. While the FEC 148 charter waits at the shops, this cane train sped by as one of the excursion crew waves.