Shrouded in fog, Amtrak's Empire Builder leaps a mountain gorge on its run through Montana. A distant sunlit mountain peak hints that the train will break out of the fog upon reaching the summit o... (more)

The first thunderstorm of spring hits Altoona, Wisconsin. Lightning flashes across the sky as a Union Pacific freight train is held back by the new CTC signal mast. CTC was installed during the ya... (more)

The "Silver Meteor" rolls north at dawn

The gas local glides along the Flathead River on the way to Thompson Falls to be loaded as a gorgeous sunrise starts to crest the mountains to the east. This train will have locomotive issues late... (more)

C&TS winter photo charter operated by Historic Transportation Preservation, Inc. (Steam Specials)

On a very foggy night, HLCX 1070 sits calm on the yard lead while trains QNLPI and an extra QNLPI sit side by side at Villa Grove changing crews.

Valley Railroad veteran Mikado No. 40 hauls a sold-out North Pole Express train through Centerbrook, Connecticut on a cold December evening.

Despite the Holidays, it's a very somber week for the residents of New York City after two of NYPDs Finest were laid to rest after being senselessly murdered just a week ago. To memorialize NYPD o... (more)

Fire fills the sky over an Austin Western train beginning their nightly run west to Austin. The contract between Watco and Capital Metro is coming to an end in 2015, leaving many to wonder if Watc... (more)

On Christmas Eve, Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania Railroad heritage GE ES44AC rests with two other locomotives on the Gainesville Midland interchange track. After the Christmas shutdown en... (more)

The crew from the Keenan Switch Job dismounts and gives a roll by to IC 6250 leading a U-789 taconite train south through the yard on a fog filled day. Obstructed by the fog and steam is a northb... (more)

Choosing sides at Deep River Creek. Under a pretty mackerel sky, Engineer Brian Messinger takes Valley Railroad Mikado #40 and the 2:30 edition of the Santa Special across Deep River Creek,... (more)

Black River & Western 2-8-0 #60, former Great Western, traverses the Third Neshanic River trestle late one Winter's evening in Flemington, NJ. An unlikely photo far removed from the typical vanta... (more)

Southern Railway #154 poses atop Three Rivers Trestle against a glorious sunset at the conclusion of its 2014 operating season. Many thanks to the Rambler crew for their assistance in getting this... (more)

The "ghost train" leaves Mineral. After switching onto the main line at Mineral, Hammond Lumber #17 begins plodding slowly south into the murk, with a short freight bound for Mort... (more)