The mystery of the night ride. The rocking on the rails, the hum of the diesels, the glow of the lights, this is why we do this.

P36 steam engine at Podmoskovnaya station. The team engine class P36 (Russian: П36) was a Soviet mainline passenger steam locomotive type. Between 1950 and 1956, 251 locomotives were built. ... (more)

You can join our next photo tour to China if you want to see the last original steam locomotives show in the world! The short group tour going to be in January 2019! Contact us: monrailpic@gmail.c... (more)

The action take place on Belorucheyska narrow-gauge railway - one of the last working logging narrow gauge railways in Russia. On the photo TU7 locomotive goes with forest train from lumber-camp t... (more)

After a long day of Monsoon storms, the leftover clouds make for an incredible vibrant sunset on the western side of the Seligman Sub. In this photo, the train is heading eastbound through the cur... (more)

Backwoods of central Russia at the south of Tver region. 2TE116UD diesel locomotive with freight train appears out from the fog that rises from the river Msta. Railroad: Russian Railways
Locomotive: 2TE116UD
Location: Msta, Tver region, Russia
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 16, 2018

Shortly after dawn on the fourth of July, a westbound grain train approaches Shelby on the plains of northern Montana.

Backwoods of central Russia at the south of Tver region. Local time 3-20 AM. M62 locomotive with passenger train from Rybinsk to Moscow appears out from foggy twilight forest breaking the silence... (more)

ED4M electric train goes along the lowlands near the Moscow canal covered with fog in the early monday morning...

The very first light of the day illuminates the spray from the mighty Victoria Falls, giving an impressive and colorful background for this passenger train pulled by NRZ's Garratt Class 15A 4-6-4+... (more)

UP 4122 highballs Villa Grove on the southbound ZYCSA as a Christmas Eve snowstorm lets loose over the Central Illinois area.

DampfSpektakel 2018: Steam Smoke and Clouds

The 03 1010 at speed in the Saar Valley on the Saarbrucken – Trier line.
The threatening sky on this picture well represents the ... (more)

As we approach the shortest daylight hours of the year here in Alaska, even the trains are in short supply. Not many trains at all on the south end of the RR, one that did run was the annual Holid... (more)