The Biggest Little City in the World. Amtrak Train 6 (California Zephyr) heads through the trench in Reno, Nevada on the afternoon of July 26, 2020. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Rail... (more)

The rack railroad from Vitznau to the Rigi, opened in 1871 as the first mountain railroad in Europe, already had a turntable with two intersecting rack tracks at the bottom station to enable the c... (more)

CN train L572 (Flat Rock, MI - Detriot, MI turn) works its way southbound on the ex DT&I "Arch Line" with a pair of ex Illinois Central SD70s for power. These arches were constructed in ... (more)

L523 slowly coasts down the steep grade from the Fox River Subdivision to the Thilmany Paper Mill, otherwise known as the Water Power Spur from the C&NW days. A calling point to the local for the ... (more)

An Amtrak long distance train departs Philadelphia, bound for Wilmington, DE and points south - far, far south.

The dramatic view of the city of Philadelphia now includes the relatively new sk... (more)

Railcar with passenger and baggage compartment BDe 4/4 # 1643 of SBB Historic, built 1955 with 1176 kW, is pulling cars Am # 61 85 19-90 515-1 and leightweight A # 2763 from Rapperswil to Buchs SG... (more)

Photog Dave Vannes.....from my collection.....

The NS 23K, with one of the units attempting an impression of a steam engine, crosses the Harpursville High Bridge in Harpursville, NY.

Servicing Stop - Glacier Siding. With roughly 6 miles to go on the journey from Skagway to White Pass, the WPY Rotary Fleet comes to the attention of a servicing crew that has been pre-posi... (more)

Re 620 # 044 (Re 6/6 # 11644) "Cornaux" of the SBB is pulling the freight train 62426 from Langenthal freight yard via Burgdorf-Hasle-Rüegsau-Ramsei to Sumiswald ETB (Emmentalbahn), with... (more)

An empty coal train rolls along the Jocko River outside Dixon, Montana on an early spring morning.

I was able to catch a Kennacott Copper (Rio Tinto) train in action. Now operated by Railserve (RSSX) GMTX 2662 and RSSX 116 leave the Garfield yard, with a matching set of nicely painted Montana L... (more)

A coal train loaded at the Hiawatha loadout. Passes a new coal tower being built at Wattis. The combo of F45's would only last the rest of this month, as a pure set. Ex SP SD45's would come on the... (more)

Back when CP was still cool, a mother/daughter set is heading back down into the bowl after putting a block of cars away in the departure track.

Assigned to Curry Rail Services in Hollidaysburg, PA, CRS 1932 is a rebuilt EMD GP10. This locomotive is one of three owned by Curry Supply Holdings.