The Silver Meteor! Funny thing is 651 has haunted me on visits to the NEC. First 651 HHP kept showing up on my trips then now the new 651 on an ACS64!

The Closest of Calls!: After building their train and pulling through the wye, the OCS train comes to a brief stop on a quiet portion of Sixth Street. As it sits in the street, a bold ... (more)

A sea of Maintenance-of-Way Equipment covers nearly every inch of rail that makes up the 4,290 feet siding here at Roanoke. There's a lot of work that needs to be done, so a massive Tie Gang was ... (more)

Don't try and beat a train! As the Finger Lakes Railway GS-2 approached Solvay, NY a motorist cut in front of the train at the grade crossing for a factory entrance. Luckily, the car escaped being... (more)

A lady employee who's new to SP's Roseville engine facility turns to say something funny to her supervisor as she fuels SD9E No. 4403.

Man on SEPTA Train: What was he thinking? As SEPTA Trenton Line Train 707 was about to leave the station to turn after ending its run, a man started running after it and got the engineer ... (more)

Kansas City Union Station was absolutely packed tonight with families lined up to see the Kansas City Southern Holiday Express, including the star of the show, the faux-steam engine "Rudy!&qu... (more)

A graffiti tagger definitely had a lot of time on their hands to be able to paint this TTX boxcar. It is amazing to see what people can do with spray paint.

Stopped into a one-horse town and saw just that. Welcome to the wild west!

Amtrak's Rhor RTL Turboliner trainsets

These gas tubrine "Turboliners", of which a total of 7 were ordered, were delivered between 1976 and 1977. They were manufactured by Rohr Industries, and w... (more)

“I’ve just got to get there.” That’s what a friend of mine says sarcastically whenever he encounters someone in a hurry for no apparent reason. This is a good example of it. The road to Ea... (more)

The end of a short rail spur in tiny Hensler, North Dakota, on BNSF’s Zap Subdivision branch line out of Mandan has an unique end-of-track bumper. I’ve never seen one used this way, and I’m ... (more)

It's a gorgeous summer evening as a young woman makes a quick dash in front of the returning B765 local on Warren & 7th street after a single run up to the mill. The Sunday crew commonly makes ... (more)

A colorful Eastbound international stack train curves through the sandy rock cuts near Kinter siding. Interestingly, while the train was still moving, the conductor got out and climbed the nose la... (more)

Trainsurfers in Russia. This fun is very common in the Moscow region and to a lesser extent in St. Petersburg. In other regions of our vast country trainsurfers practically does not occur. The... (more)