A quiet and foggy Saturday morning finds newly placed Great Northern caboose X-259 (built 1948) sitting on rails beside the city of Bemidji’s Great Northern Depot which was James J. Hill’s las... (more)
A Grand Birthday. On February 1, 1913, the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad opened the Beaux-Arts style Reed and Stem/Warren and Wetmore designed Grand Central Terminal to the publi... (more)
Top Design. It was not an April Fools' joke but very real on February 1, 2007, when the platforms at Grand Central on the MTA NYCT Subway 42nd Street Shuttle were given an upgrade by the re... (more)
LIRR Goes To The Movies. On January 31, 2013, morning commuters noticed a change to the MTA Long Island Rail Road Bayside Station in Bayside, Queens, New York. Signs informing passengers of... (more)
Minsk Children's Railroad. It is fully operated by teenagers. One of many children's railways that existed in the USSR and continued functioning after its breakup in post-Soviet states, it was ope... (more)
Subtle northern lights illuminate the horizon while the approach signal illuminates the ground on the CN Keenan sub.
Darkest Before Dawn In Westernport. The Western Maryland Railroad Station Museum and Park in Westernport, Maryland sits dark on the night of November 21, 2019. The museum itself reopened af... (more)
A train of iron ore headed to Two Harbors approaches the green signal at Noimi Jct. while heading down the CN Minntac sub on a foggy evening.
Espee Tank. The waste water collection tank at the Union Pacific facility/Amtrak station in Dunsmuir, California is a lasting memory of the Southern Pacific Lines. Depicted is SP 6839 (SD45... (more)
Two cabooses bring up the rear of an Otis-bound train from Rochester. The cabooses were brought down from the Fore River Transportation railroad to attend Mass Coastal's Railfan Day. Before return... (more)
Nothing is coming indicated by the red signals at Iron Jct.
Above average temperatures and little snowfall have made for some fog filled nights as evident by the beams from the signals at Noimi Jct. on the CN Minntac Sub. A CN mixed freight is northbound ... (more)
Merry Christmas From The Station in McAdam, New Brunswick!
Moynihan At The Holidays. The Moynihan Train Hall in New York, New York is lighted for the holiday season to welcome travelers.
An original D&H Lantern used by conductor Jared shines bright at the end of the night while the crew warmed up by the fire pit.
