One of my band parents took me flying out of Batesville airport this morning, and we decided to fly over Holly Springs and see if there were any trains in the area. A BNSF train had just come thr... (more)
Coyote Basin, Utah. That is the vast, colorful area in the background of this photo. The Colorado state line is in the hills just behind the last line of colorful rocks in the mid distance. That d... (more)
Having some electrical work done, AMTK 503 finds itself on one of the Redondo turntable's whisker tracks this morning as the ex-ATSF cantilever signal bridge here stands sentinel in the background... (more)
Ex. PRR Baldwin DS4-4-1000 #9069 basks in the early morning sun in Bridgeport, NJ. The engine is assigned to stone duty and is waiting for the crew to come on duty.
Alco FPA-4 #6776 sits at the Grand Canyon Station at the South Rim welcoming visitors as they step off the train after a 2 hour train ride. The engine was moved to this location in 2016.
An Aurizon electric-powered 3'6" gauge (1067 mm) coal train, led by Siemens E40 AG-V1 electric, Aurizon 3713, as it heads north to Hay Point for unloading on the evening of October 8.
Traditions: A family of passengers waiting for Amtrak's northbound Crescent to arrive, stand amongst the 1910 Southern Railway depot, which is still there to serve its purpose of acc... (more)
ADMX 822, an EMD SW8 built for the Rock Island, pulls a cut of cars off the CN interchange and into the ADM elevator at Tuscola.
Passenger train operates by the sea near Qingshui Cliff.
Frisco 1630: The "OTHER" Decapod. With volunteer crewmen looking on, Frisco 1630 moves for the first time in the Illinois Railway Museum's 2018 steam season, just outside the engi... (more)
A CP SD40-2, now out of service, rusts away in Saratoga yard before heading to a storage line.
ATSF 92, CNW 6847 and BN-3 rest outside Barn 2 at the IRM.
CNW 6847 basks in the hot Illinois sun.
Basking in the afternoon light at Redondo Junction, CDTX 2109 and 2110 rest on one of the 13 active "whisker" tracks the ex-Santa Fe Railway turntable still offers Amtrak for its locomotive mainte... (more)
Enjoying a break between trips, AMTK 459 rests at the Redondo turntable prior to be pressure washed and sent back out for duty.
