Another BNSF stack train marches west past a surprisingly unvandalized abandoned teepee.

The headlight of the Union Pacific's fire fighting train cuts the smoke-filled air in the Sacramento River Valley as the Delta Fire rages in the background.

Built in 1895 one of the worlds steepest passenger railways, Lookout Mountain Incline Railway highest grade point is 72.7%. The amazing ride to the top takes 10 minutes. It operates on standard g... (more)

Looking toward the east switch of Minturn siding shows an impediment to any possible train movements over Union Pacific’s railbanked Tennessee Pass route on June 4, 2018. In early March 2014, a ... (more)

East Meets West At what can arguably be named one of the most significant sites in American history, the Central Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east met at Promontory ... (more)

Nothing has run on Tennessee Pass lately
Proof can be found looking down the main line just west of milepost 301 on this famous Rio Grande route that Union Pacific stopped operating in ... (more)

Surf City became motorcar city for a weekend in May of 2013. This was the first time motorcars ran on the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line and over 40 motorcars participated in the event. They journeye... (more)

The No. 4 train and Yankee Stadium. Yankees won.

May 10, 2016 marked the 147th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory Summit, linking the east and west coasts of United States with its first transcontinental railroad.

Norfolk Southern's pair of DC to AC upgraded units - NS 4001 and 4000 - lead a southbound Belews Creek, NC coal train -symbol 756V806 - past the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia.

Ms. Julianna Moats, a railway engineer (as in the engineering department) poses in retro dress with Doyle MacCormack's restored Alco PA.

Summit Excursion train #45 as seen from the Lido Deck of one of the majestic cruise ships that grace the Alaskan coast this time of year loads on the Broadway Dock for another exciting trip up to ... (more)

760, coal loads for Duke Energy at Belews Creek, NC, comes down the back stretch approaching turn 2 on the Winston-Salem District. Dale Jarrett won the race.

After 45 minutes since the last train went north I started to get ancy and bored. If it wasn't for the blurp of static on the scanner I would've left. And if I did leave. I would've missed this... (more)

The replicas of "Jupiter" and No. 119 meet again at Promontory, Utah for the 137th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike. Costumed actors gather every May 10th to reenact the event for t... (more)