Westbound Santa Fe train #1 the San Francisco Chief at Amarillo station with four Alco PA's led by number 58. Three Flexi-Vans flat cars of US Mail, two head end cars, three hi-level chair cars ... (more)

Garbage Riders!

I'm heading into Tacoma to work on the little trains of the PSMRE and I hear over the radio the crew of the EVEROO asking for the Tacoma yardmaster to train his cam... (more)

English Electric type 3, 37411 crosses the causeway at Golant in Cornwall, England with a railtour from Plymouth. The class 37 was on the rear of the train, while a Standard 4 steam loco was on th... (more)

This is the only one of these that NS has, and its rather hard to get an uncoupled photo of it since they usually have a loco attached ahead of it to power the train. It was built from NW SD35 #1... (more)

As afternoon fades to evening the howl of dynamics pierce the snow cap calm on the western slope of the Sierra, within moments the source of intruding sound peaks around the curve having just pass... (more)

An eastbound BNSF Q train passes over a beautiful waterfall east of Skykomish, WA just after passing over the Foss River Trestle.

Viewing the forecast for the heavy overnight snow and blizzard conditions, I opted to head out to try and capture a shot that I've done a hundred times in daylight, but never at night. With steady... (more)

Winter wonderland... Navigating through a snow covered downtown St. Mary's (compliments of winter storm Hercules), Russell-Cumberland general freight CSX Q316 passes the quiet store fronts of this... (more)

In Nov. 1985, the Rio Grande closed 23.69 miles of its Subdivision 7 mainline between Woods Cross and Roy. By 1988, the diamond was removed where Union Pacific's Syracuse Branch crossed the D&RGW ... (more)

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection: Plenty of action this day at Saint Louis Union Station. Pennsy 5539 is in the company of a GM&O heavyweight passenger train, many cars of baggage and mail... (more)

Power from this morning's Hoosier State goes back for servicing, lead by #156, the PHASE I Anniversary Locomotive. I had to redeem myself after my lackluster shot of #145, but now I'm 1st for bot... (more)

Q624 with CP/CEFX power crosses an iced-over High Falls in downtown Rochester, NY.

A westbound passes through Woodford on a relatively rare snowy day on Tehachapi.

American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 (ex-SP GS-4 4449) passes through Camarillo, CA on New Year's Eve, 1975 on the way to the next display location — Santa Barbara. This is a companion to photo 1... (more)

For some freight cars the end of the line is not necessarily the scrapper’s torch, but instead finding use somewhere else other than the railroad. This former Santa Fe covered hopper built in M... (more)