On the Cape-Natal branch GMAM 4074 climbs the steep grade between Ceighton and Donnybrook with a mixed train in early morning light. The round huts (rondavels) are typical Zulu homes. Steam Loco... (more)
The DPU on an eastbound intermodal chugs past Banff station in the evening
With 64 cylinders (one for each car in the train) getting a Run 8's worth of diesel fuel shot into them, WAED sounds awesome while keeping 'em rolling south and west through my current hometown an... (more)
With the conductor scouting for trout, SAPI-4 crosses a stream feeding the Kennebec River at 1814. Gorgeous GP9s' 51 and 72, both former B&M Geeps built in December and July of '57, respectively,... (more)
A pair of DB Class 185 Bo-Bo electric locos head a southbound freight over the middle Reuss bridge at Wassen on the Gotthard line. The line can be seen at three levels in this photo, half way down... (more)
Inspired by a few excellent contributers to RP, I wanted to check this location out for myself.
Who would have thought that the City of Madison, IN would own the steepest standard gauge main track in the country! At 5.89% it's no wonder there hasn't been any activity here in years. For a dif... (more)
D&RGW #464 approaches the Genesee Road Crossing on a sunny summer day.
Gleaming under the lights, new ES44DC leads a westbound past the lockkeepers house here at Lock 31 on the C&O Canal. I encountered four spirits and an orb here in one night, so.......
Cold mornings make for great steam effects, but sometimes you get almost too much! Class 19D 4-8-2 No. 2669 climbs into the sun on a cold, misty morning.
Two of South Africa's best at full throttle, powering up the steep climb toward Sheridan, with the grain silos of Fouriesburg in the distance.
A KPR freight is headed south towards Kelowna beside one of the Okanagan lakes, Kalamalka
CP 9548 E exits the famous Mink Tunnel and curves around Lake Superior's Mink Harbour.
Chugging into Banff with a loaded grain train, with the slopes of Mount Aylmer and an unnamed ridge in the Palliser Range dominating the scene
Log loads from Gilbert/NS's Duffield facility make up the bulk of today's T74 Frisco local as it crosses Big Moccasin Creek and Highway 23 at Weber City behind a single SD40-2.
