A pair of classic EMD 1500hp switchers idle between jobs at PBNE’s forlorn looking Bethlehem, PA yard. Though these motors once handled the sprawling Bethlehem Steel furnaces and mills they now ... (more)

Western Maryland painted PNLX 7471 leads the Steam Railroad Institute's North Pole Express north past the elevator at Carland.

T386 with a loaded spoil train from the Clifton Hill group passes through Sunshine.

Railcar RBDe 567 # 172 "Vully" of the TPF (Transports publics fribourgeois SA), built in 1983 for the GFM, is pulling a train with 3 rolling highway cars, transporting a brand new streetcar type S... (more)

Former Delaware & Hudson 4085 sits in the same spot it has for years.

P16-EV120-P14 on an infrastructure evaluation run turn onto the goods line at Albion.

Looks Like A Toy Train But It's Real. "Every year since 2009 (except for 2020), special trains have operated on the first two weekends of December in northern New Jersey and southern New Yo... (more)

Former Nickel Plate Road GP9 523, renumbered by new owner Norfolk & Western at Madison, Illinois on November 19, 1966. Photo by John Booker, from my collection.

New Hope Valley's 1545 Santa train departs Bonsal on the former NS branch to Durham in the late evening.

Christmas train arriving Wylie World

On June 25th, 2022 - the New York and Lake Erie hosted a private photo charter involving some rare-mileage and its fleet of active locomotives. Lined up nicely next to the Gowanda depot, the vener... (more)

CLF1-4814-C501-CLF4 power through West Footscray with 7MC5 empty grain to NSW.

For the second weekend in a row, Our middle daughter (and biggest railfan) Naomi gives a friendly wave to the crew of the LM&M's North Pole Express, this time powered by one of the two NKP GP30's ... (more)

Christmas train arriving Wylie. Symbol: B-RUDDY 03

P16-EV120-P14 returning from an infrastructure evaluation run to Ballarat approach Sunshine Station.