Illinois Central 1937 Box Car #41390

Color photograph from my collection -captured here in a pan, a 1937 steel box car built for the Illinois Central Railroad - the Main Line of Mid-Ameri... (more)

Illinois Central 1950 Caboose #9926

A railfan enjoys the view from open window of an Illinois Central red caboose, seen here in action in a pan at 1/13th. IC #9926 was built in 1950.

The mandatory pan shot - Southern No. 630 at Burgin, KY - my last shot of the day. Do you recognize the fireman? A pan at 1/30th.

An ACS-46 Sprint'n! A pan at 1/80th.

Traveling at well over 100 mph, an Acela Express sure covers a lot of ground in a 50th of a second! Captured here southbound (railroad west) a pan shot featuring Acela Express #2013 racing throug... (more)

A Swedish meatball in a pan.

Virginia & Truckee No. 29 captured with a fast freight in a pan at 1/8th in Silver City, NV.

It is possible that amusement park rides such as "The Whip" of 1914 and the "Wild Mouse" of the 1960's were inspired by the V&T - a line proclaimed to be the "crookedest shortline in America". Th... (more)

Gold Rush!!!

Virginia &Truckee #29 (former Longview, Portland & Northern Railway #680) leads McCloud River #18 in a double-header over a pass at Gold Hill, NV, in a race to Virginia Cit... (more)

Bullet Train!  Amtrak Acela Express #2038 captured at speed at 1/25th of a second in a Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Bombardier/Alstom Acela Express Trainset
Location: Andalusia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 2038
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November 09, 2014

Black River & Western 2-8-0 #60 captured in a pan at 1/6th.

R&N #425 captured in a more)

The Norristown "High Speed Line". SEPTA's N-5 car #140 speeds across the former P&W bride captured at 1/8th of a second in a pan shot.

Fast freight - at any cost! Western Maryland was well known for using steam for pusher service to speed it's freights over the 1.5% grade seen here at Helmstetter's Farm. A pan at 1/10th taken ... (more)

R&N #425 roars through Molino, PA during one of two Autumn Leaf excursions. This was the first image of the day and was a pretty good indication of how the rest of the day would progress, albeit,... (more)