The only reason I fished this one out is how many viewers have ever seen the top of a UP "Big Blow" Turbine where all that noise came from. (They were eventually outlawed from running in Sou. Ca... (more)
Working upgrade out of Cold Stream Canyon, UP 8444 has reached Andover doubleheading with UP 3985. Bringing the UP train to Railfair 1981, it was 3985's first major outing and it was still a coal ... (more)
MLW A507 and Caterpillar A223 led on this freight.
The Museum of the American Railroads former ATSF Doodlebug sits at the interchange along the Dallas Garland and Northeastern awaiting a pick-up by the Fort Worth and Western.
Pan Am detour train 11R-24 is pulling toward Riverside Yard in Rockingham, Vermont, on the GMRC Bellows Falls Subdivision. The train is on the causeway splitting the Connecticut River (NH) and We... (more)
Scrapping asphalt down is not what these plows were intended to do, but on this rough stretch of track, is indeed what they do. This local, nicknamed “The Sidewinder”, works out of Mobest Yard... (more)
A rare 14CRB class 4-8-2 passes the Red Wall at Rooikrans in late afternoon light. Light only strikes the wall in January, so today it's black!
MCS 402 accelerates away from the new Mt Juliet Station with a high speed Music City Star test train. Some last minute work on the station and a few more practice runs still must be done before o... (more)
4020 leading a westbound train of Comet Is to Spring Valley. This is the first ever solo run of a PL42AC in revenue service after spending 5 months on property in testing.
Peering down on the frozen landscape below, ONR's Toronto to North Bay test train no. 301 patiently waits for a CN track gang to clear before making their next stop at Gravenhurst, ON.
VIA trains pass near Spadina Avenue. The eastbound with the P42 is approaching Union Station while the F40PH-2 is leading a westbound under the flyover.
The first of the U50C's is caught in brief evening light on an otherwise rainy day. The validity of the cab-side slogan is questionable, at least where the U50C's were concerned.
This is the section of track where the Oil cars from the Mosier incident on June 3rd "accordioned" and caught fire. The track sections were brought from Portland and The Dalles with UP ... (more)
The hostler was moving five locomotives in reverse when he sliced a semi truck in half that drove onto the track at a warehouse. The trucker was not injured. Photo from the 1980s.
Eastbound NS 358 cruise by what remains of the wreckage of the NS 206 derailment that happen around 6:00 AM February 18 2010, just west of Butler, Indiana at CP 360.
For two days crews have been cleaning up the aftermath of a derailment near Tolland, just east of the Moffat Tunnel. Now, on January 30, 1966, F7A 5741 and 5744 ease down the 2 percent at Coal Cre... (more)
Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer name listed on slide.
The northbound Guadalupe Local with Union Pacific SD70AH no. 8830 leading, leans into the curve at Faria County Park. The last engine in the group is an SD60 being ferried to Guadalupe.
Three GP30's and one GP35 are working out of Raleigh, NC with Seaboard TT-23 in September 1966. Seaboard operated TT-23 daily except Mondays and always operated it as an extra train. By the look... (more)
Unusual situation: The passenger train waits until the freight train has left the track. I don't see a stop sign for the passenger train. The conductor watches the situation. The photo is taken fr... (more)
Trains Unlimited tour on the G&Q. Only parts of the railroad are open, but this includes the spectacular Devils Nose. No. 17 is lettered for the Sibambe Cuenca, an abandoned G&Q branch. The die... (more)
1920 Baldwin-built Consolidation stretches her legs.
BNSF 5308 prepares to depart Clyde with some extreme burn damage...quality GE product for ya.
I would love to see her run again.
An Amtrak F40PH and a pair of IHB NW2's await their future....if they have one. Note: This photo was taken on private property, with permission.
A sight probably never to be seen again with these engines. All four were under steam! Cotton Belt #819 - N&W #1218 - UP #844 - Frisco #1522
In 1969, to face the fast growing traffic (especially ore shipping), the White Pass & Yukon seeked to increase its diesel roster. The railroad turned to Alco (American Locomotive Company), precise... (more)
Due to congestion on NS, coal train 746 destined for Belews Creek, NC, is being handled by the Ohio Central between Mingo Jct. and Columbus, OH. This is the third 746 to operate over the OC in the... (more)
Late afternoon finds the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada's glowing in the finally rays of a September day. The quiet calm enjoyed by hikers and mountain bikers today was once the scene of great... (more)
The 603 passenger approaching at the end of his trip, on the head 220 008 and 220 027.
Under early morning foggy skies, Pan Am Railways Office Car Special train OCS-23 is seen westbound at Charlemont, Massachusetts. The train is led by the company's pair of FP9A units with the ex-W... (more)
Nearly-new Amtrak SDP40F 504 gets watered at Los Angeles Union Station after bringing in train #3, the westbound Southwest Limited, on June 26th, 1973. For a short time, as the Amtrak 500s... (more)
BAR BL2 #51 in Searsport, ME...June 1977.
Donated TVA Train Master arrives at Chattanooga Tn for unloading , its new home is the Tennessee Valley RR Museum.
Traffic control on the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line.
Unusual visitors to Los Angeles Union Station on May 13, 1981 ... Southern Pacific 4-8-4 4449 simmers on the track adjacent to SD40E 7364 and its display of new freight car technology - a 3-unit c... (more)
A Loaded Fright train Drags a derailed car for 2+ miles, Causing a One and a Half acre Forest Fire, the train come to a crossing and then put Eight cars on the Ground. This is one of many picture... (more)
UP Dolores Engine Yard
Norfolk Southern train 33A rolls through downtown Port Deposit, MD with a pair of SD80MACs. This line has recently become the major stomping grounds for a lot of the former CSX SD80MACs which were... (more)
Framed by wild berries, an intermodal snakes through the landscape as it climbs Neys Hill on the Heron Bay Sub.
Ex-CSX locomotive 5306 sitting in the locomotive graveyard appearing to be taken apart piece for piece. Unsure of the reasoning behind CSX sending this locomotive off for scrap and parts as it bei... (more)
Red River & Gulf Locomotive 400 Baldwin 4-6-0 sits in the same spot as she sat on Dec 9th, 1952 when they let her fire die for the last time. It was used on the RR&G and also the Crowley Lumber Co... (more)
The new face of the MBTA, sporting the new paint scheme as decided by the people of Massachusetts. Number 2001, the MPI/GE built HSP46, was out for clearance testing on the Fitchburg line. As soon... (more)
STREET RUNNING! NYS&W UT-1 heads north along Schuyler Street in Utica. The roughly one-half mile of street running in this city has been a treat to witness for many years. Gone ar... (more)
K4s 830 leaves South Amboy with North Jersey Coast train 723 for Bay Head Jct..
Restored New York Central Observation Car, "Hickory Creek", rests at NJ Transit's Lebanon Station in Hunterdon County.
Rotting Away in the Desert Sun - Purchased by the Pacific Imperial Railway (aka PIR) the successor in interest to the Carrizo Gorge Railway, these three former Union Pacific GP40-2's sit ro... (more)
Except for the bird droppings, DM&IR 506 looks like it's in relatively good condition. Wouldn't it be great to see this 2-10-2 under steam again?
A current view at Silvis, the yard expansion and shop construction is hurting the view. A roster shot of the now mono-tone tunnel motor would be a nice addition.
Wrapping around Lake Superior's Mink Harbour, CP 5982 WEST exits the famous 110' Mink Tunnel.
An accumulation of power is in Waycross yet again as increased activity is seen at the Locomotive Specialist and Recycler shops. From what I can see it has quite a bit of new faces in the yard the... (more)
SP switcher working the terminal in Watts. Modelers note the SP daylight-painted truck on far left. This is believed to be the Metropolitan Coach Lines Graham yard, the brick building the PE sub... (more)
The West Virginia Rails festival offered the opportunity to get a cab-view peek of the engineer's seat of SBVR 181 with other SBVR units parked alongside.
BN 710 leads an A-B-B-A set of F-units westbound on the Northtown - St. Cloud local. BN 710:2 was originally SP&S 800A:2/801/BN 9750 built 4/47 and retired 11/81.
If you are of a nervous disposition please look away now! Former LMS Patriot class three-cylinder 4-6-0 No 45538 Giggleswick leaves the 1894 double double track bore of Standege tunnel with an eas... (more)
BCR 763 was involved in a grade crossing accident resulting in nose damage. It languished in CN's Edmonton shops for months before being moved to SRY for repair. Nothing a little bondo and some s... (more)
Once in a while, one of the big Alcos would get loose from the Midwest and grace us with its presence on the Selkirk to Boston runs. Penn Central 6330 was the flagship of the Century 636 fleet. T... (more)
"Morning Hiawatha"; parlor "Spring Valley" on rear
The Ontario Northland operated the Northlander train using equipment obtained from Trans-Europ Express (TEE) service, which used diesel equipment at that time because of the difficulty of running ... (more)
Norfolk Southern 4000, a Progress Rail PR43C that has arrrived Good Yards in Normal, Illinois on August 11, 2009, returns to the yard after working MidWest Fiber warehouse. The Caterpillar powered... (more)
A little match race. Cass is famous for its annual Shay races on the triple tracks down at the depot. Those are pretty much heads-up races because none of the Shays has much of a performan... (more)
Sunset, Train, Signals, Fire and Smoke
GO 647 has been rebuilt with two Cummins QSK60 engines by Motive Power, and now has a new hood configuration and longer body to accommodate the upgrades. It now sports 5400 H.P. and is tier 4 com... (more)
Two Alcos on the head ,A9107,A9104, of the block fuel train on the way to Patras. Here is crossing the port of Egio city.
On May 1st, 1971, Amtrak’s first westbound Empire Builder flies through Duplainville, Wisconsin with a quartet of BN F units. This is the same train featured in Pentrex’s Empire Builders to Mi... (more)
A great crowd was on hand for the entire day to see the UP "Big Boy" on display during a stopover in Sin City. The locomotive is headed home to Cheyenne, Wyoming where the years long pro... (more)
A Wing Man... The sound of the quietness of downtown Truckee at sunrise is broken by the sounds of two of UP's finest. An ES44AC and a SD70M tackle the monstrous grade of Donner Pass. The ... (more)
HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM IRENE DAMAGE IN VERMONT: The State of Vermont was absolutely devastated by Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. This scene along Vermont Railway's Bennington and Rutla... (more)
Opened on November 30, 1867, after two years of blasting, Tunnel 6 at Donner Pass was used continuously for 130 years by the trains of the Central Pacific, and Southern Pacific. The Chinese worked... (more)
As viewed from my cruise ship, an Alaska Railroad passenger train boards passengers to take them to Denali and points north.
Southern Pacific MP15AC 2733, yard slug 1012 and SW1500 2536 are assigned the chore of dumping rail between Utah Jct. and C&S Jct.
Since San Bartolomé is a "switchback" with no counterpart, locomotives need to be run around the trains (and turned on the turntable) before proceeding. And since they've already taken the train ... (more)
Between Mojave and Tehachapi, detoured northbound train #14 works upgrade through Cameron and along Highway 58.
"Farewell to the GG-1" photo runby at the west end of Amtrak's Lancaster station. The trip was sponsored by the Lancaster Chapter, National Railway Historical Society, with the cooperat... (more)
Recently rebuilt SP&S 700 rolls through Lyle on its first long-distance test run to Wishram. Those freight cars and leased EMD GP38 756 served the Goldendale Branch, abandoned shortly after this p... (more)
South African preserved steam was strong in 2000. Spoornet, the national operator, had a heritage arm that marketed tours under the ‘Union Limited’ banner (The Union Limited was THE No.1 luxur... (more)
Inside the 1995
The last unpatched active SP Tunnel Motor (for UP), SP8283, takes a break for a smoke in between autorack train assignments. This is not the first time she's smoked like this. Hmmm, why do I sudde... (more)
Rio Grande EMD GP60 Nos. 3155 and 3154 power a summer edition of the Rio Grande Ski Train downgrade out of Plainview, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 5, 2000. For a short while anyway, these ... (more)
I'll post this photo, not because it's the best photo ever, but because it tells a story. This is the BNSF Transcon just outside of the BNSF Logistics Park yard. Main 1 and Main 2 are on the lef... (more)
Halloween 2016. I was rail fanning with my friend Jack when we saw this west bound engine move come up the hill.
Rock Island train from Peoria nears Chicago La Salle Street station.
Yeshvatpur bound Karnataka Sampark Kranti express through a hill cutting near Adarki station.
Another view of the Reichsbahn 2-10-0 that had been overtaken by the advancing British Army. Behind the engine are two wagons with anti-aircraft guns mounted on them while beyond there is a wagon ... (more)
These two rebuilds have been stripped of usable parts and ride on shop trucks while awaiting scrapping.
Charred catfish...This fire damaged C40-9W leads the 37Q into Bristol on a nice day in November. Click Here to vie... (more)
Pennsylvania freight terminating at Pavonia yard. Notice those new jumbo propane tank cars. The tower in the background is the brains for this large terminal.
This picture is one of my father's earliest pictures in the Twin Cities. He is standing on the Kellogg Boulevard overpass looking North towards Westminster Junction (the Lafayette Road bridge can... (more)
During the record-breaking heat wave in Seattle this past week my thoughts turned to staying cool, which naturally led to fond memories of Stevens Pass in winter. On one such journey in January o... (more)
