Loaded GWA/Arrium Southern Ore service 9612s is seen gliding downgrade over Yorkey's Crossing towards Spencer Junction Yard Port Augusta with GWA units GWA008 & GWA004 on the front and GWA010 in D... (more)
This locomotive derailed at Greenwood, BC, leaving a brutal mark on the nose
There Goes The Last DJ... The last hurrah for coal burning on the Durango and Silverton as K-36, #481 takes charge of the 2024 Winter Photographer's Train for what will be the ... (more)
Canadian Pacific #2206 GP20C-ECO gets a workout on the test track on the morning of December 1, 2012. Unfortunately the skies were overcast but the image does illustrate some of the left side det... (more)
My father-in-law took this photograph when he was a young man living on a farm near Haigler, Nebraska, which is located on the Burlington Route near the Nebraska-Kansas-Colorado borders. Before h... (more)
Three Heritage ACe's undergo testing at the plant in Muncie. For more information, visit www.nscorp.com
A westbound manifest paints the scene with light, as it rolls through Afton Canyon along Union Pacific's Cima Subdivision. The bridges in the foreground are one set of three different spans that ... (more)
Drop off! The DPU of a Wastbound stack train drops off the face of the Earth and descends the 2.2% grade down the La Grande Sub at Kamela.
This locomotive is parked while waiting its turn to get worked on.
That others may live..... Running a fleet of 90+ year-old steam engines that have to work just as hard each day as they ever did back in the steam era is a very difficult endeavor to sustai... (more)
Class FM H10-44 #9080 works through the switches in the PRR A Yard at St. Clair Ave. This would be day one of a week-long adventure trying to capture leased Santa Fe steam working on the Sandusky... (more)
A Swiss 'Krokodil' in its hey day. No 14281 stands in Fluelen station with a northbound goods train on the Gotthard line. Photo taken by an unknown photographer in c1927.
From the last order of new cabooses, Santa Fe 999574 trails a westbound auto train through Arizona's Coconino National Forest on April 3, 1989. The 999574 was a member of Santa Fe's Ce-11 class of... (more)
Ever since the CZRY ceased operations this pair of F7 locomotives has sat in the yard at Jacumba and has definitely seen better days. One is also left to wonder why a pair of A units would be cou... (more)
A trio of Missouri Pacific SD40-2s (3205, 3215 and 3190) maneuver through the yard in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 2nd, 1983. Meanwhile, a coal train led by Burlington Northern C30-7 5006... (more)
A westbound Union Pacific coal train traces the Colorado River through Tunnel’s 39 and 40 in Little Gore Canyon west of Azure, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 21, 2014. Tunnel 40 in the for... (more)
DM&IR 227 is the best preserved of the three Missabe Yellowstones, thanks to the efforts of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum and members of the Missabe Railroad Historical Society. The Society ... (more)
An ex-GN SD9, built in 1954 has gotten repainted into modern BNSF colors.
Missouri Pacific’s far western extension to Pueblo, Colorado, completed in 1887 as a sign of its transcontinental intentions under Jay Gould, disappeared a century later, gobbled up by all-devou... (more)
BNSF yard job 711 shoved track 1231 "blind" (no one on the point or in view of the point) cut off not realizing they had shoved seven car lengths past the clearance point, through a derail (which ... (more)
If these rails could talk... In what could be one of the best preserved stretches of the abandoned Jersey Central Railroad Main Line, these dual tracks through Hampton have not... (more)
The Starlight Slices Sandcut. Throttling up for the climb up onto the floor of the San Joaquin Valley, Amtrak's detouring northbound Coast Starlight banks through the final curve on the Moj... (more)
A Brand New Rebuild. SD70ACU 7319 sits in the afternoon sun in Altoona.
The Sun Still Rises Over the CNJ
Spanning an incredible six track main of the once thriving "Big Little Railroad", this former Central of New Jersey signal bridge can be found in Rosell... (more)
With a friendly wave and some exhaust, one of the interchange trains from Guilford at Barber, MA accelerates out of CP-83 and on to Springfield and the Berkshires. Conrail only had 10 C32-8's, ref... (more)
The newest addition to the UP roster is this little bugger. An all original NRE built genset switcher, not re-using any cores or frames. Here it is pausing between jobs at Proviso yard.
Steam in it's last days of operation recorded in September 1955 at the CIM yard. The bulk diesel fuel oil tanks had recently been erected nearby. Anscochrone original.
It seems to be only a matter of time before the former Chessie System B&O 6525 will be completely enveloped in weeds and brush as it rusts away in Athens, Georgia.
K-28s sisters 473 and 476 make their final push into Silverton, seen from high above the "Narrows" of the Animas River. Hopefully, I am the first and last person to obtain this angle... (more)
Mfr 1937.
Four Alco's FA1-FB1 and two RS-3's leads this New York Central train near Detroit, Michigan on December 22, 1966. Photo from my collection, no photographer information on slide.
A crew works on repairing the track off to the left as the derailed cars still sit on one of the hump leads in Buckeye yard.
Spreading ballast on Reading Company Bethlehem Branch at Lansdale.
Starting life on the Illinois Central in 1954, KCS 907 has been through multiple owners and paint schemes before becoming a maintenance of way unit for current owner Kansas City Southern. This un... (more)
Another Lackawanna Railfest, another derailment. In what has become a sort of awful tradition, while performing some switching moves on Friday night, a switch was reportedly thrown in front of CP ... (more)
UP 2768, former EL SDP45 #3668, passes through the east end of the yard at Pepper Ave.
The size of Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014 is evident as it passes by in the middle of snowstorm in the Denver area on November 26, 2019. With a two month tour of the southwest wrapping up and aft... (more)
The fate of Amtrak P42DC #102 has apparently been decided following the Monday derailment of the Amtrak Vermonter train. According to reports from the scene, the locomotive is to be scrapped on s... (more)
"Fellas, we're lookin' at some real Canadian Concrete up ahead!" White Pass Manager of Train Operations, Mark Schaefer (red jacket), holds a brief conference with the crew of Steam Locomoti... (more)
Taken with permission On September 13, 2013, after the severe floods throughout Northern Colorado, everyone began to do clean up work and will try to get things back to normal. BNSF Railway... (more)
A battered and bruised M1 6973 gets a refill at the coal chute in Renovo.
Conrail 8039, with the old Penn Central paint clearly showing through, leads the WVUT-52 across the Main Street Crossing in Clayville, NY.
Another archive photo taken at Springfield showing NYC 0-6-0 6829 proceeding through a junction. Note that amazing signal above the loco.
THE most scenic passenger ride in Eastern North America, is an honor continuously bestowed to VIA 16/17 and it's route along Quebec's fabulous Gaspe' Peninsula. Amongst the jaw-dropping locations ... (more)
CSX intermodal Q143 departs the Queensgate Yard intermodal facility and heads southeast to the CSX bridge crossing the Ohio River. An NS auto frame train heads north over their Ohio River bridge i... (more)
LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 45407 sits with its support coach at the North end of Birmingham International station. It is about to take"THE XMAS CHESTER CHUFFER" railtour from Birmingham Internation... (more)
SP #7302, an ALCO RS32, rests at SP's San Jose roudhouse. Coupled to it is ALCO C628 #4845 and one track over is F7 #6245 still in the Black Widow paint scheme
Soo Line 4-6-2 2719 is getting some TLC inside the Duluth restoration shop. It's scheduled to return to steam this fall for special trips on the North Shore Scenic Railroad.
This might be the most ornate rail yard entrance in the world!
The DMVW runs a 50 car coal train from Falkirk Mine near Coleharbor to Spritwood once every 5-15 days. To run this train today the Max Local dropped off a 3rd unit to the coal train for the trip f... (more)
"Kodachrome" (failed SPSF merger) painted 7497 still has its air baffles attached to the handrails on the rear of the unit.
Reading T-1 2102 is being turned at Gettysburg having pulled an Iron Horse Ramble from Philadelphia. The 2102 relieved 2100 at Rutherford. The Reading had planned to end the Rambles in 1963 but fa... (more)
Street running over Piazza della Basilica: "Bernina Krokodil" Ge 4/4 182 with passenger cars with a charter special from Pontresina to Tirano.
Just before the world rail speed record. Speed at the moment of shot: 538Km/h=334.3 mi/h but shortly....
Still showing Penn Central Livery but now working for Conrail, the mightiest of the mighty were hard to put out of service. The big Alcos noted for slow heavy hauling ended up in mineral freight s... (more)
During the CN Family Day at Taschereau Yard, an GE ET44AC CN #3017 was open for the visitors. The ‘Little Obie’, a miniature train that helps teach children about rail safety, was also here.
The Fort Worth to San Antonio manifest sits in Taylor Yard after the LAW51 crew finished setting out cars for the locals. Can't wait for the 4141 to be brought out of it's current storage at NLR.
UP FEF-3 8444 was westbound between Barstow and Summit, enroute to Los Angeles and the subsequent race up Cajon Pass against SP GS-4 4449. K64, Minolta X-700, Sigma 80-200mm f3.9
With the end of on era upon them, being replaced by flashing rear end devices (FREDs), Union Pacific cabooses are stored near UP’s shop in Omaha, Nebraska, in July 1983. The end of a freight tra... (more)
Ridgely Tower's General Railway Signal Co. interlocking machine awaits dis-assembly only hours after the tower was demolished.
Nice view from Cab
Another 30 feet, and the F unit would no longer be able to lead the Master's Train! Thanks to vigilant NS employees, the 951 stopped short of this obstruction, a shifted load of 2x6 lumber, which ... (more)
As part of the Conway Scenic Railfan's Weekend, a special steam freight was operated originally south from North Conway to Conway, then switched at Conway, before making a trip back to North Conwa... (more)
CSX 4840 ACe leads a westbound into fresh snow.
The storm its coming in a few minutes and A-470 with special vagons coaches of Orient express its ready to run
A unit train carrying sand in loaded low gons pulls south into Butler Yard on the Roundhouse lead where it will tie down for the night.
This is one of my favorite Pennsy photos. PRR EMD E8a 5768 and an EMD E7A pause at Englewood Union Station in southeast Chicago, making a station stop. Englewood was a major junction between the P... (more)
Canadian Tire containers reflected in the Black Sturgeon River.
After hitting an eighteen wheeler that got hung up on the crossing 5 hours ago, Q612 is getting ready to continue on. The train slowed down enough, that the tractor trailer was only push for 100 ... (more)
Regular eastbound train en route to Craigmont over several spectacular trestles and bridges.
The unmistakable profile of a Union Pacific DDA40X glides through North Yard by the powerhouse in Salt Lake City. The 6923 was built by EMD for the UP in Dec. 1969, and would be traded back to EMD... (more)
WPAL-03 crew handling a PPL UFM Martins Creek coal train delivery.
Shining in the afternoon sunA Wisconsin Central trackmobile has tugged newly-painted boxcar No. 47675 out onto the transfer table between shop buildings at North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin,... (more)
One of a Kind…..Two of Them! EMD’s two demonstration/test bed electric freight locomotives rest outside of Conrail/Amtrak’s engine service facility in Harrisburg, Pennsylvani... (more)
Looking more like the mid 1990's, three Warbonnets rumble through Kingman Canyon on a stunning Spring morning.
The Royal Gorge Route! The eastbound return trip to Canon City passes under the Royal Gorge Bridge and is dwarfed by the canon. The bridge was built in 1929 and serves no purpose other than tha... (more)
27,000 green horses In the very early years of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, a loaded coal train claws up Crawford Hill at Windy Point (also known as Breezy Point) west of Belmont, Nebr... (more)
CFE GP38 3882 - freshly washed and cleaned up for the occasion - pulls a New England Central Railroad-bound welded rail train from the Steel Dynamics Inc. Structural and Rail mill at Columbia City... (more)
Leased RF&P E8 1014 drifts down the Blue Ridge grade with tr. 25, POWHATAN ARROW. The class J 4-8-4s were mostly in standby or freight service after N&W President Stuart Saunders decided to hurry ... (more)
SNCF 40110,SNCB 204-004 & NS 1213 line up On Roosendaal station as part of the Class 40100 & TEE Farewell.
The eastbound Empire Builder accelerates away from its station stop at Shelby.
Ex-BCR GF6C Electrics wait out their fate at the CEECO leased section of the Tacoma Rail Yard.
A Loram Rail Grinder puts on a light (and noise) show for the residents of Tacoma and Ruston, at the site of the form Asarco Smelter. Tunnel #1, just under 400' long, is the lesser known tunnel i... (more)
On a summer afternoon, a couple of patrons from the Iron Horse Bar observe some impressive horsepower as the Hudson Grain local thunders up the big 3.22% grade to South 7th Street with 15 loads. ... (more)
