It's a cloudy Saturday morning with fog still hanging tough on the mountains of northeast Alabama and this ATN Grain Train has just come to an unexpected stop less than a mile from their destinati... (more)

Painted Sky Over Bunch | Blues, oranges, and pinks cast a brilliant glow in the sky above the community of Bunch, OK where a southbound CPKC coal train cruises through the valley between th... (more)

Just released from the San Bernardino Shops are two locomotives wearing fresh paint: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway SD45 5307 (ex-ATSF 5508, originally ATSF 1808) and SD40 5005 (ex-ATSF 1705)... (more)

Back in the day it was as Ryan Ballard said "A friendly wave and a hearty hi yo silver" and we moved on the next railroad as we usually had little time and less money. I wish I had spen... (more)

The daily Verde Canyon Railroad excursion crosses SOB Canyon Trestle as it climbs up from the Verde River on its return to Clarkdale.

Indian Railways WDG4G leads a cut of boxcars north through Jaipur Junction. As of January of this year, 520 units of this class have been produced. The first 50 units were manufactured at GE's pla... (more)

Running over 15 hours behind schdule, BNSF Officer Train O-TOPLAC8-26A is now within 40 miles of its destination, Los Angeles. This train, consisting of ES44C4 8173 and 10 business cars, originat... (more)

A Virginia shortline I nearly missed, having only got one shot of a different engine. Photo by JC Hopkins. From my collection.

Ex Norfolk Southern EMD's lead the Rosebud-bound empty coal train across Pioneer Lake RD on the former New York Central.

One of Caldwell County's Family Lines painted GP16s lays over for the weekend in Hickory.

The Northtown to Chicago manifest is working hard to climb out of Savanna on the C&I. The train passes over the east switch at Burke. Leading this unusual A-B-A consist is this rebuilt Morrison Kn... (more)

"NH Green, Red Caboose... and Pizza?"

With just a hint of daylight remaining on March 25, 2025, Metro-North's 40th Anniversary "New Haven Railroad" heritage-wrappe... (more)

Turboliner on the Quinnipiac. Amtrak 2135, one of the gas turbine RTL Turboliner trains built by Rohr in 1976, is seen on a side track - once part of the loop track - at Cedar Hill Yard... (more)

An old telegraph pole stands sentry over the Durango & Silverton's highline as 480 leads the daily Cascade Canyon train back home.