Reading & Northern's QARG (Tamaqua-Reading) pulls by the yard office after making a set off, led by a relatively short-lived pair of units on the roster. Within a few years of this photo being ta... (more)

The Modesto & Empire Traction kept their fleet of 70-tonners in immaculate condition, with these little switchers lasting many years beyond the point most shortlines had upgraded to much larger po... (more)

I certainly didn't plan it that way, but a neat shot from 11-11-11. The lone survivor of a very short-lived Conrail marketing plan-- Conrail Express. Much as airlines do with their regional part... (more)

"Toto, we're not in Utah anymore." Kyle train LISA (Limon, CO - Salina, KS) works east through Edson, KS hauling one hundred loaded grain hoppers. These former Utah Railway oddballs, w... (more)

Quite a surprising consist as this empty rock train rounded the curve in Kintbury. A trio of Class 66s is something I had not previously seen in my previous UK fanning. Only the lead locomotive ... (more)

A local crew enters the street running in Zürich's Industriequartier after working Swissmill, aka the Kornhaus, which holds the distinction of being the tallest active grain elevator in the world... (more)

L782 has arrived in Vidalia and is swapping power with L781, creating a momentary gaggle of the railroad's recently acquired ex NS B32-8s. These units were in the 3500 number series when delivere... (more)

SBB Cargo train with a pair of classic Re 420s heads west along Walensee Lake through the scenic village of Mühlehorn.

Today's train 200 is using what is possibly the ACWR's only active SD60F, a rare locomotive type in US railroading after CN retired the fleet. ACWR purchased 15 of these locomotives for reasons u... (more)

The Reading & Northern is arguably one of the most desirable railfan destinations east of the Mississippi and seems to be headed nowhere but up on the list of must-see railroads. From vintage EMD ... (more)

On a hot summer morning, MDS 4051 is slowly making its way south from Meridian to Waynesboro, MS. The enthusiastic employees of the Railroad Bakery have come out onto the porch and shouted their ... (more)

A little Friday fun-- how many differences can you count between these two units? Same parent company, same loco type (after rebuild), on the same railroad. I count at least 15. The CCKY has arri... (more)

SD9s on a stack train??? Well, sort of. It's 2004 and Laurel is melting down. Nearly every afternoon, the Billings Transfer would drag cuts of BNSF traffic out of the yard to an open siding som... (more)

The last survivor. Santa Fe rebuilt CF7s were once a staple of shortline power, found throughout the US. Today, they are getting much harder to find. This particular example is the last operati... (more)

Railjet service from Zurich passes the scenic Walensee Lake on a warm September afternoon.