Virginian Railway 2-10-10-2 number 801 leads 150 cars westbound doing 10 MPH at Roanoke Virginia on August 7th 1932. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Used as a power car for a rail welding operation. I would guess from the radiator & single stack there is a smaller engine than the original in there. Photo by Michael Singer, from my collection.

New Jersey Transit ALP-45DP 4506 had a slight mishap when a rail gave out while it was being moved.

On the evening of December 3rd, 2023, at sunset, the 99 2322-8 takes the last train of the day to Bad Doberan, along the cliffs between the Baltic Sea resorts of Kühlungsborn and Heiligendamm.

Lot of activity going on in this one! A Metra commuter train sits outside the Aurora Transportation Center and Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora, IL, waiting for its call to duty. Up above is BNSF... (more)

Train wreck at Superior WV – photo by Howard Hutchison from my collection. The railroad calls this location Huger which is approximately three miles east of Welch WV on the N&W Pocahontas Divisi... (more)

remains of NS 6749 at a scrap yard.

Railroad zip ties
Used to keep the air hoses together during transit, heavy-duty zip ties litter the tracks over the hump where cars are separated while being classified at East Hump, in... (more)

This was the one place the CP had water up to the ties. The Marquette local takes 64 cars to Harpers Ferry siding for 261 to pickup tonight. The crew creeps thru the water at Waukon Jct. The water... (more)

M583 rolls through Tantallon Cut at the bottom of Cumberland Mountain on a dreary Fall morning.

Ex CITX SD60 at Borger, TX being painted into OmniTRAX dark blue paint.

The Fall Leaf special blasts off from Reading Outer Station lead by the RDG 2102. Just starting to pull the steam and smoke show draw photographers in. The train passes by other Reading and Northe... (more)

Five GP's are in charge of a manifest in the Price River Canyon. GP40-2's, a GP40, and GP35 brings up the rear. D&RGW 3120, 3095, 3089, 3119, 3047 at Kyune, Utah.

In January, the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad announced the acquisition of the Georges Creek Railway, a 12-mile line spanning from Borden Shaft, MD to Westernport, MD for freight and passenger ... (more)

Stacks from Long Beach, CA to Memphis, TN negotiates the tight curves of Crozier Canyon as the sound of three GE prime movers battling the grade echo throughout the canyon.