Freshly painted Colorado Pacific-CXR 316 at Alamosa, CO. New owners for the former San Luis and Rio Grande RR. I will be back again, hope it all pans out for them.

When I was ten, in the "Roanoke Times" newspaper, I saw a shot of N&W steamers lined up in rows with sparks of acetylene cutters coming up somewhere. Here, in a contaminated field by a ... (more)

It’s almost 6 p.m. on a cool Montana winter eve at Trout Creek on February 5, 2023. A trackside fire helps warm us up a bit as the “blue hour” descends upon the Clark Fork River Valley. The ... (more)

Midcoast Rail Service RB-2 is seen crossing the 1916-built 995-foot Wiscasset Bridge spanning over the Sheepscot River. The train will continue over the long causeway and across another bridge bef... (more)

After concert performances in Hermon, Brownville and Jackman the day before, the CPKC Holiday Train is leaving Maine. The train has just left Jackman and is crossing the Pat McKinney Bridge over t... (more)

The Boston area Pan Am/CSX Local train BO-1 is seeing its final week of service on the Danvers Branch to its only customer, Rousselot. With Rousselot closing in the near future, the last expected ... (more)

Crescent, Colorado, received 42 inches of snow in a major Front Range storm on March 13-14, 2024. On the morning after the blizzard, BNSF’s Provo to Denver priority freight rolls eastbound on Un... (more)

The conductor of the TPW local politely requests a couple of trespassers who were fishing on the former PRR bridge to leave the premises so the local can proceed southbound to work industries loca... (more)

When The Street Lights Come On, The Trains Come Out. CSXT 4428 (née-CR 3345, GP40-2) leads Conrail Shared Assets YPMOR-1 (YPMO-33 crew) long hood forward across South Delmorr Avenue on the... (more)

On a beautiful fall morning, VIA Rail's westbound Canadian races along the calm Yellowhead Lake in Yellowhead, BC on October 1st, 2022.

In a view from my campsite off the old Denver & Salt Lake Railway’s grueling, long abandoned route over lofty Rollins Pass is Union Pacific MGJNY exiting the 6.21-mile Moffat Tunnel. It’s 8:45... (more)

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.

Iowa Interstate RR rolls Eastbound through Malcom Iowa at sunset. The crossing was currently closed off due to road construction of the crossing

Rail crews have just cleared the chassis of the truck from the front of the train, revealing the true detail into how much damage the lead unit took upon impact with the water truck. There are rep... (more)

What was once one of the most powerful locomotive's used by CSX, The Spirit of Waycross is likely in low spirits as it rust's away in the storage track at Waycross yard.