Double heritage as CPKC train 928 rolls along Lake Champlain at Putnam Station NY with the NS 1067 Reading and ex-CMQ NS 3987.

A loaded coal train passes empties at the summit. Trailing units are an Oakway SD60 and two SD40-2s, EMDX 6305 and EMDX 6047.

With the snow capped Sierra mountains in the background, and a cold breeze blowing an eastbound Z train slithering like a snake through the S curves at Glenshire just east of Truckee, CA.

Eastbound manifest. Trailing units are SDF40-2 5252 and SD45-2 5823.

On a beautiful evening during a 2015 summer-group tour, a 2M62 locomotive-powered mixed-freight train was incoming from Russia to the Mongolian border zone. The northern border zone of the Trans-... (more)

The original Deutsche Bundesbahn Class 103 locomotive has been restored to its original Trans Europe Express Orient Red livery and leads an impressive charter train towards Köln. Unfortunately... (more)

Lonely History. The Leaderfoot Viaduct still stands over the River Tweed, awaiting another train since the last one crossed its majestic structure in July 1965.

Python rake

KANPUR WAG-9HC leading PYTHON rake where another formation is attached to end of this coal train

A manifest comes into West Colton Yard off the Palmdale Cutoff. Power are a pair of SD40T-2s (SP and DRGW) bookending a MK SD40M-2 rebuild. Oct 25 1995.

On a sunny morning in Chicago's south side, HZRX CF7 #1500 shoves a short train of scrap gons into one of the mills at South Shore Recycling. This unit was built as a Santa Fe F7A and has been wor... (more)

An intermodal train for the Harbor serpentines its way towards West Colton Yard under the leadership of a rebuilt GP40, a Cotton Belt GP60, and a grime coated SD45T-2. Image taken from Pepper Aven... (more)

The hostlers pull an outbound train forward after putting the head end power on (as seen from Pepper Ave, over West Colton Yard). They will then hop on the helper unit and take up to the other end... (more)

Red and Blue Suzie-Q. New York, Susquehanna and Western SD70M-2 no. 4064 and two siblings were the power for train SU-99 on April 5, 2024, seen here at Cross St waiting for a crew. Sitt... (more)

“17 Arches of Grace”
Built in 1847-48 by Erie predecessor New York and Erie Rail Road, the Starrucca Viaduct spans the wide valley of Starrucca Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna ... (more)

The Ge 4/4 II # 611 "Landquart" of the Rhaetian Railway with 1700 Kw and a maximum speed of 90 km/h was delivered on June 30, 1973 as the first of its series by SLM and BBC, was green with chrome ... (more)