Happy Birthday, USA! 237 years ago, the United States of America declared its independence. Norfolk Southern is honored to recognize the service of our country's military members, past and prese... (more)

A rare look at the hostler controls inside the freshly overhauled CP Rail F9B #1900. The single chime horn cord is just out of the frame to the left and the bell is operated by the valve under the... (more)

Fort Worth, we have a problem. Diesel fuel cascades from the walkway of BNSF 4019 as it departs Grass Lake, CA, following a stop to shut down the unit. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Grass Lake, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4019
Train ID: H-BARPAS1-20D
Photo Date: June 22, 2013

Four passengertrains, a few cranes, a landing place for helicopters and many many containers at the harbour, taken from the Harbour Centre (130m over the tracks)

A very late FEC 123 crosses the Tomoka River. Usually 123 is just getting to Stuart at Sunrise, not here in Ormond Beach. 202 broke a knuckle last night near St. Augustine backing things up.

Passenger service from Temuco, arrive to Santiago after crossing Maipo Bridge located between Buin and San Bernardo, with locomotive E-3020 of Italian origin.

A loaded limestone train for Minntac heads for Proctor while another Proctor Roadswitch crew positions an ore train for dumping.

With a light rain falling, freshly painted Santa Fe 1569 sits along with other SPSF merger paint scheme locomotives and slug units in primer paint outside of the San Bernardino engine shops.

On Saturday May 25th, me and a few friends had the pleasure to ride on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Excursion Train powered by 2-8-2 JS Class Steam Locomotive. We all got to ride in the Rock... (more)

Westbound coal empties snake through a winter wonderland of snow west of Clay, Colorado, on December 29, 2006. Seven big six-motor locomotives power the train; six GE AC4400CWs with a EMD SD9043MA... (more)

The observation deck on London's newly-completed Shard - at 1016 ft, the tallest building in Western Europe - offers stunning views over the city and the railways around London Bridge Station. Thi... (more)

Aftermath after Amtrak Train 6, "California Zephyr" struck a rock slide in Fraser Canyon between Granby and Tabernash, Colo., and slid down into Fraser River, apparently before that section of tra... (more)

Night scene at the Cité du Train (Railway museum) in Mulhouse.

D&R has greatly improved their 'mainline' over the last couple of years, but SW1 15 still lists a bit as the crew starts up Oakland Heights on their way to North Dardanelle. One of D&R's unusual ... (more)

3 600 series BNSF warbonnet C44-9W's lead a Belen, NM to Phoenix, AZ manifest west in great afternoon light west of Bluewater, NM on May 22, 2013. These units were pulled from storage just a week... (more)