After one "normal" runby, the crew of the Photo special, showed off by exceding the speed limit (just a little) and blowing off the boiler, giving off a man made rainbow. Railroad: Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockwood, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: 478
Train ID: Extra 472 West
Photo Date: September 25, 2005

SPRINGTIME STREET RUNNING! What better way to welcome in the first offical day of Spring than with a Street Running shot of blossoming trees framing NS 191 along this stretch of 6th ... (more)

A derailment of 11 grain cars at Cajon Station at the rear of the train. This train had DPU's and the train apparently tried "straight-lining" itself on the curve.

About an hour into its second trip over Donner finds the SPMW 209 cleaning up the leftovers of an Eastbound Spreader set up Main #1. This single Rotary set included the SPMW 8208 "snail" for elect... (more)

Denver (North Yard) to Grand Junction, CO manifest freight MNYGJ rolls west out of Gore Canyon along the Colorado River near the east end of Azure siding.

SP 4449 makes her way through former Great Northern territory under beautiful blue skies on a holiday weekend en route to points East.

The West Portal of State Line Tunnel plays host to CSX 4782 leading Q423-09 down the west slope of The Berkshires at 01:58. Pitch dark at night here, fine for night photos! Headlights of westbound... (more)

Power for a string of new BNSF Covered Hoppers

A westbound stack glides into one of the most dramatic scenes of the day.

Final tie-down work and securing is being performed on Amtrak P42DC #102 on a special heavy-duty flat car to move the damaged locomotive at Northfield, Vermont. The 102 was the locomotive on the ... (more)

2 AMTK P42DCs lead the Portland section of the Empire Builder through the Columbia Rive Gorge. That's 11245 foot Mt Hood in the background. The Empire Builder is almost right on time and the sche... (more)

As the sun rises over the farm lands of Michigan, a local farmer collects several bundles of hay. And as in years past, the sound of steam and the smell of smoke break through this quiet rural sce... (more)

Although this might look like a rural branch line in a remote part of Virgina, it's actually a main line within the city limits of Philadelphia ! The fall colors are at their peak.

Great Northern Railway passenger power lays over at the roundhouse next to St. Paul Union Depot in the early 1960s. The F3As and E7As pictured here were used on the GN's premier trains, including ... (more)

In 1947, to help meet the demands of the post war coal boom, the Clinchfield purchased 6 used 4-6-6-4 Challenger-type locomotives from the Denver, Rio Grande, and Western. Despite being very big p... (more)