Due to the recent surge in the grain business, power struggling CN Rail managed to come up with three old work horses to run the daily A459 south from Grande Prairie to the connection with the Eds... (more)

Paint scheme on the former Chicago gallery cars matches the locomotive nicely!

The Station to Station special train heads west as it splits the semaphores at MP 706.1 Robinson, NM on 9/17/13. Milwaukee Road Skytop observation lounge "Cedar Rapids" is the rear car of the trai... (more)

Empty grain.

Union Pacific 7433 clings to the cliffs of the Feather River Canyon as it brings a long manifest through Elephant Butte, California.

The Wabash Heritage engine is doing some wandering these days! The photogenic SD70ACe was the first Heritage engine to visit the D&H North End. Witness the sight of 1070 passing the ex-D&H station... (more)

The photo was taken in the quartz sand pit owned by ZAO "Quartzit". This enterprise is a part of a big old mine holding that has made a bad break in the middle of 2000th. There is Takraf ERs-71... (more)

"MMC Family Day" offered an opportunity to witness the capabilities of NJ Transit's primary maintenance facility up close and personal. A two-unit set of Arrows are displayed raised on a lift, wi... (more)

Still looking brand new! Photo taken with permission.

A Tunnel Motor? In Vermont? Yup! Here is 323 running behind SD 40T-2 3317 wearing the orange, black & yellow of parent G&W passing through a favorite location in Randolph at 02:08.

One Hundred Years and Counting: This 100-year old 90 pound rail still in active use on the Old Curran Pass shows the longevity of railway capital investment. The poor condition of the rail... (more)

This door has been not used by a trainman since the fall of the once mighty Rock Island Lines. The door is located on the South side of the old "Rock Shop" now owned by National Railway Equipment... (more)

Splish Splash
The weight of a passing boxcar creates some interesting water action under a joint on the mainline.

Northern Plains Railroad's Thief River Falls Turn pulls through the 8th street grade crossing past the series of grain elevators lining the right-of-way switching its cut of empty gravel hoppers a... (more)