Norfolk Southern SD45-2 number 1700 poses outside the paint shop at DeButts Yard in Chattanooga, Tennessee, wearing its new, "old" paint scheme. The first of a thirteen unit order, 1700... (more)

Hot Box
After being tagged by the XXB 152.0 defect detector, this tanker from Q602 was slowly taken to the house track at Milstead where it will wait for a replacement wheel set. Tha... (more)

The Big Boy's first servicing stop for the day on Thursday, August 12, was Vinita, Oklahoma. This scene shows the typical crowd and turnout for the steam train's brief appearance in the numerous s... (more)

The legendary rotary snowplows have returned to Donner Pass. California has been hammered with numerous storms this winter. All of these storms have wreaked havoc across the Donner Pass Route. Fro... (more)

Three steam locomotives simmer on a hot, humid late spring afternoon at St. Louis, Missouri, on June 13, 1990, in a gathering to celebrate Trains Magazine’s 50th anniversary. Union Pacific 4-8-4... (more)

An ABB set of E units move past Canal st. in Downtown Chicago. Photo taken by James D. Hediger.

CZRY - Carrizo Gorge Railway's entire passenger fleet, just RR east of tunnel 5, Carrizo Gorge

Canadian Pacifics 2011 Holiday Train is deadheading southbound as it crosses a backwater along Lake Champlains Bulwagga Bay a few miles south of Port Henry, NY. Mother Nature contributed mild temp... (more)

Just Happened Tonight

Montana Rail Link's Laurel to Missoula manifest freight streaks through Lombard, Montana during an awesome light show courtesy of Mother Nature. I'm standing on the abutment of the old Milwaukee R... (more)

Prototype missile launch car at the museum was developed in 1986 and carried one Peacekeeper ICBM that could be launched from the car itself. Car is 87 ft. long and weighs 520,000 lbs. A seldom... (more)

A 3-pack of 80MAC's wait for trains to clear up before heading west to South Fork. This is the second time I have gotten an "alien invasion" shot at Cresson as an EB produces an eerie glow around ... (more)

Union Pacific's "Western Pacific" Heritage painted EMD SD70ACe is on display at UP's "Heritage Celebration" event in Omaha Nebraska.

The two flagships and standard bearers of the Santa Fe Ry., the Chief and the Super Chief meet at Trinidad, Colo. on May 10, 1967. The combined Super Chief / El Capitan, with a working RPO, had ... (more)