A loaded coal train bound for Newton, IL, crosses the Illinois River at Beardstown. The train is working westbound (south) on the Beardstown line towards Centralia. There, the train will be interc... (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)

Down to metal
Wisconsin Central EMD SD45 No. 6554 is sandblasted down to bare metal before being painted in WC’s classy maroon and gold paint scheme at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac... (more)

Trailing units are SD45 5385, B23-7 6401 and SD40-2 BN 8092.

UP 4014 (Big Boy) leading the Home Run Express through Duncan

The CN ran their executive train out to Waterloo on March 28th. Along for the ride was a group from the IANR team seeing the sites. The train made awesome time as it traveled from Markham to Water... (more)

Ex-Penn Central, exx-Pennsylvania Railroad.

With the possible last train to ride over the CFU lead coming late 2023, I looked thru what I had from this dead end line. This was once the mainline of the Rock Island from West Liberty to Manly.... (more)

The Delaware Valley Railway operated the former Octoraro Railroad, which included this one-time Reading Railroad branch in northern Delaware. Delaware Valley's short life was from 1994 to 1999. I ... (more)

Shunting locomotive Geaf 2/2 # 20606 of the Rhaetian Railway on the turntable in Landquart, in use as shunting locomotive number 4. The locomotive supplied by StadlerRail is powered by the overhea... (more)

BNSF 9272 (SD70ACe) leads a long oil can train through the Big Ten Curve as it descends from Clay into Rocky, Colorado. The destination is Denver, the skyline of which is at the top of the photo.... (more)

6000 horsepower drags an early Monroe turn up the hill into Orfordville on a gorgeous Spring day.

Photo by unknown. From my collection. Relco Leasing was the grandaddy of leasing with over 50 years in business. In general they specialized in small second-hand units. Most were painted in a ... (more)

A NS rebuilt GE AC44C6M, #40442, leads a Barstow-bound military train though Kingman Canyon as it descends down the steeper (1.8% grade) Main Track #1.

A Youngtown Belt Railroad crew switches out cement hoppers at the City Concrete siding in Youngstown, Ohio, passing through a gantry at the unloading pit for City Aggregates. Once the crew spots t... (more)