An "almost A-B-A" set of Santa Fe GP60s winds around Tehachapi Loop. Things are not quite as they may seem. The GP60 trio is actually in helper service, so at this point they are assis... (more)

SP SD40M-2 8701, a rebuilt CNW SD45, leads a westbound ascending the grade from the Colorado River valley at Cisco, UT. The incredible scenery where the railroad follows the river and redrock clif... (more)

A pair of SD40-2s blast through CP Sampson leading NS V84 to Shenandoah from Waynesboro on a nice July morning.

CR 6165 (with an SD60M behind) leads 107 empty Cambria & Indiana hoppers around Horseshoe Curve on an early autumn morning.

NS 4001, the second AC44C6M ever built for NS, leads NS intermodal train 22A. The train is passing Shawsville, VA.

A dash 9 brings hopper train NS 811 west through Shawsville.

Steel freight Desertu-Trasona in Artomaña.

Denver & Rio Grande 4-6-0 No. 168 has just finished climbing the east slope of Cumbres Pass as a helper on a double-headed passenger special the afternoon of August 27, 2021. The locomotive is abo... (more)

An eastbound Montana Rail Link helper set of the usual four EMD SD70ACes, drops downgrade out of Weed, Montana, and through Iron Ridge cut on MRL’s main line over Mullan Pass on June 29, 2022. T... (more)

The Ge 4/4 III # 644 of the Rhaetian Railway has a publicity paint scheme (adhesives) for the world record attempt of the longest narrow gauge passenger train. When the locomotive was presented to... (more)

Gotthard north ramp near Wassen. The "Traverso" train RABe 526 # 106/206 of the Südostbahn (SOB), en route as IR 2324 TRENO GOTTARDO of the line IR26 from Locarno over the Gotthard moun... (more)

It’s 10:05 p.m. as an eastbound BNSF unit train slinks its way through Lombard Canyon and past illuminated Toston Dam between Toston and Lombard, Montana. Even at this late hour, the pretty suns... (more)

The westbound Rocky Mountaineer: Rockies to the Red Rocks emerges from the shortest tunnel in the Tunnel District, Tunnel 29. The tunnel is only 78 feet long! The train has been following South Bo... (more)

T31 slowly crosses the bridge east of Canton with a train of interchange traffic off NS.

ATSF 3777 is seen with its wartime headlight visor attached, as it leads The Chief near Morley Colorado on April 9th 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.