Nose detail on the business end of VIA Rail EMD F40PH-3 No. 6455 at Jasper, Alberta, on July 7, 2014.

Smooth-riding Budd trucks roll under bold lettering announcing to the world where this shiny stainless steel streamliner operates is seen under VIA Rail Skyline dome car No. 8512 arriving at Jaspe... (more)

The rear dome windows of VIA Rail dome-observation “Banff Park” on the rear of train No. 2, the eastbound Canadian, gets a thorough washing on the platform during the station stop at Jasper, A... (more)

ACWR 6925 has been pulled from the moth balls and moved to the Candor shop in preparation for returning to service. See more of my work at www.vidivides.com or www.railpictures.net/adickson87 .

Snow-covered Rocky Mountains of Glacier National Park recede in the rear dome windows of private car “Sierra Hotel” as Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder, cruises east of Browning, Mon... (more)

Top her off
With a new crew an hour away from being called on duty to take over this train, CSX decides this is as good a time as any to replenish the empty tanks of W871's power with... (more)

Mike tries using a step ladder for getting the height he wanted for the Trains cover photo. This did not work, so Amtrak offered another solution. Too follow soon...

Looks like a couple of model train engines that were picked up and placed beside the track instead of back in their box. The head end of an eastbound stack train clipped the end of a westbound sta... (more)

Norfolk Southern SD40 3435 (which NS calls an SD40-2 due to electrical upgrades) appears to be staring at Saint Louis' iconic arch, rising across the Mississippi River. NS 3435 is laying over by ... (more)

Union Pacific RP-20BD Y2608 - or, at least, most of it - is found at the old Manufacturers Railway enginehouse just outside the Budweiser brewery in Saint Louis, Missouri, on October 4th, 2014. U... (more)

On Sunday 5 October 2014 at 1:04 pm, a north bound Union Pacific train struck a semi at about 45 mph that had been high centered on the crossing for approximately 2 minutes. The truck was carrying... (more)

On September 25th around 6 am a typical meet between two stack trains was taking place at Galva siding. The situation became anything but typical when the eastbound train which had taken the sidin... (more)

Missabe SD38-2 serves as the dock switcher on DMIR's dock 5 in Duluth, MN. Soon SD38ACs 203 and 207 will arrive with another trainload of ore for 21 to switch to the proper dock pockets for unload... (more)

On Sunday 5 October 2014 at 1:04 pm, a north bound Union Pacific train struck a semi at about 45 mph that had been high centered on the crossing for approximately 2 minutes. The truck was carrying... (more)

On Sunday 5 October 2014 at 1:04 pm, a north bound Union Pacific train struck a semi at about 45 mph that had been high centered on the crossing for approximately 2 minutes. The truck was carrying... (more)