164 years difference between these two 'replicas': left ICE 3 (InterCityExpress) built 1999, right the first steam loc of Germany 'Adler', built 1835

B&O Baldwin 4-6-2 No.5300, President Washington
A rare clear unobstructed view!

The No. 5300, "President Washington" was the first of 20 class P-7 Pacific-type locomotives built... (more)

Eureka and Palisades No. 4 passes the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s “Presidential Special” powered by K-28 No. 473 at Tacoma, Colorado, on August 23, 2003. Built by Alco in 1... (more)

Ex-GM&N 4-6-2 No. 425 rests at the Port Clinton shops of the Reading & Northern, between a freshly shopped GP30, and an SD40-2. 425 is waiting on some shop time for some minor repairs, and a brill... (more)

The B60 job has been routed into the siding at LeClaire due to not being able keep speed. Dispatcher instructed the local to take the siding, and let train 475 run around it.

After picking up two freight cars left by Norfolk Southern, a crew member preps recently rebuilt 2-10-0 #90 for the trip back to the yard. In the background, a new Amtrak "Cities Sprinter" flies ... (more)

Fans circle the turntable during a fantrip stop. I shot the Reading 4-8-4 from a hill overlooking the roundhouse.

The normal assortment of Amtrak power rests at the railroad's 21st street yard in addition to an uncommon UP SD70M. While not rare itself, UP SD70Ms are not normally found at the downtown Amtrak f... (more)

Union Pacific's world famous steam 4-8-4 No. 844 leads an 18 car NRHS passenger special out of Helper, meeting a CSMGV-21 coal train along the way. June 23, 1997

Meet at Leaman Place Juction

Old meets new as one of Amtrak's ACS-64 Cities Sprinter rounds the bend at Leaman Place Junction passing Strasburg Rail Road's 2-6-0 Mogul, former CN #89.

UPY 577 (GP15-1) muscles a freight back into the North Yard while UP 8707 (SD70ACe) waits for the go signal to move a loaded coal train south towards the Joint Line.

As the oil local slowly pulls up to Flagstone, the MPRAS (Proviso - Alton & Southern) overtakes it, preparing to run around.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 whistles as it meets an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe double-stack train at Casa Blanca, four miles west of the Riverside Amtrak/Metrolink station. The steam engine i... (more)

New heritage meets old as Penn Central heritage SD70ACe #1073 passes over the two Southern RR of NJ F7As, which have sat quiet for many years. NS 1073 is the second heritage unit to ever travel do... (more)