High above the Shasta Valley, the northbound Coast Starlight crosses Dry Canyon in summer 1994. An Amtrak engineer once told me that if the signals were all green and the train was making track sp... (more)

The Niles Canyon Railway yard in Brightside, Ca. With it's panoply of engines, one can still feel what it was like to work with one of those horses.

Pickens Railroad Baldwin VO-660 sits right at the intersection of four roads in Pickens, SC with two box cars from the original railroad. This ws the last time i was able to make it before the rai... (more)

GOFFS CA Sept 8 1983 — ATSF C30-7 8091 accelerates under a mostly sunny sky. GE built the unit (s/n 42402) in May 1979 with an air conditioning unit mounted in the nose, 74:18 gear ratio and pai... (more)

"Banana Under Fulton Ave"

On January 30th, 2024, Metro-North Railroad's "AMMO" crew, with BL14CG 401, operates looking out while towing a disabled "maxi-bomb" consist under the soon-t... (more)

#50 is leading a loaded rail train under contract with CFRC as they begin the second phase of SunRail construction, which widely improved this photo angle in the end....up until this moment, I'd n... (more)

Pickens Railroad crosses over Hwy. 29 in Anderson, SC during the resulting rain from Hurricane Francis in Sept. 2004.

PICK 9508 is a General Electric U18B built for the Seaboard Coast... (more)

NS 054 seen at Chattanooga , Tn heading to Knoxville , Tn with four Ferronor locomotives bound for Chile .

Pickens Railroad Baldwin VO-660 and two box cars sit at the old shop in it's namesake town while a PICK GE U18B and former South Carolina Central GP10 sit in the background.

Seaboard Air Line SDP35 1114 sits on display in downtown Hamlet next to the Seaboard era depot.

Power Move with Cars Amtrak 30 rolls out of Cumberland with more engines than cars. Up front is a regular P42, then a seldom-seen Dash 8, and then 4 brand new ALC-42 Chargers being deliver... (more)

AMARILLO TX Sept 24 1988 — Santa Fe C30-7 8065 and BNSF SD40-2 6786 are serviced and ready to go on the next available train. GE built the unit (s/n 42376) in April 1979 with an air conditioning... (more)

Metra 505 shoves a inbound train out of Bensenville, passing Tower B17.

One of 23 Santa Fe EMD GP60B 3800 hp (325-347) built in July 1991. The Santa Fe was the sole railroad to use this cabless GP60B model. ... (more)

Flatback Electric. When the Pennsylvania Railroad was seeking to replace its P5a electric freight motor fleet, they looked at a number of options. The order for 66 of the General Electric E... (more)