IC GP38-2 9602 leads Amtrak's City of New Orleans north through Champaign nine hours late, being the victim of locomotive troubles earlier in its trip.

"The Standard Railroad of the World"

Though gone for 50 years, there is still a plethora of infrastructure built by the Pennsylvania Railroad that still exists today. T... (more)

An Amtrak Acela Express, led by No. 2009, barrels south (Amtrak west) through West Windsor, NJ, passing a MOW vehicle on a barricaded siding. Princeton Junction station is just ahead, though the t... (more)

Gorgeous fall day in the Eastern Townships as the Orford Express rolls high above Eastman. Consist includes FL9 #484, RDC-1 #6121, Dome-Diner Lounge #310, RDC-1 # 6125 and MLW M429TR #26.

Steam and the Sierras

It's a long hard climb from the valley floor up to Gold Hill. One could watch a train for nearly an hour as it struggles with the grade. And who could im... (more)

On the left there are TGVs for long distance trains, on the right there are suburban trains.

Two Amtrak Keystone's meet at the curve by Berwyn station, one train pushed east towards Philadelphia, and eventually New York City, the other being pulled west towards Harrisburg, PA.

CNW 411 pushes her Commuter train past a UP freight and a 1970 skylark.

UP 9096 SD70ace unit shows off it's new paint outside the Jenks shops. A hood from a GP15 rest on a flat car next to it. Note the Bush unit is no longer out front of the Jenks shops where it sat o... (more)

CNR GMD-1 1070, built with A1A-A1A trucks for branchline service. (GMD-1 #1000-1082) built 1958-1960.

NS 3223 sits in a line awaiting a new Admiral Cab to be installed. Note the Wabash F Unit.

NKP 765 does its second photo run-by during the 3:15 at Boston Mill Station.

Cooling their brake shoes during the Coast Starlight's brief stop in Simi Valley, the iconic trio of CB&Q California Zephyr private cars look sharp as their stainless steel fluting catches the set... (more)

On a cloudless Saturday morning along the Southern California coast, a southbound Amtrak train sneaks up behind two unconcerned women out for their morning walk along a trackside trail.

CNW 205, a former Chicago Great Western F3A is mated up with an F3B, F7B and a GP9 at the sanding tower in Oelwein, IA. The consist is being readied for an assignment handling a train of the forme... (more)