In the last few minutes of sunlight, NS 5282 accelerates out of Browns Yard and over the South River with the nightly local for the industries along the Conrail Shared Assets' Dayton Branch.

On my way to Florida for Space Shuttle Atlantis' final launch, I spent a few minutes at New Jersey Transit's Newark International Airport station, where I caught a set of doubleheaded HHP-8s (650 ... (more)

Amtrak cab car 9638 leans into the sweeping curve at Gap with a westbound Keystone Service train to Harrisburg. Amtrak AEM-7 925 can be seen shoving on the rear of the 4-car train.

One of the pieces of visiting equipment on display during Conrail Days at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania was Norfolk Southern BP-4 999. The battery powered unit was constructed at the Juniata... (more)

On your mark, get set... On National Train Day 2010, eastbound loaded coal and grain trains are lined up next to the former Virginian depot in Roanoke, awaiting a crew to complete their jou... (more)

Stranger in a strange land. On National Train Day 2010, the night photo session hosted by the O. Winston Link Museum featured N&W 611, which was built in town and still resides there, and N... (more)

NS 9818 leads a loaded coal train eastbound through downtown Roanoke while Southern GP59 4610 and N&W 4-8-4 611 sit on display outside the O. Winston Link Museum for National Train Day, Saturday, ... (more)

Passing blooming trees and a locomotive bell on display, Metra 168 accelerates out of the Lake Forest station, shoving a train toward downtown Chicago on this increasingly foggy evening.

CSXT 778 and three sisters tackle the roller coaster profile of the Sandhills between Pinehurst and Aberdeen. The train is being operated by the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western, returning to the CSX ... (more)

Maryland & Delaware RS3m 1202 soaks up the sunshine as it sits outside the Massey enginehouse at the junction of the shortline's Centreville and Chestertown lines.

Amtrak 125 eases around the curve off of the shared NS-CSX alignment between Cary and Raleigh and approaches the platform on the north side of Cary's depot. The Page-Walker Hotel, built in 1868, b... (more)

Spring has sprung! Two GE widecabs, running elephant style, hustle the empty Tropicana juice train southward past the former RF&P station and blooming trees in downtown Ashland, headed back... (more)

Spring has sprung! Ocean Road is lined with blossoming trees as NJT 4012 breaks the silence and blasts northward toward Long Branch.

A southbound loaded rock train blasts through Folkston and past a trackside mural directly across from the railfan platform. Unfortunately, after searching the local area, we were unable to find t... (more)

A huge US flag hangs over the information booth at the center of the Main Concourse of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, which, as always, is filled with people trying to make their way to,... (more)