Locomotive 465 015 "Cats Eye" leased from BLS heads Railcare train 50512 northbound, just leaving the Wattinger tunnel. An unidentified ICN is on the way to the south.

It's been a busy afternoon on the BNSF Seattle sub, along the south Puget Sound. I've settled on this spot until sunset and when the first train rolled by (north bound of course), I thought, woul... (more)

Elk graze on vegetation in the open space as the westbound Ski Train led by Amtrak's "Veterans Unit" no. 42 rolls right on through Eisele heading west to the ski resort in Winter Park.

In a city of 8 million people, things can get cozy. Look closely and you will see three trains as well as one plane all in one frame in Queens New York. Thanks to Michael Pearson for the inspirati... (more)

Three of the four mainline tracks are occupied in Elizabeth. North and southbound NJ Transit trains are on Tracks 1 and 4, while an Amtrak AEM-7 is pushing an eastbound Keystone Service train. Not... (more)

The somewhat elusive Conrail OI-8 makes an early afternoon run from Oak Island Yard to Metuchen Yard via Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Hearing this train on the radio was a nice surprise, but an e... (more)

Y121, the Holland, MI., local job, heads north (railroad east) back to CSX's Waverly Yard after switching at an East Saugatuck farmers co-op. Looming in the background sky are lake effect snow sto... (more)

Amtrak work extra KN701 runs light through Metuchen Station with a GP15D/GP38H-3 combination during a heavy snow storm. The duo had run north to Newark an hour or so earlier from Adams Yard and w... (more)

On a sunny autumn afternoon, a southbound UP manifest with CP road power out of Canada is just easing up to a stop at the Sandpoint diamond as a westbound BNSF stack train off the Hi Line thunders... (more)

An X'trapolis set crosses the burgundy coloured bridge over Burgundy Street, Heidelberg, heading for the city. I'm no fan of buses, but at least the one that photo-bombed this shot is showing a ra... (more)

A Western Pacific U23B has been serviced and awaits a call at Rio Grande's Roper Yard on July 21, 1980. The 2260 was built new for the WP in June 1972 and later rebuilt as a B23-S7 'Super 7' by GE... (more)

Coming and going at Cheyenne’s west end, outbound 8500-hp GE turbine 15 encounters an arriving extra behind GP35 749, two DD35Bs and a DD35A, a 17,500-hp combination. Union Pacific likes to do t... (more)

'Operation Stack' - a queue of lorries (trucks) about five miles (8kms) long wait patiently to cross the English Channel over to France whilst the 10.58 Eurostar service to Brussels speeds past in... (more)