Just after having a crew change in Waycross. The Family Lines System heritage unit on B631 is waiting for a signal to continue south as CSX 324 on the head of a northbound parks beside the 1972 ge... (more)

Fifty two years ago Wilmot Model Railroad Shop in Prattville was a beacon for model railroaders in the deep south. We traveled there as often as possible to buy treasured models and to chit chat ... (more)

My, what big radiators you have
With all of the added emission restrictions over the last couple of decades, the cooling capabilities of modern locomotives demand larger radiators, culm... (more)

Two classics meet north of Minot.

After departing Los Angeles, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, arrived at its first stop, Fullerton, 20 minutes behind schedule. But this allowed the setting sun, which had be... (more)

The Ge 4/4 II # 611 "Landquart" of the Rhaetian Railway with 1700 Kw and a maximum speed of 90 km/h was delivered on June 30, 1973 as the first of its series by SLM and BBC, was green with chrome ... (more)

BNSF 1826 (SD40-2 in old school paint) sits in the engine servicing yard in Denver, Colorado.

With both the "Virginian" and "Conrail" heritage units leading, 12Z pauses for a quick moment on the bridge while a motorboat races by the scene. The conductor may or may not have used this as a... (more)

This shot rather landed in my lap due to an errant merge onto the "A" route thru, as opposed to around, town. Thought I was done for, but the train maintained a delicate speed and I was... (more)

Springtime lilacs are blooming in a roadside park as a southbound BNSF coal train passes an old water tank that once filled CB&Q steam locomotives with water at Gurley, Nebraska, on May 23, 2014.

In the mountains East of Yellowstone, you can find a lot of things, but BNSF's Casper Subdivision is a unique run through some of the most scenic territory Wyoming can offer. From Wind River Canyo... (more)

East Chattanooga Belt Railway (ECBT) train EC01 passes the Burnside apartment building (no better trackside living in all of Chattanooga) on the way to the NS interchange with two empty resin hopp... (more)

Another view of the specialty trucking company crew loading components preparing the car move. This is a unique former Canadian Pacific "horse car" once used by the RCMP to transport hor... (more)

A Union Pacific officer's special gets the green to enter the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel at Tolland, Colorado.

UPY 1403 and UPY 1296, a pair of MP15DCs, sit at the port in Granite City. They will eventually be repainted in UP themed colors and renumbered at PHRR 1403 and 1296. The other unit is a GP40 al... (more)