Dash 9 BB + SD-40-T2 with 136 loaded cars. Our "horseshoe curve".

CP 679 and 475 side by side west of Nahant Yard.

On a beautiful clear Saturday morning, a matched pair of 70MAC Belles rumble over the serene blue waters of the Catskill Creek at 08:34AM. Originally I planned on getting up early after a tough... (more)

In the late afternoon sun, Union Pacific SD9043MAC No. 3663 and Norfolk Southern SD70ACU No. 7248 lead the GMGLTU 16 up Track 3 at Harriman, Wyoming on June 18, 2018.

Evening begins to set in West Point as today's A746 finds itself unable to complete the task of working all its customers. So the train with one engine and 29 cars will take a rest on the West Po... (more)

An evening Pacific Surfliner rolls into downtown San Diego.

One engine - one car fits perfectly on the bridge made famous by O. Winston Link.

Garratt in the Gradient
Between Sambawizi and Zanguja the line from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls is in a constant grade which requires much work from the firemen. He just fed the fire ... (more)

Ec 3/5 3, a former tank engine of the Mittel-Thurgau-Bahn (MThB) is pulling the "Mother's Day" special train in the north eastern part of Switzerland.

Backwoods of central Russia at the north of wooded and swampy Tver region. Local time 4-20 AM. TEP70 locomotive with passenger train "Ivanovo - St. Petersburg" appears out of the fog breaking the ... (more)

After an ontime, 0500 departure out of Ashland Avenue Yard, the NS OCS hightails it eastward through Burns Harbor, Indiana as the early morning fog burns off.

Miles of Miles of Africa
It took me years before I could manage to run an authentic passenger train of a considerable length and without fitters car, caboose, water tank car, moder... (more)

Glinting Rails
Just before the sun disappeared behind a hill 15A 414 thunders through the horseshoe curve beyond Sambawizi and rocks the ballast under the glinting rails.

An old MR-63 trainset pauses at Plamondon station during the afternoon rush hour. On May 30, 2018, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) announced that after 52 years of loyal service, all of... (more)