As the hills of Cuesta Pass wear their annual coat of summer brown, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight prepares to ascend the grade of the GoldTree Horsehoe curve as it crosses the Stenner Creek ... (more)

A rare leader on Norfolk Southern’s cab signaled territory as Union Pacific equipped SD70AH 1943 and 9083 with the NS cab signals to operate an office car special from Council Bluffs, IA to Croxto... (more)

Union Pacific 1335 has a rather unusual looking locomotive behind it. Union Pacific 3994 now has a SP nose painted on it, the UP shield and markings have been painted over, and the words "So... (more)

Track Workers Run on Dunkin': NJ Transit Northeast Corridor Train 3932 and Amtrak Keystone Service Train 641 meet in the distance while Amtrak track workers share a Box O' Joe as they prep... (more)

Having seen better days, SLRG 576 & 578 sitting waiting on a dinner train that will never come. They should soon be back in New Jersey. Note the cracked windshields.

Westbound Conrail train ALCG (Allentown – Corning) rolls through the sprawling acreage that was once the Lehigh Valley’s Packerton yard. The yard, located between Lehighton and Jim Thorpe, Pennsyl... (more)

A former Burlington Northern EMD SD60M still in Cascade green paint leads BNSF’s Cowley turn through rugged Sheep Canyon north of Greybull, Wyoming, on June 22, 2017. This arresting locale is alon... (more)

An Amtrak Acela Express descends a roller-coaster-like profile of the NEC through West Windsor, NJ just shy of Princeton Junction. The effect of the undulating ROW, captured at last light on a wa... (more)

The express regional train linking Neussargues to Aurillac is leaving Le Lioran station with an unusual activity. For celebrating the 150th birthday of the “Le Lioran line” many charter railcars ... (more)

Vermont Rail System, for only the second time in a year (and by design) operated an all-red consist that is book-ended by the railroad’s pair of SD70M-2s. Due to bridge restrictions and weight di... (more)

E-3209 electric locomotive of Italian origin, built in 1960, returning to activity in 2014 after many years by mechanical problems. Built especially for the railroads of Chile by the Italian conso... (more)

It's a gorgeous summer evening as a young woman makes a quick dash in front of the returning B765 local on Warren & 7th street after a single run up to the mill. The Sunday crew commonly makes ... (more)

A Bald Eagle has left it’s nest in the care of it’s mate, while it makes a inspection of the beast that daily interrupts the solitude of Benewah Lake.

Railroad: St. Maries River Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: St Maries, Idaho, USA
Locomotive #: STMA 101
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: July 16, 2018

The thin layer of fog has just begun to burn off in the early morning sunshine as a westbound Wheeling & Lake Erie train rumbles through Douglas, Ohio on its way toward Creston, where the crew wil... (more)

The east switch of Salida siding is no longer visible through the brush as trees and bushes encroach on the Tennessee Pass main line in Colorado that Union Pacific has rail banked for over twenty ... (more)