After a bit of a wait, POED with a quintuplet of ex CSX C40-8's (now patched for Maine Central) leans into the curve just east of Shirley Station

An Alaska Railroad freight pops out of the Portage Tunnel, crosses Placer Creek, and rolls through Bear Valley and will soon enter the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel. A 2.5 mile road/rail tunnel t... (more)

On a beautiful winter's afternoon near the top of Donner Pass a westbound Union Pacific double stack train approaches Norden as the dense Sierra fog begins to roll in. Looming over the scene and a... (more)

A ten-hour late Southwest Chief with a BNSF Dash 9 leading and some private varnish on the rear drops down off the Redondo Flyover as it heads into its very last miles before reaching Los Angeles ... (more)

Fresh from completion at Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Conrail SD80MACs 4104 and 4102 are put to the test with a nearly 20,000-ton coal train in snowy conditions. The pair stalled at Ga... (more)

A creative graffiti artist has given this car a rather artistic touch.

Train 290 blasts up the grade at Heflin, Alabama with one of Norfolk Southerns newly rebuilt Dash 8.5's still wearing primer from the new Crescent Cab.... Not a very pretty locomotive but it will ... (more)

Jindřichův Hradec - Obrataň, a wonderful narrow gauge line in Czech Republic celebtrated its 110th anniversary on Dec 27 with a steam double-header charter

Southern Tier Plow Extra

The New York Susquehanna & Western, like most railroads throughout the Northeast was heavily affected by winter storm Stella. Two days after winter sto... (more)

A short UP manifest weaves through the west end of Bealville and across a partially lit Tehachapi landscape.

Royal Hudson 2860 glides west along a reflection pond at Moberly, BC as it returns its train west to North Vancouver after touring eastern Canada and part of the U.S. as the Captain Cook Excursion... (more)

An eastbound BNSF freight fills Big 10 Curve between Eisele and Rocky, Colorado, on the warm afternoon of February 9, 2015. The 76-car train is made up of mostly tank cars—73 to be exact.

Can you find the Bessemer & Lake Erie SD38AC #867? The Conneaut, Ohio, rail yard and dock area is still active as seen here, with the BLE #867 idling by the yard office (in front of the silos to t... (more)

CDTX 2101, a new Siemens SC-44 Charger sporting the Amtrak California paint scheme, shoves a cab car out onto the wye and becomes the first unit of its class in the state of California to operate ... (more)