An Amfleet II "Smoker Lounge," as they were called... Before smoking was banned on all Amtrak trains, Amfleet II Lounges were overhauled in the late 90s to have one half of the car to contain an ... (more)

Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited from Chicago has entered third rail electric territory and is stopped at the signal bridge just north of Croton-Harmon station to allow the F40 to uncouple and pull for... (more)

Railfans watch a SB freight charging down the former-ACL main. BTW these same fans found and reported multiple failed bolts in the crossovers. Did it prevent a wreck? Who knows.

BNSF 7393 leads a Spokane-bound freight with a collection of cool loads up front including Boeing 737's, wings, and heavy earth-moving equipment. The train is moving north through Kansas City's Hi... (more)

The interior of a Superliner II Sleeper, showing roomettes with the "Empire Rebuild" interiors that are the now current standard. It's quite a change from the 70's "Price is Right" interior color... (more)

K Tower is the nerve center of Washington Terminal and well over a century old and has seen everything from steam to the new MP36 commuter locomotives. Photo taken from the rear of the Capitol Li... (more)

I first noticed this rather large divot on top of the CSX main track near the diamond with the Florida Northern at the old Ocala passenger station. I then noticed that both double tracks had this... (more)

A RDC-1 loads school children on an outing leaving from the Santa Clara, Cuba station.

Strings of Terminal Railway cars and a ship create a backdrop for a pair of Paducah rebuilds switching in the former GM&O yard. Just a few years earlier, red Alcos would have performed this job.

While traveling down highway 70/84 between Texico and Lubbock, Texas, I hoped to see some BNSF trains along the route. Never did I expect to see Santa Fe hoppers that at first glance appeared to b... (more)

Complex, mixed gauge trackwork at Dhaka Kamlapur. At this time the broad gauge tracks were still unused.

Was it any crossties or was it the sod that held the gauge on MILW's Winifred branch near Suffolk when the local with eight 40-ft. box cars tenderly negotiated it at 10 mph? Remnants of old "rai... (more)

The Jordan spreader work train is amply supplied with horsepower with two Milwaukee Road GE box cab electrics E50A and E50B while dressing the ballast near Piedmont, Mont. Easy around those pole... (more)

On a busy afternoon in Opelika, a local resident finally gets across the tracks on her way home from shopping downtown. Right to left are train 215, an SCL run-through from Hamlet with a WP caboos... (more)

Camaros and Firebirds galore from General Motors Detroit Assembly Plants roll east. This was during the second recession that I can remember. Thanks to Batman for offering corrections to this inf... (more)