Pennsy On The Southern | On a partly cloudy Friday, May 30, 2014, Pennsylvania Railroad E8(A) number 5809 - officially a part of the Juniata Terminal roster - leads a three-car special from... (more)

IC 1033 and 1017, both Deathstar SD70's, lead CN L503 south through Blue Island Junction as ominous clouds swirl overhead. L503 is a BRC Clearing Yard to CN Kirk Yard train and is utilizing the fo... (more)

Amtrak Train #31, the westbound National Limited, arrives at the iconic Kirkwood Depot.

GE industrials morphed over the years with little fanfare and no change of model. Much like the tractors on 18-wheelers components varied from user to user. One locomotive we handled had a two c... (more)

Amtrak’s 50th anniversary locomotive painted in Heritage I colors, GE P42DC, No. 161, leads the eastbound California Zephyr into the horseshoe curve at Coal Creek Canyon between Plainview and Ei... (more)

METX #509, one of Metra's new SD70MACH's, passes Tower A2 on its way out of the windy city.

Jack stands are used to raise an Amfleet Coach in order to swap out a wheel set (not the missing wheel set). The new wheel set will be rolled under the car and carefully aligned as the car is lowe... (more)

A group of railfans photograph Amtrak 92 as they service the station in Cary while Piedmont train 75 works the other platform.

Night In New Haven. Making up the power for an overnight work train in the Parcel G Yard in New Haven, Connecticut, an Amtrak crew approaches AMTK 740 (GP38-3, Phase VII) with AMTK 537 (MP... (more)

Ex-Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines.

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)

CPKC's new track evaluation train makes its way down the main track at Heron Bay

Eight bovine agree....the eighth (of ten) such steam locomotives delivered to FEC in April 1920 looks right in 2024...it may be 4/20, but you are seeing things right....for the weekend, US Sugar r... (more)

Amtrak train 36, the eastbound Desert Wind (Los Angeles CA to Ogden UT) cuts through the haze as it passes the old Santa Fe station sign for Casa Blanca (White House), a neighborhood in Riv... (more)

Engineer Bill Megill pulls the throttle on Nevada Northern 81 as it reverses through the East Ely Yard.