Returning from Rutland

Westbound empty coal train passing through Kinsley, Kansas, on the Santa Fe's La Junta Subdivision in late fall 1992. The train's two warbonnet C40-8W locomotives are leading empty hoppers back to... (more)

Running on the former Tennessee Central Railway, new operator on a portion of the line -- Nashville & Eastern -- 2517 was westbound near Boma, Tenn. on Nov. 30, 1988, 79 miles east of Nashville. ... (more)

One of the best years for colorful fall leaves in Spanish Fork Canyon was in 1994. On Sept. 22nd, saturation is at its peak as Southern Pacific's MNGVC (Minntac, MN - Geneva, UT) ore train glides ... (more)

Colorado & Southern GE U30C's 891 and 893 team up with four SD-9's leading a southbound freight over Colorado's Joint Line near Buttes on Feb. 3, 1969. The train is running on AT&SF track and the... (more)

Southbound WP&Y Train 2 with three specially-built GE units (Nos. 98, 97, 92) is now in Alaska and USA territory and exits the only tunnel on the 110-mile line twenty-one miles after leaving the 2... (more)

Westbound NS Gulf Turn passing through Willow Springs, NC in this Summer 1972 scene behind a single GP18.

On a beautiful springtime morning in the Wasatch Mountains, the Rio Grande Zephyr train #18 climbs through the spectacular upper Gilluly horseshoe curve. What I wouldn't give to take a ride in one... (more)

One of the most luxourious trains worldwide is the "Venice Simplon-Orient-Express" (VSOE), founded by James Sherwood of Kentucky, USA, in 1982, and part of the Orient-Express Hotels Ltd today. The... (more)

A BNSF Coal is on the Saint Louis Highline, heading toward the heart of Downtown Saint Louis MO. This Train will pass under the iconic Saint Louis Arch in less than a mille.

After being waxed and polished, SD75Ms Nos. 234 and 202 are ready to pull BNSF's Super Bowl special the next morning.

The Westbound Pennsylvanian with NYC 3 Private car departs Altoona station passing two sets of helpers (one not pictured). Just a little over a month has passed since ALTO tower has closed, and th... (more)

After a 677-mile run from Prince Rupert on the coast of British Columbia, VIA's Train 10, "Skeena," is about to connect to CN's mainline at Red Pass Jct. for its last 44-mile dash on to Jasper, Al... (more)

Three ex-BN SD40-2s haul an eastbound BNSF stack train uphill past the Redwall Sandstone Cliffs on the way to the Continental Divide.

Coils and cars: A westbound vehicle train from Birmingham,AL to San Bernardino,CA with a block of steel coil cars on the head end proceeds west at Perea,NM after a truck that was stuck on the ROW ... (more)