As the sun drops low, EMD-engined Amtrak RS3M 106 shepherds an outbound equipment draft between Boston's Southampton Street coach yard and South Station. The South Station switch job was the regul... (more)

A former Baltimore and Ohio F7A, MDOT 7100 was the first of several F-units to be rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen for Maryland commuter service. Unlike the other rebuilds, the 7100 lost its prime mov... (more)

The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie’s influence over the Pittsburgh, Chartiers & Youghiogheny Railway evident in the PC&Y’s rolling stock. Rebranded black P&LE SW9’s pulled trains that were trailed b... (more)

On January 29, 2018, a trio of Central Maine & Quebec Railway SD40F-2s await the next day's departure from Farnham, Quebec, as the CMQ 'Job 2' train. This particular evening, with them positioned... (more)

The Canadian Pacific business train makes a spring run from Sudbury to Winnipeg on the trans con route. On board are all of the VIP's including CEO Keith Creel President & CEO

On a dark and gloomy morning, BO-1 delivers two loaded boxcars to the last remaining Boston area customer: Boston Paper Board. The last known switch for this customer was back in 2012!

ETRY 214 heads rushes back to the company yard with quite a hefty train behind them.

Looking back at photos from this time last year, I found this image of NS Dash 9 cabs awaiting being scrapped at Cresson Steel.

As the first snowfall seen in the winter of 2017/18 lays a blanket on southern Connecticut, Valley Railroad Mikado No. 40 hauls a sold-out North Pole Express towards Santa's Village in Deep River,... (more)

The RF&P painted GP35 arrives Airline Jct with three hoppers for the only customer on the line. They will continue to Hartwell another day to service Quality Holdings on the west side of town.

"The Patch heard 'round the World"

The most controversial piece of railroad equipment to roam the rails is PRLX SD70ACe 4834, now wearing C&O lettering. This unit has c... (more)

After a morning of work on the local, BNSF GP39-3 sits outside the small BNSF yard office in Rochelle.

Locomotives:
BNSF 2582 GP39-3

Ordered by the French Military for use in World War 1,this loco was supplied by Baldwin in 1916.Following the ceasefire in 1918,she was sold to the Ryam Sugar Works,Bihar,India,where she worked fo... (more)

Watco's Blue Ridge Southern train T-31 moves two GE turbines to the under construction natural gas plant at Lake Julian (Skyland).

I can't imagine what the countryside looked like west of here if the engines looked like this!!!! Due to crew's rest we waited for over 3 hours for an outbound Amtrak crew to continue our trip wes... (more)