Celebrate the Century Express
I set up at a curve just east of Green River, Utah, for Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, on September 1, 1999. After photographing No. 6 at this loc... (more)

Claremont Concord Railroad Alco S-4 105 is setting out cars along the New England Central's Palmer Subdivision at Claremont Junction, New Hampshire. The classic New England-style wooden bridge in... (more)

CP 4744, the only MLW M640 to be built, sits next to a retired rotary snow plow in the Angus Pavilion at Exporail near Montreal. A diverse and interesting collection of railway equipment can be sp... (more)

A new Rio Grande bi-level auto rack awaits departure from UP's Provo Yard on a westbound military train. Built in October 1986, the W&K/Thrall fully enclosed rack rides on a Bethlehem 89 ft. flush... (more)

How do you move one of the the AAR type A switcher trucks from Coors Brewing Company EMD SW8 No. C989 into the shop? Use a P1050. What is a P1050? A Coors Chevy 3500 company truck equipped with a ... (more)

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection, Bob Cox photo: Upon arriving in Clifton on a rare milage passenger trip, the riders were greeted with a Phelps Dodge train arriving into town. This train ... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Cardinal snakes its way into the Staunton station, passing one of the more unique and rare C&O signal designs still active on former territories today. This particular st... (more)

Soo 395 at the Marquette Roundhouse. The 395 was built as Baldwin demonstrator 1600 in 1949 and went to the DSS&A in 1952. It was one of a few ex DSS&A Baldwins to get Soo paint. This unit was ret... (more)

Soo 2556 at Shoreham, it didn't take long to realize this geep had ran her last mile. Damaged along with 409 in a collision with a runaway cut of cars at Roseport, MN.

The Veteran's unit, SD60E #6920, rolls east through Waverly, AL, with eastbound Central of Georgia district train #336. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information, visit more)

A trio of Burlington Northern and Missouri Pacific SD40-2s lead an empty coal train through North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 28, 1983.

In order to get to this location one can ride the railroad, a much easier option or drive/hike in on a very narrow, rutted debris strewn path. On this day it was the latter and after watching the ... (more)

Inside the worlds longest railway tunnel (Gotthard base tunnel or GBT), which will open for traffic in december 2016. The two 57 kilometer long single track tubes through the alps between Bodio an... (more)

A Rio Grande 'Coal Liner' gondola has found new work hauling scrap for a recycling company. Five of these were built new by Thrall for the D&RGW in May 1969 to haul coal between Carbondale, Colora... (more)

Freshly painted SD9 6107 leads a special passenger train at Iron River on BN's Ashland branch. This train operated for the Arrowhead Civic Club and underprivileged children from Duluth. It is like... (more)