In the last minutes of light on National Train Day, a southbound BNSF freight rolls past the healthy crops -- and not-so-healthy barn -- of a Skagit Valley farm. Looming in the distance is the 10... (more)

One of the handful of vintage Re 4/4iis to retain original green livery heads south through Effretikon towards the Zürich goods yard at Dietikon.

A westbound intermodal train was digging in for the climb up to Yampai as it passed West Pica, AZ on Sept. 19, 2004. The water tanks to the left remain from the time that this was a water station... (more)

Southern RS-3 2031 working at Greensboro, NC || April 1972

Arriving in "New Spruce" with a freight train in tow, Western Maryland Big 6 performs runbys for patrons of the 2012 Cass Railfan Weekend. An MSRLHA event.

The 1500 Volt CC 6572 has been built in 1975 by Alsthom MTE. This class of locomotive was hauling the Aquitaine TEE trains #1 and 2 running between Paris and Bordeaux. These were at that time, the... (more)

Under grey skies a First Great Western HST descends Dainton bank on route to London, the pink of the doors neatly matching the spring flowers

BNSF 5404 drops downgrade between Tunnels 5 and 3 during the peak of a solar eclipse. Tehachapi Pass only saw a partial eclipse, but the lighting conditions were still quite unique.

A short westbound BNSF double stack train was leaving the storm clouds behind as it climbed upgrade through West Pica, AZ on Sept. 18, 2004.

An MP15 still in SBD colors sits with a U36B in stealth gray, and a slug in CSX's much-missed blue and yellow.

A shame to see such a beautiful face in this condition, but it looks like the cab is relatively undamaged, so EMD's shock-absorbing prow must have worked as advertised.

On September 15, 1992, a westbound Santa Fe freight crosses Canyon Diablo bridge in Arizona. Eight locomotives almost fill the length of the bridge, and include SF30C (a rebuilt U36C by Santa Fe) ... (more)

Old Decauville dmu at km point 6,5 on the way down to Diakopto coast.

A Stadler dmu at km point 6,5 on the way down to Diakopto coast.

Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain Railroad train DASW (the Bellows Falls Switcher) has just received the eastbound traffic for Bellows Falls from the GMRC train 263 at Chester and is leaving to... (more)