The first significant snowfall of the season has ended, leaving a heavy, wet snow clinging to trees and even the catenary supports. The sun made a very brief appearance just as it was setting, an... (more)

After taking the train from Toronto to Ottawa I was able to grab a shot at the head end before going the train departed for Montreal. The crew seemed to approve because they gave me a funny look a... (more)

NS 142 has been fighting the winter weather all day and has temporarily succumb to it. Ice has built up in the air lines and has caused the air pressure in the back half of the train to drop drama... (more)

Tied down on a cold winter night, NS 4154 and five boxcars rest below the "skyline" of Jewell, a small farming community in northwest Ohio. At the time, the ND&W had two NS GP38AC's on lease until... (more)

The caboose of the 2013 Ontario Northland Christmas Train, all decked out with moving, flashing lights.

Just after sunset, a rerouted Barstow, CA to Vancouver, WA Manifest slowly creeps up the hill at Longs Peak where they will do a crew change as a biker can be seen on the right of way road to the ... (more)

The US Holiday Train sits at Guelph Junction East for the passage of CP 247 who's on a long sluggish climb up the Hamilton Subdivision.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train holds in Delanson while a crowd of people enjoy the show at the fire department. For a select few the real show was at the head end. A snow squall impacts the ar... (more)

As the sun has just about set, a CN eastbound approaches C.P. East Durand as it heads for Port Huron, MI., where it will change crews and head into Sarnia, Ontario.

Greg Klingler greets 9824 with the Holiday Train in tow with a wave as it crosses over a portion of the Hudson River onto Rogers Island in Fort Edward southbound at 04:32.

An eastbound NS hotshot is lined up main #1 at Port Clinton, CP 253. Ex-New York Central signal bridges can still be found along the Chicago Line from Chicago to Cleveland.

At the 1990 NRHS Convention in St. Louis, TRAINS Magazine had a special and private photo staged in the afternoon where all four participating steam locomotives would be lined up for its staffers.... (more)

Golden hour! Under the sunset, AMT 1352 leads the AMT #810 as it pass the CN Southwark yard. You can see a part of Montreal downtown, and the "Mont-Royal" mountain in background. ... (more)

A Chicago and North Western coal train heads west at Pewaukee, Wisconsin, in a January 22, 1995 snowstorm. This train is on the Soo Line (former Milwaukee Road) main line and because of the slick ... (more)