Armchair Railfanning. A 4 car set of Arrow IIIs held down the assignment on NJ TRANSIT Train 481 (Hoboken, NJ-Bernardsville, NJ) on March 1, 2023, seen as it passes by the Meadows Maintenan... (more)

A New England Winter Scene. Saturday, February 25, 2023 when Webb Rail's former Union Pacific Railroad Budd built Pullman 10-6 "Pacific Union" (WEBX 800640) and former New York Ce... (more)

Approaching the Mexico Curve, Amtrak 43(21), the westbound Pennsylvanian, bisects Book’s Farm at PT 148.6 on the Pittsburgh Line.

Another CAD casualty. Dining car VIA 8402 (Alexandra) has been stripped down at CAD and is likely to be scrapped in the near future. It was undergoing what I believe is a tear-down e... (more)

The California Zephyr 5 train gets ready to enter the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel at Tolland, Colorado.

The Winter Park Express Ski Train whips up the snow as it rounds the curve at Leyden, Colorado and leaves Denver and a beautiful sunrise behind.

BN E9 3 leads the Nebraska Zephyr East past East Switch on a rare winter run.

D&RGW train 17, the California Zephyr, is seen near Cliff Colorado in the 1960s. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A sharp curve slows the eastbound California Zephyr just after passing Thompson Springs.

The off and on downpours are presently very much on as a northbound Regional heads through Metuchen on a miserable Veterans' Day afternoon.

Amtrak 92 crosses the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg on a cold winter afternoon.

"Feds in the Fog"

On the morning of April 1st, 2022, the Federal Railroad Administration's former Metroliner DOTX 216 inspection railcar sits alone in thick fog on track 6... (more)

First GE P32 On The First Lake Shore Limited Of The Year. On an unseasonably warm January 1, 2023, Amtrak Train 49 (lake Shore Limited) was a bit tardy departing New York Penn Station, but ... (more)

Metra's evening rush hour kicks off from Chicago's Ogilvie Transportation Center as a pair of UP North/Northwest commuters leave the Chicago skyline behind on an already dark commute to Chicago's ... (more)

Granby Approach. The sun shining as Amtrak Train 5 (California Zephyr) was approaching the control point at the siding just outside of the Amtrak Station in Granby, Colorado on March 24, 20... (more)