The westbound Grand Canyon is assisted by two Alcos as it leaves Trinidad and begins its assault on Raton Pass.

The PRR St. Clair Ave. roundhouse was like railfan Disneyland in the mid '50's. Steam, exotic diesels, even imported Santa Fe 2-10-4's, and the fuel tanks they required since they were oil burner... (more)

Westbound BN manifest No. 603 climbs out of Browning, MT on June 5, 1990 with three SD40-2s.

Westbound hotshot Z-train races thru northern Missouri with old school power enroute to Kansas City and next crew change. The signal bridges along this ex-Santa Fe Marceline Sub, like one in the b... (more)

Rio Grande's Geneva Turn departs Provo rolling west by the D&RGW passenger depot, built in 1910 and dismantled in 1986. A tiny glass enclosure with a push button heater and a pay phone for Amtrak ... (more)

The morning fog had almost lifted as a LTV Steel Mining taconite train unloads at Taconite Harbor, MN on June 20, 1997. The ore boat "St. Clair" was taking on a load.

On a cold March morning with fresh ground snow still blowing around, train crews enroute to Northtown were dying on their hours of service due to a broken rail. This crew cut their train and tied... (more)

Interior of VIA 8704 dome car.

The only eastbound train across the St. Croix High Bridge normally crosses this structure at night. Cold and wintry conditions have pushed schedules back far enough to allow this rare late-morning... (more)

Adding a little color to an otherwise bleak winter morning, A DPU crosses under former Milwaukee Road bridge as it pushes on the end of a unit coal train climbing Providence Hill .

Late evening sun lights CNW 6812, 925 as they arrive at Wisconsin Rapids with 63 cars. This train normally had a cut of wood chips in 40' or 50' boxes from the Black Hills for the Wisconsin Rapids... (more)

Freight's in Kissimmee are not common, but when a curfew for Sunrail work in place freights must detour south to the"S" line. This makes for a unique photo opportunity. Phase II of Sunrail will co... (more)

Back for the "brand confusion railroad" started operating on these tracks.

Even when these were built solid bearings were out of date. And everyone was probably happy to see the ridiculously tiny road numbers replaced. My theory is that by using them they could keep th... (more)

As it should be, a southbound coal train rolls past the headquarters best little big railroad in America. Some things should aways stay the same.