Reading & Northern's southbound train PNFF crosses the Hometown High Bridge on its afternoon trip back to Port Clinton from Jim Thorpe, PA. [October 2016]

There’s no doubt that the highlight of the 1983 NRHS convention was the night photo session at Richmond’s famed triple crossing. Conducted by the late Jim Boyd, the scene featured a Chesapeake... (more)

The World speed-record lok crosses the highest trestle along Semmeringbahn. The sun rose up to the perfect height, shooting trough the morning fog. Some said that a modern train is inappropriate o... (more)

By the late 1950s the final chapter had been written for mainline steam in North America, with only a few exceptions, lines of dead steam locomotives awaited the scrapper's torch across the countr... (more)

A quartet of CP Rail SD40-2s climb Rogers Pass and crosses Stoney Creek trestle just east of the Connaught tunnel with a unit sulfur train in conventional hoppers in tow.

BNSF 7941 heads up an empty grain train rolling east over Montana Rail Link's Noxon bridge. The train will pull in to Tuscor siding and tie down. Tuscor is the next siding east of Noxon siding, we... (more)

The Conway Scenic Railroad's Notch train crosses the Willey Brook trestle enroute back to North Conway.

Portland & Western 3004, still in former St. Lawrence & Atlantic colors leads a re-routed 663 over Cornelius Pass. This train usually goes over the UP out of Lake Oswego but problems with the Stee... (more)

CP 9718 leads a loaded grain train downhill into Ashcroft. CN's Ashcroft Sub can be seen below on the left.

With a very colorful consist on the point, BNSF's Richmond-Clovis Q train climbs through Kingman Canyon and over a classic ATSF bridge. BNSF 6531, BNSF 734, KCS 4036 and BNSF 6352 provide the powe... (more)

BNSF is testing EMD’s new Tier 4 models (SD70ACeP4-T4) on freight trains operating between Minneapolis (Northtown) and Superior, Wisconsin. Here 1604 and 1603 ease their long train across the sc... (more)

A BNSF grain train crosses above the Sheyenne River Valley and the town of Valley City on the former Northern Pacific Hi-Line Bridge, completed in 1908.

One of my favorite experiences of my recent California trip was at a vantage point high on the rocks to the northeast of the famous Keddie Wye. Just after 8 A.M., UP's Canyon Crawler eases out ont... (more)

Charging east at Cascade. Well, charging in quotes anyway. Trains typically take this trestle at relatively low speed, given the obvious consequences of a mishap. The iron bridge over C... (more)

Those of you who are long time followers of RP.net may recall this photo and the story that accompanied it from 5 years ago. Click h... (more)