Bats!

A flock of bats flies over Payagyi as a classic-looking local leaves the station. The cars were freshly painted in their original livery thanks to the efforts of Bernd Seiler... (more)

Union Pacific 1335 has a rather unusual looking locomotive behind it. Union Pacific 3994 now has a SP nose painted on it, the UP shield and markings have been painted over, and the words "So... (more)

CTA Holiday Express train makes station stop on Loop Elevated at Clark-Lake.

This morning, an astonishing large group of photographers and videographers from over the world watched the shift change "ceremony" at the Dongbolizhan station.

On December 17th, the new funicular from Schlattli to the Stoos sun terrace began operation, the steepest in the world with public service and 2 cars. While the route lies horizontally in the vall... (more)

Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station’s main concourse is decorated for two occasions in this December 1983 view. Balloons celebrating the 50th anniversary of the station, including an inflatable F40... (more)

Attention, steamtrain from the right! Hand-painted traffic sign at the railway crossing near Dongbolizhan.

With an impressive sparks rain an unidentified 2-8-2 JS steamlocomotive is tackling the grade out of the pit at Sandaoling with a load of coal.

Freshly-minted grabirons, still glowing hot after being formed to shape by blacksmith David Ragsdale, rest on a nearby cooling rack inside Union Pacific’s car shop at Desoto, Missouri, on Septembe... (more)

The CTA Holiday Train holds in Wilmette, IL.

After sunset an unidentified JS class is storming up the grade from the pit with an impressive sparks rain.

The little Steam engine #5 used to Commercial on TV.

Barrier guard near Dongbolizhan station on the Sandaoling open cast pit railroad. The barrier is operated manually, the barrier on the other side of the three tracks moves simultanously via a wire... (more)

Flood duty at the Reeseville Marsh.

Here is another view of the wheels on RBNX 81481 that the truckside disintegrated on Christmas Day 1978 as we were traveling on the Thunderhawk at 60mph through Astico,WI.. NO derailment ensued bu... (more)