The Presidential Car "United States." Here's a nicely lit view of David Kloke's replica of President Abraham Lincoln's private railway car "United States". This car was built for the US Mi... (more)

A US Army soldier can be seen standing guard over the casket of President George H. W. Bush through the rear door of Union Pacific heritage fleet car number 5769 as the train makes its way towards... (more)

Touchdown! Yep - that's more than an illusion, that IS the plow scraping the rail head as the PAS BFPO emerges from the 'dip' and grade through the Bellows Falls tunnel with the Saturday slurry t... (more)

The end of a short rail spur in tiny Hensler, North Dakota, on BNSF’s Zap Subdivision branch line out of Mandan has an unique end-of-track bumper. I’ve never seen one used this way, and I’m not su... (more)

Under a gloomy sky Union Pacific FEF-3 no. 844 briefly returns to freight service as she heads home from Denver on the point of mixed freight, slipping through a cut between Swan and Wycon on main... (more)

RISING FROM THE DEAD! ...I wish. This oddball factory rebuilt former New York Central 16-10 Slumbercoach was Amtrak's Vermillion Harbor that derailed in 1994 as part of the Lake Shore Limit... (more)

Keokuk Junction Railway's B unit is missing from the classic A-B-A lashup as a former CSXT GP16 fills in. The Westbound train crosses the Spoon River Bridge on Thursday afternoon. Steve Smedley

Christmas came late to the Strasburg railroad following a morning of doubleheaded steam freight. The weather was cloudy and cold, but that didn't stop dozens of railfans chasing the consist across... (more)

During a fairly rare move, the "Marsh Job" has just finished picking up two loaded low gons from Miller Compressing and is shoving back up the connection track to finish their switching ... (more)

A plethora of historic equipment sits at the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati in Latonia, Kentucky. Among the collection is PRR Observation, the Metropolitan View (bottom right) and B&O "... (more)

A pair of EMD GP15-1's rock slowly back and forth along the jointed rail of Union Pacific's Tintic Branch near Springville, Utah. The Tintic was completed by the Rio Grande in 1899 to tap the mine... (more)

Hot Rail! Movie stunt train once belonging to the Santa Clarita Railroad (SCRX) performing a stunt with a Pontiac Firebird. Note part of vehicle firewall on right side of the locomotive.