The D&H's Colonie Shops in Watervliet, NY was a great place to see a large number of idling Alcos. The lineup on my father's visit from early 1977 was from left to right: C420 410 - U30C 709 (hid... (more)

A late spring snowstorm has dumped over a foot of snow in the Colorado Rockies, giving passengers on the California Zephyr one last view of a winter wonderland.

Rocky Mountaineer
Now thats a beautiful train. Fresh snow, 8.9” worth overnight on May 25th at Nederland, official and this late in the year that flock doesnt last long! Stil... (more)

A few old relics look on as a fresh blanket of snow pounds down on Northwestern Ontario. Veteran SD40-2 5743 has just setoff a 5 car consist for the tailend of an upcoming CWR movement (white cabo... (more)

Dropping down the original California Southern Railroad 1885-built grade across Cajon Pass, Santa Fe C30-7 8094, SD45 5396, SD40-2 5206 and Burlington Northern SD40-2 6353 are a nice mix of diesel... (more)

Train L516, the daily train from New Brighton, MN to Stevens Point, WI runs east at sunset. The setting sun casts a warm glow but the fresh snowpack lends an arctic feel to the scene. One of the f... (more)

Mishap at the BNSF Denver Shops
Teamwork on a snowy cold morning in Denver, CO. BNSF 9025 gets a helping hand back on the track after running on the ground. 2/6/22

4 years ago the Minneapolis Sub saw a wider range of locomotive types than it does these days, including foreign road power. At dusk in a spring snowfall a UP and an NS EMD pair up on train L516, ... (more)

A long way from home and definitely a rarity in Northern Ontario, Executive Mac 9431 idles on the pool 8 leads awaiting its next assignment. The CP Fort William depot is visible in the back left.

UPY 625 is one of many ex-Missouri Pacific GP15-1's that can be found working the North Yard in Denver, Colorado.

Westbound Ft. Madison, IA, to Pearland, TX, auto train has a neat treat for the afternoon Transcon. A pair of KCS units head up this train as they make their way west on the Marceline Sub just wes... (more)

A former NS SD70M-2 leads the NYSW's CL-1 as it crosses the truss bridge over Erie Boulevard in Syracuse, New York and heads to the south end of the siding here to pick up its outbound train for C... (more)

CN 595 dashes past MP 138 CN Newmarket Sub on its way to service the Stepan Chemical facility in Longford Mills. Stepan closed all Canadian operations in late 2016, leaving the facility empty and ... (more)

It is last light on the Troy Grove Sub. UP 1038 and crew have made it across the BNSF diamond in Earlville. Here, the train is crossing Highway 34 as they bust through yet another plow line.

13.4 miles left to Berkeley Run Junction, and three A&O geeps are hauling 80 loads of coal past the intermediate signals in Phillipi. This line is the last place to find B&O CPLs in West Virginia,... (more)