New Hope Railroad engine 40 makes it way through a private crossing just outside of Lahaska, where a gentleman awaits the trains crossing with his 1943 Plymouth

Hermosa Sunset

Magnificent glint only a late Summer day on the Overland a Route can do highlights the rails at Hermosa, WYO.

"Night Moves"

On a cold quiet night the SD-40-2's can be heard growling in the distance. The horn sounds as the train crosses Hwy 59, the growling becomes a roar, bells ring, lights flash and the Janesville to... (more)

Reflection at Stasek Slough. Polson Logging Mikado #2 poses on the wooden trestle over Stasek Slough, on her way north from Tillamook to Garibaldi over the former SP line that is now known... (more)

Searchlights At Blue Hour. Making the final push toward the summit of Cuesta Pass, UP 4385 streaks past the still active, ex-Southern Pacific searchlights at the south end of the Santa Marg... (more)

On the day after Christmas, 2017, a Valley Railroad North Pole Express heads northbound past a frozen Pratt Cove in Deep River, CT with a sold-out trainload of families on their way to the North P... (more)

A dramatic sky unfolds at dusk on a frigid January morning as NS 15T ducks through the classic Norfolk & Western Railway cantilevers at Radford, Virginia. These signals have now been cut over afte... (more)

Southern Railway locomotives #4501 & 630 simmer in East Chattanooga, TN late at night, each awaiting their next assignment.

The class LV locomotive was designed as a successor to the class L 2-10-0, which had been a successful design developed during World War II. However, by the late 1940s some drawbacks to the design... (more)

Starry, starry night? Actually, quite the opposite. That's rain that's falling on Clinchfield 800 as it heads south from Kingsport, Tenn., after pulling the 75th running of the CSX (Clinchf... (more)

Hotshot intermodal 213 races southward toward Atlanta over the 200 foot tall Wells Viaduct near Toccoa, GA on a foggy late June evening with one of just a handful of Ex Conrail SD60's on point.

With the city skyline as backdrop, an Amtrak Regional Express makes a late night sprint through Philadelphia, PA, bound for Wilmington, DE in this Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Siemens ACS-64
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 607
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 10, 2016

In his next step, the Hostler climbs up onto his locomotive and cracks the throttle enveloping the roundhouse in steam. Slowly backing out the N&W M Class, seen here, is almost ready for another d... (more)

Landmarks of a bygone era display all reds on the early morning of March 26, 2017 as a tiny sliver of a crescent moon rises into the great blue yonder before being swallowed by sunlight.