A colorful Super Chief drumhead is displayed on the rear of Budd-built stainless steel sleeper-lounge-observation car “Navajo” built in 1937 for Santa Fe’s famous Super Chief. The car is now... (more)

The old N&W signals that have guarded the East End of Elkhorn Tunnel are, sadly, no more. May they rust (er, rest) in peace...

The transfer table in the back of the Livingston shops sits idle on a bitterly cold March day.

Looking straight up at a small portion of Union Pacific’s massive bridge across the Snake River at Joso, Washington, on September 21, 2015.

CN Joffre Yard from 90 meters in altitude

A maintenance window resulted in only two trains in six hours. The iconic post office patiently waits for the next train. The photographer not so much.

"There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to heaven."

As it says, this was the 5:02 pm out of LaSalle Street Station. I'm sure the commuter in the last vestibule was as surprised as Roger that they meet face-to-camera. The late Roger Puta's slide... (more)

The train is the Pinole Local. Slide scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

Train in storage. The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

"Relics of the Past" An old Wabash searchlight signal that used to protect the N&W/WAB and IC diamond just north of Strawn, IL, stands dark. This trackage is now part of the Bloomer L... (more)

During the CN Family Day at Taschereau Yard, an CN crane pull up the car CNIS 623189 in the air for a demonstration.

Another day of railfanning comes to an end.

An SCL Trainman recharges before the next call.

At the CN's Family Day at Taschereau Yard in Montreal PQ, the engineering department was showing a rail exothermic welding demonstration. Thermite welding is widely used to weld railway rails. The... (more)