I think Virginia is beautiful, particularly in the mountainous areas, but it can feel grim in winter - cold, gray and wet. You can see it n this image, with C&O 6189 providing about the only brig... (more)

Descending Winston Hill into the darkening dusk of evening at 9:15 p.m. on June 25, 2019, and overpowered by Montana Rail Link GP9 No. 109 and SD40-2 No. 250, MRL’s Helena switch flies over the hi... (more)

After completing its interchange to the Rock Island's Burr Oak Yard, a GTW caboose hop heads west toward home rails. Tom Golden photo.

Montana Rail Link’s 844 local crosses a trestle on the steep 2.2% mountain grade on the Harrison Branch just beyond milepost 6 after departing Harrison, Montana, on June 27, 2016. The local, power... (more)

Rochester and Southern EMD GP9 number 879 leads the southbound BL-1 past a grain loadout and passenger car in York, NY.

The 1880 Train's engines rest outside the railroad's Hill City shops as a thunderstorm rolls through the Black Hills.

The 2:00 p.m. Delaware River Excursion train is returning to Phillipsburg, N.J. as it rolls north on the former PRR Bel-Del Line. The 811 is pushing the consist north.

Rochester and Southern train BL-1 is nearing its destination of Dansville, NY as it works its way through the farm fields of West Sparta, NY. Trailing in the consist is ex Wisconsin Central GP38-2... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s 840 local, the Helena local operates out of Helena on weekdays and serves the cement plants at Montana City and Townsend. On June 25, 2020, MRL GP9 No. 109 and SD40-2XR No. 263... (more)

Heavy on the pulpwood - as usual, for the time - the turn is about to depart Roanoke and head south.

The Mineral Range Railroad brings a train of empty gons across Route 41 behind a GP9 and GP10 in Humboldt, Michigan. These gons will be taken to the processing plant at Humboldt Mine and loaded wi... (more)