Lonely in the Mojave desert, the beautifully restored historic depot of Kelso from 1924, on the foot of the 18 mile long heavy 2.2 % grade up to Cima summit. A train with Union Pacific ES44AC (C45... (more)

Amtrak train # 14 "Coast Starlight" with PC42DC # 198 and # 207 on the ascent to Cuesta Summit near San Louis Obispo. The train rolled over the Stenner creek viaduct (foreground) exactly... (more)

On a cold night, the 4-cycle engine (Model 251D 6L) shines in the old ex-CP MLW RS-23. Thanks to Martin L. to let be this possible.

This is half the pair of Ex-UP GP39-2s that are assigned to the KCTL, which is the Watco Company that is the contract operator for the Kansas City Terminal Railway. They are pictured at Midwest Lo... (more)

Dedicated on July 12, 1978, the Amtrak station in Rochester, NY was the first Amtrak designed station in the country. Numerous other examples cropped up around the system when Amtrak needed a new... (more)

Milwaukee Road E80 is viewed from the cab of MILW E81 at Tacoma Tide Flats Yard. The steeple cabs and boxcab in the background are stored awaiting scrapping after electric operations ceased in Mon... (more)

Two new (to the Monongahela) cabooses stand in front of the Brownsville roundhouse, waiting for an assignment. Until the arrival of these two, Monongahela cabooses were painted green, with one bic... (more)

Random sighting in a UP manifest on the Cajon Summit. I do not like graffiti on railway vehicles, for me, this is vandalism. But here I can see an artist at work.

Two BNSF ES44ACs lead this empty coal train around the big sweeping curve just east of the small town of Keenesburg, CO on BNSF's Brush Subdivision. The train is approaching the oil loading facili... (more)

Several EMD locomotives in the middle of shop time, including two SD70Ms, sit in front of the Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 8, 2014.

EMD wide-nose locomotives such as SD70Ms on Union Pacific featuring winged logos are not exactly centered on the nose, but is is especially noticeable on newer SD70ACes, due to the size and locati... (more)

A pair of MTA Subway trains thread the low-rise, urban density of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The dome of the landmark Williamsburg Bank is the product of venerated architect William B. Post, also n... (more)

Railroads are all about paperwork. The Naugatuck Railroad's Northern Lights Limited hasn't even left the yard lead on its deadhead move to Thomaston Station, and the conductor is already filling o... (more)

GE Steeple Cabs E81 and E82 from Milwaukee F7A 81A at Tacoma Tide Flats Yard in February 1975. The electric switchers built between 1916 and 1919 are awaiting the scrapper's torch, while the F uni... (more)

Amtrak's first bulk batch of Viewliner II baggage cars heads west through New York Penn Station Track 12 on their way to Florida for acceptance. Train consisted of Amtrak's Verteran's Unit #42, He... (more)