CSX L600 in Hamlet with the Conrail Heritage Engine leading

Dusk And Decrepit | As the DPU on a loaded coal train streaks past, night falls over the Tamora, NE grain elevator switching power on a cool Sunday, September 1, 2024 evening. To the left i... (more)

The Union Pacific Railroad agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980. Lawsuits filed by competing railroads delayed approval of the merger until September 13, 1982. After the ... (more)

The Genesee Valley Transportation's Depew, Lancaster & Western works the railroads 3T Transload Warehouse in Batavia, New York on a summer evening with the railroad's Alco S6 locomotive. As the cr... (more)

W911's firefighting train puts out some hotspots west of English on CN's Edson Sub.

At 9:55, Amtrak train 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, is departing right on time. Today's train is powered by Siemens ALC-42 318 and GE P42DC 11, pulling nine cars. (Los Angeles, Calif... (more)

Bostic to Forester (I-85 near Spartanburg, SC) local L248 rolls southbound on the former Clinchfield, crossing the Broad River near the NC/SC state line.

A volunteer at the North Florida Railway Museum opened all the door panels, exposing some of the internal engine and components in the Mississippi Export 44.

IC's great Paducah shops turned out many excellent rebuilds over many years. Among the lesser known models was this one. I like the Baldwinesque look of the hood. This one is handling local swi... (more)

Business train P007 heads west towards Jasper.

Heading to Pacific Harbor Line's Pier B Yard is PHL PR30C 40. This locomotive was built by Progress Rail using the former Canadian Pacific SD40-2 5819 as a starting point, originally numbered PRL... (more)

CSX Richmond Acca Yard to Fredericksburg local L134 is seen departing Doswell after switching out cars at the interchange with the Buckingham Branch Railroad. The tower to the right, HN Cabin cont... (more)

On a clear, starry night, the Union Switch and Signal T-2 Semaphores stand quietly against the dark sky in Colmor, New Mexico. Having served for over 100 years, these signals have numbered days as... (more)

The first of many such arrangements to come, three of four new repaints for US Sugar. We have ex-503 (nee-B&M 315) leading ex-501 (nee-MILW 184) and the as-yet-unlettered 3001 (SD45 shell, Tacoma... (more)

Lots of power at the shop.