It is now about 5 years, since the operation through the 57 kilometer long Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) began and most of the traffic was rerouted from the mountain line. In june 2016, there was "bu... (more)

80 centimeter gauge track of the Pilatus Bahnen with the Locher cogwheel system (steepest cogwheel railway worldwide), going down along the Eselwand (donkey rock wall) towards Alpnachstad, with a ... (more)

The short siding at Royal City Junction, Washington, is barely noticeable among the sagebrush and rabbitbrush growing between the rails on September, 28, 2021. Even less discernible is Milwaukee R... (more)

The main line is quiet for now, with a nicely placed leaf adding some autumn color to the heavy rails of BNSF’s Kootenai River Subdivision at Deep Creek near Naples, Idaho, on the afternoon of S... (more)

The far eastern end of the St. Maries River Railroad ends abruptly on a sweeping curve at Milltown, east of St. Maries, Idaho. This was once the main line of the Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extensi... (more)

View to Dresden main station (Hauptbahnhof) by night, with light traces of trains.

An original, Santa Fe Railway bell bottom lantern burns brightly on one of the few remaining sections of rail in the Raton yard that has held out from the days of being laid by the Santa Fe. Altho... (more)

Still Standing. A single semaphore still stands, blade intact, at milepost 273.4 on ex-Monon near Campbellsburg. This signal has had better fate than its eastbound counterpart, which has been remo... (more)

Looking down on the main concourse of Denver Union Station on the morning of September 2, 2021. Amtrak’s ticket office is on the left side of the far doors that go to all tracks, with shops and ... (more)

Dead and Gone. A pair of semaphores continue to stand, although devoid of most of their components, on the ex-Monon CSX Hoosier Subdivision in Hitchcock, awaiting a train that will never come.

On a Roll: As part of the shop tour included in the 2016 "AEM7 Farewell" excursion, Amtrak's employees had set up a lovely display of all the various pieces of equipment required ... (more)

Containers keep arriving via truck, and Union Pacific Mi-Jack No. 91001 keeps moving down the line and loading them into a well cars, at Joliet Intermodal Terminal (also known as Global IV) at Jol... (more)

A contracted worker is seen transferring a coal load from one hopper to another as the bad order hopper has “burst” out on the underside of the body.

After traversing the north leg of the Memphis Sub connection, a UP Geometry car is now heading south into downtown Bald Knob and will be staged in the small yard south of town for later usage.

Brakeman Dennis Wimer mans the hand brake as our train descends the steep grade from Whittaker Station back to the Cass Depot.