A year after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, a train on the Shasta Route does not display any indication of the change.

The DP locomotives of an empty coal train make their way north on Main Track #2 as a southbound loaded coal train slowly moves on Main Track #1 at Spruce. The loaded coal train is led by a pair of... (more)

A rapidly moving winter storm is moving eastward across the Mojave Desert. Dramatic clouds were forming just as quickly as the sun would start to set behind them. The potential of dramatic lightin... (more)

CSXT SD23T4 #1713 leads Geometry Train W001-12 southbound across the Coosa River near Vincent, AL. as they inspect all of the sidings along the Lineville Subdivision.

One of BNSF’s 25th Anniversary heritage locomotives lead NS empty Coal Train 735 westbound through Cook Springs, AL.

CSX's "Family Lines" heritage unit leads M60216 south through Montezuma, Georgia, on St Patrick's Day.

New Knoxville Locomotive Works unit for A.L.Gilbert at Keyes, CA. Not sure of a model for this unit.

EB mixed freight. We didn't get many of these down here so I probably went bonkers when this little beauty appeared, easing into the siding where the switch used to be. Wouldn't that white stuff... (more)

With a pair of GP15-1's on the point wearing the railroad's BN inspired paint scheme, the Northern Lines Railway's local arrives at the propane facility in Rockville, Minnesota with a train of loa... (more)

When was the last one? The last time a crew scrambled to assemble their gear, the cook shopped for provisions and the big hook was prepared to move out. Before Hulcher and Corman overcame quaint... (more)

One of two GP9s in a vintage paint scheme on the SBVR (the other is Chessie colors 6240) rolls through Romney passing the boarding site for the popular Potomac Eagle excursion trains. The SBVR's o... (more)

Rear end of northbound Amtrak 2252 is seen crossing Hell Gate Bridge on its way to Boston.

Westbound merchandise.

Going southbound the old "Rathole" crossed the south fork of the Green River on an impressive trestle and followed Tunnel Creek up a steep grade to one of the infamous tunnels that gave ... (more)

A northbound mixed freight is rumbling across the lake on a beautiful spring day back when when we thought of high horsepower B-Bs as a recipe for speed. When will be regular have C-Cs with 900-... (more)