Code Poles and Track Speed Ed Dickens is on the fireman side for his watchful eye over the Overland Route right of way in western Nebraska. Running track speed near Ogallala, N... (more)
The Rock Island continued their own passenger service past Amtrak startup unable to afford cost of joining. The Rock Island train from the Quad Cities looks pretty nice as it rolls past.
A pretty conventional wedgie of a train in the snow. Perhaps it is the in your face contrast of the big bright engine nose against the gray background that appeals to me. And it IS BCRail, one o... (more)
The illusion of speed was no illusion... Welcome back #1225! Having captured both NKP #765 and more)
The train 50.094 Horcones - Nueva Aldea loaded with wood (Eucalyptus), after crossing the tunnel No. 4, crossing Lota city, passing among the houses and trading posts, bordering the "Golfo de Arau... (more)
Inside the cab of one of Via's F40PH-2's
It didn't take me too long to figure out why NS 6657 had been set-off at Mattawana. Fire damage is apparent on the third axle of the right side of the lead truck.
ArcelorMittal... 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Would you expect anything less from the world's largest steel producer? At the East Chicago plant, we see their pair of GP15-1's... (more)
As the safety-vested crew attend to her needs, 1927-built Santa Fe 3751 and her train seems a bit out out place among the modern high-rises that now dot the area around the former Santa Fe passeng... (more)
United Aircraft's ill-fated Turbotrain, still the current US speed record holder for a production trainset at 170.8 mph, sits at 30th Street Station, posed next to the former observation car from ... (more)
Union Pacific sent one of their heritage units on the point of an eastbound manifest that traveled over an infrequently used segment of trackage across central Ohio. Here it is seen passing under ... (more)
A brand new ES43ACi for export to Pakistan sits on standard gauge transport sleds at the GE Plant in Erie.
Power short in the late '70s, the Santa Fe leased some GPs from the Chessie System, as can be seen by the two GP40s trailing ATSF SD40 5004. To avoid numbering confusion, a 9 was placed over the 3... (more)
CNW class U30C no. 930 revs up for a move into a freight consist for a train heading west out of Altoona on a crisp January day in 1978. CNW had 7 big U boats and was not fond of them. One was wre... (more)
Where sail meets rail. A pair of BNSF geeps make up the transfer to Superior while two MP15s ease down the west side of the yard after switching a foundry. The 1000-footer Walter J. McCarthy Jr. i... (more)
Milwaukee Road's Afternoon Hiawatha exits the tunnel westbound. To compare this view to other eras, click on "Tunnel City" (above) for other shots in the railpictures.net archive. Engine 100C we... (more)
Rock Island almost matched this commuter train departing LaSalle Street Station as seen from Roosevelt Road. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO
The car barn and contents, Sept. 1957, at Graham Yard. Watts local car on the left. Graham yard had SP switchers to handle the Firestone plant, one of the industries served out of the yard. For... (more)
While I have shot Two Medicine Bridge before, who hasn't right, it was hard to resist after a fresh snow fall and an almost matched quartet.
Once a railroad town…Salida was once a railroad town, where Rio Grande had a large dual gauge yard, two roundhouses, company hospital and many other functions necessary for a busy div... (more)
On my birthday in 1985, I was photographing trains on the elevated Illinois Central Railroad right-of-way near Riverdale Interlocking in Riverdale, IL, when I noticed a long westbound transfer fre... (more)
The cab of brand new CP 8849.
80th anniversary of Crocodile
Former C&O coach
In a time capsule view taken off the pedestrian walkway of the Menands/Troy connector, the South Troy local returns south besides the King Fuels facility as it heads back to the LAB after workin... (more)
Seaboard Air Line No. 22, "The Silver Star", is running about 4 hours late on this March 1965 morning. It's now 11:40am. We are just north of Raleigh, NC and E7A 3018 plus two other E7's are on ... (more)
After over a day of rain in a low lying area, this CSX lead track from Oak Island Yard to a local scrap industry is flooded. All that is seen is a switch stand and the rail head.
Winter in the Rockies. The Durango & Silverton's annual Winter Photo Train transits the ledge above Elbert Creek with the frozen Shalona Lake and the foothills of the San Juan Mountains as ... (more)
Getting the big blow ready for another pull
Rest In Pieces. This locomotive and I have had an odd relationship. From the time I was old enough to drive by myself, I had been periodically visiting this engine at her former home in Nor... (more)
NS GP9 and SR U30C pose at the Training Center in McDonough , Ga.
Accident tramway and car on the crossroads Ke Stírce in Prague.
A night shot of the East Portal of the Cascade Tunnel. And at an extra bonus, the door is closed! [See my comment on what the door does]
In the winter of 1980 The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) abandoned almost two thousand miles of track west of Miles City Montana. The abandonment of the “Pacific... (more)
Ghost Railroading - Hawaii Style The Hawaii Consolidated Railway has been gone for nearly 65 years (abandoned in 1946 following a devastating Tsunami), but relics can still be found if one ... (more)
A westbound Van on the Cima grade east of Kelso CA
RJC 2008 charges eastbound loaded sand train at the Highway 12 crossing in Mulberry. This was the inaugural run of this locomotive which was imported from China in late 2007/early 2008. There are ... (more)
"Is this heaven?" Shoeless Joe might not mistake Logan for heaven since the Field of Dreams is on the other side of the state, but Iowa served up a heavenly afternoon for me as I... (more)
While enjoying a drive on the Oregon Coast Highway, I discovered this interesting little train in the small town of Wheeler. Port of Tillamook Bay GP9 No. 101, painted in 'cow' livery, was built t... (more)
The culprit of the derailment of the center beam flat car was a number of piggyback cars on an adjacent track that apparently derailed and then wedged against the flat cars.
SOMEBODY CALL THE SWAT TEAM! Actually, they are just in Jasper for three days (the 25th being the last) training in case of a terror attack or hostage situation on a passenger train.
Factory Fresh Conrail Quality: New GE C40-8W units are ready to pull a Union Pacific Wattis Plateau to Long Beach coal train at Provo Yard on January 25, 1995. These units were part of a fleet of ... (more)
A massive 123 with 146 cars, mid train DPUs and manned power on the rear begins its descent down the southern loops on its way from Asheville to Linwood, NC. The first few cars have just exited Bu... (more)
Jersey central TrainMaster 2404 arrives at Elizabeth with a NEW YORK CLOCKER from the west.
Ohio Centrals recently acquired NKP Berkshire 763, many thanks to OHCR for letting her stay for this event, and also for restoring and reattaching the bell, headlights, and numberboards.
SP H24-66 "Trainmaster" 3028 (ex-4808) sits forlornly in Bloomington, California's West Colton Yard. Just a year or two before this date these large Fairbanks-Morse diesels ruled the San Francisco... (more)
Durham & Southern 2-10-0 #200 working at Dunn, NC in this February 1954 scene. [Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink]
The extra train on the way back from Airolo to Erstfeld with the Ce 6/8 II 14253 in the lead, Ae 8/14 11801 and Ae 6/6 11402.
The ground shakes as the Reading and Northern's 425 thunders south toward Jim Thorpe.
The Cotton Belt 819 was noted in the early 90's for its runs during the Tyler Rose Festival. Before dawn on what turned out to be a miserable gloomy day, she sits at the modest engine facility at... (more)
Finally the Gevo Hybrid unit made its way out on test for the past week strechen its legs out. The batteries are under the walkway and are still being adjusted.
The Golden Leaf Road An extra Morristown & Erie job job out of Morristown, ME MX-21 is heading for Lake Junction with four empties in tow. With the foliage at peak colors in No... (more)
Penn Central F7A #1749, F3B #3466, F7A #1758 and F7A #1804 are all former New York Central units.
A CP transfer rolls underneath the approach to CN's former DM&IR ore dock No. 6 in Duluth. Loading at the dock is the 1000-footer American Spirit, which spends most of its time in the ore trade as... (more)
After making its first trip of the day, the crew and their families take photos of their train while a westbound Z train rolls by on the main track. The train was carrying children from local chil... (more)
Waiting for departure. 498 022 (The Albatros) and 486 007 (also an 4-8-2 engine, named The Green Anton) together in Usti nad Labem main station. It's really rare to have these machines together on... (more)
In the early 1990s, Amtrak explored the development of modern high-speed trains and leased two European electric trainsets for testing and revenue service on the Northeast Corridor between Washing... (more)
Train 1617 from St.Moritz to Tirano with ABe 8/12 # 3505 is winding its way through the snow, shoving the flanger (spur plow) Xk # 9143. The yellow sign in the background marks the divide between ... (more)
Not the normal view out the engineer's side... The night shoot is well under way in the south yard. This night the E-units were featured together.
Southwest Chief leaving Marmon siding, near the Mesita Indian village, after a westbound BNSF freight crossed over to the other main track. The Chief leaves the transcon mainline for Albuquerque a... (more)
BNSF's Super Bowl Special along with ACE, Caltrain & Amtrak trains and VTA trolleys at the San Jose depot. Many of these are special trains for Super Bowl attendees. This was shot about two hours ... (more)
One of twenty-two "humpbacked" Dash 8-39Cs owned by Conrail is westbound by the defunct Bethlehem Steel facility in the background. This view was shot from the 2nd floor office of the o... (more)
Two BNSF Warbonnet GE's lead a Marion, SD to Interbay, WA grain train over Lake Pend Orielle on a warm Summer morning.
CSX local B749 returns to Oak Point Yard via the Oak Point Link which follows the shores of the Harlem River in the Bronx for 1.9 miles. Seen in the background is Metro North's Harlem River Bridge
Eastbound crude oil exits the one of the most secluded tunnels on CSX. Bells Tunnel is tucked away on a large farm and miles away from public access. As such, photographs of it are very rare. A... (more)
Trains are stacking up as they wait to get into the yards at Garrett, IN. CSX S388-06 is stopped behind the ethonal train K896-06 near Avilla, IN.
A chilly Pennsy kind of day captured at Harrisburg back when. A westbound train. PRR Class EP45.
This is what became of a couple of IHB SW1500's. IHB 1506 and 1508 have been rebuilt into RP15BDF's to run on compressed natural gas/diesel.
Birthplace of the Santa Fe CF7s
Amtrak's Track Geometry Car / Train spent Tuesday running from St. Albans, VT on to Burlington, VT over the New England Central, then south to Rutland on the Vermont Rail System's proposed Western... (more)
Train #5, The Lake Cities, at Burnham Tower. Here the CSS&SB, C&WI (EL trackage rights) and NKP crossed the PRR. Note the South Shore overhead to the left. Thanks to Bob Lalich for helping me get... (more)
South end of Nothbound American Orient Express Observation. Built as NYC "Sandy Creek". / Camera-Mamiya RB67 / Film-Kodak 120 400NC
A locomotive lash-up like this was quite rare to find on a through-freight this late in 1966 on the Seaboard Air Line Virginia Division. This September 1966 photo finds First 88, operating as Ext... (more)
Colorado’s Minturn Yard is bustling with new Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs on September 5, 1995. To the right on the main line, a helper set trailed by No. 143 returns from pushing tonnage up th... (more)
Ready for a 2030 departure... Recently repainted display unit was fired up for the first time in 30 years! Not ready for excursions yet, a lot more work to be done, including getting from tractio... (more)
The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 meets a westbound mixed freight at Soldier Summit on May 7, 1976.
F3's in dedicated helper service shove another one west up the slope past Alto.
Kentucky & Tennessee 2-8-2 #12 near Stearns, KY in the summer of 1963. This engine went on to become Southern #4501 which currently resides at TVRM in Chattanooga.
Observation "Hickory Creek" on rear of the "Century"
The south structure of what remains of the Kinzua Bridge that was wiped out by a ravageing storm last year.
Cough, cough, wheeze.... what is this?? Something on fire in a tunnel? UP 2952 East with two SD40-2s struggles to get through a summit tunnel.
CSX's newest, yet unofficial "heritage unit", is ChessSX GP40-2 6914, seen here resting on a humid Georgia summer night at the small Wyvern Yard near Cartersville, Georgia. Unknown tagge... (more)
In late 1958, a freight swings through a reverse curve at Emerson, GA, on the ex-Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis main line north of Atlanta. Two of the B-units have surrendered their blue and g... (more)
Todays Amtrak no. 14, the northbound Coast Starlight is running on a limited weekly schedule once again. Three units with No.127 leading, roll the Starlight along the Gaviota Coastline north of S... (more)
Engineer Ed Dickens radios one of his crew from the cab of Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 at Rock Springs, Wyoming, on May 5, 2019.
