Same as it ever was...

Conductor Ray Martinez brings K-36 487 to a hook to its train on a warm October morning. No radios here, as Ray talks through his body movements to let ... (more)

Back when I started for CN in 2004, the locals between Waterloo and Fort Dodge would meet mid-day around the Webster City/Williams area and swap trains. The jobs this day meet here at Webster City... (more)

GP38-2 7530, GP40-2(W) 9537 and GP38-2 7513 head south on the Camrose Sub as they make their way to Rio Tinto Alcan’s Strathcona Works in east Edmonton.

"Cogger" Joe Eggleston and his "office". They say that if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. Of all of the railroad people I have met over the years, I think this ... (more)

Taking care of steam locomotive G 4/5 #108 from 1906 at Scanfs in Engadin. Special train from Scuol-Tarasp to Samedan.

At about 7:30 am Engineman Jim Rice gives a tug to the throttle of #90 and headed East on the morning of July 26, 2020. If you were running or firing a steam locomotive, you'd be smiling too.

Hostler Jeff Frost climbs aboard SRC #90 to check on his fire on the morning of July 26, 2020. While surrounded by beautiful Amish countryside, the searing heat and humidity of this gorgeous morni... (more)

Following a day of work replacing ties in Argentine Yard, an MW flagman walks back towards his "buggy", having removed the derail protecting the rest of the MW crew, as an SD40-2 waits t... (more)

Traditional railroading was on display on the Coos Bay Railroad as centerbeam lumber cars are picked up and set out at the lumber mill in rural Oregon, as a switchman rides the rear of a cut of em... (more)

Railroading in 2020. Labor Day Weekend marked the first event the Illinois Railway Museum held due to COVID-19. As the sun begins to set, one of the steam crew volunteers applies some fresh oil to... (more)

A Wisconsin Central welder has just lit off a thermite weld pot on the WC main line at Duplainville, Wisconsin, on March 23, 1996. A one-time-use form is attached to the rails surrounding the join... (more)

SN 605 pulls into Mallard, CA preparing to load on to the ferry Ramon. Notice Mt. Diablo off to the right. From the collection of Robert Campbell, Sr.

East Broad Top Locomotives 12 Sits on the turntable at the yard in Orbisonia. A lone worker accomplishes a feat of strength by self propelling the turntable singlehandedly.

Volunteers are hard at work removing Milwaukee Road 261's staybolts as they perform heavy work for the locomotive to be ready for the 2021 season.

From inside the warm and cozy Burnham Tower, a Penn Central passenger train is seen passing by on a cold Chicagoland evening. Penn Central would outlast the tower which burned down in January 197... (more)