Winter Park Express Arrival

Moments after emerging from Moffat West Portal at Winter Park Resort the Winter Park Express has begun detraining eager skiers and vacationing... (more)

Even during the middle of a severe winter storm in the Pacific Northwest that caused freezing rain in Oregon and heavy snowfall in Washington, it's business as usual for the railroad as BNSF SD75M... (more)

How often can the crew hang out of the cab, and see their own rear end device. What I believe to be captive power to Colton yard. With SDP45's on the ends, and a SD9 and I believe an SD39, The odd... (more)

Illinois Central E8 4028 leads an A-B-A set on a passenger train departing Central Station in Chicago, Illinois in the 1960s. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

The roundhouse at Conrail’s Conway Yard is mostly empty, but the outside turntable tracks are teeming with six-axle Alco Centuries assigned to drag freight service. Colors of the Lehigh Valley, ... (more)

Near PRR's Bayview Yard, an unusual electric tractor is seen switching cars down Monument Street. This tractor was built at the Pennsy's Altoona Works, and was specifically designed to move freigh... (more)

A heavy snow squall blankets Salamanca, New York as the Buffalo & Pittsburgh's SIRI gets ready to depart southbound behind a trio of SD60I's. The morning crew will board here at the former BR&P st... (more)

After Union Pacific began operation of the Moffat Tunnel line in the wake of the Southern Pacific merger, there was a brief era when UP assigned Rio Grande’s GP60s to the Ski Train. On the morni... (more)

"Holding up the Big Apple"

Traffic comes to a grinding halt at 3rd Street in Brooklyn for a NYCT equipment move down the South Brooklyn Railway for Brooklyn Marine Term... (more)

VIA's Canadian is ready to load passengers at Vancouver, BC during a blizzard that will shut down the airport and close Hwy 1 in the Fraser Canyon. The train will run, leaving Vancouver on time. T... (more)

A 27 unit BNSF power move from Alliance is rolling just east of Sterling, NE on the St. Joseph Sub. The train is DP'ed 2x1 moving 24 Dash9's which are to be returned to service at Topeka Shop. Tha... (more)

SCREAMER! Shannon Hill is a steep 3-5% grade in Arizona's Copper Country. Each Geep is good for approximately 550-580 tons on what is undoubtably the steepest climb in North America. Heav... (more)

From the west portal of Tunnel 2

Winter’s grip is in complete flock of the Flatiron Range between Golden and Boulder. The daily Lincoln to Provo manifest is moving through t... (more)

Other than the orange sanding tower, this angle at Newark kinda looks like the Ohio Central in the good 'ol days... The reality of it is all 3 OC painted SD40-2s (4022, 4024 & 4029) still working ... (more)

Having just finished putting their train together, WFP 304 and 302 are seen accelerating away from Camp A Reload bound for the dry sort at Beaver Cove.