Built between 1851 and 1877, the nearly five-mile-long Hoosac tunnel earned the nickname "The Bloody Pit" as it claimed the lives of over two hundred workers during its construction. One of the mo... (more)
Built between 1851 and 1877, the nearly five-mile-long Hoosac tunnel earned the nickname "The Bloody Pit" as it claimed the lives of over two hundred workers during its construction. One of the ... (more)
The crew of PO74 has grabbed a cut of loaded grain cars off the siding at Nay Aug. Soon they will be underway eastbound, heading to the mill at Mt. Pocono. The train is framed by an old Lackawan... (more)
Frigid and sub-zero centigrade temperatures have frozen water runoff on the rock formations outside of the Reading & Northern’s steam shops in Port Clinton, Pennsylvania as the former Gulf Mobil... (more)
A pair of former CSX/Seaboard SD50s RBMN 5019 and 5021 lead a manifest train about to enter the tunnel at Tamaqua on a foggy, misty afternoon.
The New York & Lake Erie's Santa Train emerges from the icicle lined tunnel known as the Dayton Arches behind a pair of MLW FPA-2's. The tunnel was built to allow the Erie Railroad's Allegheny Div... (more)
Ge 6/6 II # 704 "Davos" is leaving the short Zalaint tunnel with freight 5129 from Chur to Samedan. In a few seconds, the train is crossing the Landwasser viaduct between Surava and Fili... (more)
Today's fourth class Train 50 is powered by one of two S-2's assigned to Newport VT. The daily except Sunday fourth class freight worked between Newport and Wells River. It was a turn that retur... (more)
Three FGLK B23-7s are in charge of the "Sweep Job" train (Symbol GS-2) on a sunny December 8th afternoon. The lead unit, 1943, is still sporting its Conrail colors, with only small FGLK ... (more)
The Nevada Northern Railway ten wheeler #40 has just arrived at the Ely station with a mixed train. On the right, the Alco RS-2 #105 is busy with some shunting in the station.
Icycles dangling from the frozen number boards of UP 589 pose while UP 604 waits for its next flip over Donner Pass in Truckee, CA.
DRGW 5771 leads the westbound Rio Grande Zephyr at Pinecliff, CO, on Mar 26, 1983.
In January of 1985, an unlikely scenario unfolded as steam returned to coal train service on the Chesapeake & Ohio main line. Entrepreneur and locomotive owner Ross Rowland headed American Coal En... (more)
And yes, it was extremely cold at the Harbin shed that morning.
Norfolk Southern train 24M works hard upgrade as it passes through the rock cut in Cassandra PA.