As the sun prepares to set on Chicago, Union Pacific Northwest train #647 begins its trip to Harvard with Metra's newest creation in charge. Leading the way is METX #90, looking great in Chicago &... (more)

Amtrak Northeast Regional train departs Boston towards Washington DC, leaving the skyline behind.

Shipping up to to Boston. Amtrak's new Alstom Avelia Liberty (Acela 21) crossed Pelham Draw in the Bronx, New York on the afternoon of Monday, September 28, 2020 on its way to Boston, Massachusett... (more)

Not your normal 10 car train. Setting up the New York City Transit/New York Transit Museum 2019 Parade Of Trains required a few moves Coney Island Yard, but coupling AB Standards, R9s, and BUs tog... (more)

NJT 3270 is shoved by PRR wrapped ALP46 #4636 on its way to New York Penn Station. The train skirts through the Hackensack Meadowlands along the "High Line" portion of the PRR's electric... (more)

Easing along, an interesting consist. Photo by Gary W. Zeitler. Note that Manufacturers Railway insulated boxcar in the background. It proves that it’s okay to raise the roof if it means you ... (more)

On a bright winter day a set of standard NYCTA IRT cars running as a southbound #2 train approaches Gun Hill Road station in the Bronx. The middle track that drops down here was the connection to ... (more)

For generations, until full width cabs became standard, New York subway cars featured a "railfan window" that provided a motorman's view of the track ahead. Two kids were taking advantag... (more)

A venerable F40C pulls another outbound commuter train from Union Station. Notice the track work in the foreground. Provia 100 slide film.

The action is hot and heavy as two Metra trains pass on the north lead into Union Station while a CTA train rumbles by overhead in the background. Provia 100 slide film.

UP 815 heads south through downtown Chicago with cars for the Chicago Tribune. Here they pass through a "tunnel" under some streets and skyscrapers.

Here is the PASTAC just getting back to the remains of it's train, after the crew made a setout in the Tacoma Yard. It wasn't clear to me, why only part of the train was setout, as the symbol ind... (more)

Fallen Flags. The Santa Fe Depot in San Diego, CA was opened on March 8, 1915, part of a large expansion of rail service in the area. Naturally, a Fred Harvey concession was included in the statio... (more)

A 1954 classic! The former Milwaukee Road 2048, now operating for Metra as the NIRC 3, makes its way off the St. Charles Air Line and onto the Rock Island District at 16th Street. Its train of thr... (more)