A loaded coal train bound for export at Newport News is seen crossing over the Chesapeake & Ohio viaduct in Downtown Richmond.

Apparently they needed a lot of sand. These units were used in the plant to move huge unit trains of coal. Original railroad unknown. This operation was really great for railfans but operators ... (more)

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 4-8-2 number 555 had a total engine and tender weight of 519,000 lbs., and a tractive force of 53,800 lbs. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works,... (more)

Frecciarossa Salerno-Turin in transit on the Paglia viaduct on the Rome-Florence direct line.

Frecciargento Rome-Reggio Calabria train photographed on the shore of the Tyrrhenian Sea near Capo Bonifati.

This Intercités train from Paris to Clermont-Ferrand crosses the Marne

CP 8951 leads a mixed manifest train west between Blairmore and Coleman.

CP 8700 leads a loaded coal train west at Cokato. I love visiting the Crowsnest Pass/ Elk Valley area, especially in the fall. I strongly recommend it.

New Jersey Transit GP40PH-2 4100 is leaving Rutherford Station. Train 1174 from Suffern to Hoboken.

UP M-HKNP at Brownson

As ubiquitous to BNSF as the SD40-2 was to BN, a trio of Dash 9s lead an intermodal train over the summit of Marias Pass.

The evening local out of Apex departs south for Moncure behind a single GP40-2.

With 1 string of CWR left aboard, UP AC4400CW 6419 prepares to hammer the diamond at Rochelle with a Goldfield, IA - Chicago Yard Center, IL rail train.

UP ES44AC 5439 slowly pulls over the diamond at Rochelle departing Global 3 with a manifest for the NS at Ashland Avenue in Chicago.

Nickel Plate Road 765 rolls past the Pleasant Lake Depot with its passenger train on a sunny June morning.