Lot of activity going on in this one! A Metra commuter train sits outside the Aurora Transportation Center and Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora, IL, waiting for its call to duty. Up above is BNSF... (more)

Train wreck at Superior WV – photo by Howard Hutchison from my collection. The railroad calls this location Huger which is approximately three miles east of Welch WV on the N&W Pocahontas Divisi... (more)

This was the one place the CP had water up to the ties. The Marquette local takes 64 cars to Harpers Ferry siding for 261 to pickup tonight. The crew creeps thru the water at Waukon Jct. The water... (more)

ATSF 19, The Chief, is being led by 2-10-2 3814, 2-10-2 3822, and 4-8-4 3768 on the east side of Raton Pass at Wootton Colorado, on December 29th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

M583 rolls through Tantallon Cut at the bottom of Cumberland Mountain on a dreary Fall morning.

The Fall Leaf special blasts off from Reading Outer Station lead by the RDG 2102. Just starting to pull the steam and smoke show draw photographers in. The train passes by other Reading and Northe... (more)

remains of NS 6749 at a scrap yard.

In January, the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad announced the acquisition of the Georges Creek Railway, a 12-mile line spanning from Borden Shaft, MD to Westernport, MD for freight and passenger ... (more)

848 leads SD75M 232 and Dash 9-44CW 687 climbing the grade towards Bealville.

All of a sudden heavy clouds start rolling in and then the sun pokes through the clouds only to light up the train. Lasted about ten seconds. A trio of GE power heads a loaded coal train west thro... (more)

Anticipation. A small group of passsengers watch with anticipation as a southbound East Broad Top mixed train enters the station platform at Rockhill Furnace, PA. Although primarily taking... (more)

There is plenty of water around Marquette, as near record high flooding is making things difficult for CP. The CP is fighting back hard with many work trains and constant raising of track. North o... (more)

Ex CITX SD60 at Borger, TX being painted into OmniTRAX dark blue paint.

The golden sunrise glistens on the stainless steel of the California Zephyr, which runs past a pond in Wiggins formed from the relentless thunderstorms that have pounded the area.

In 1987-1988, Southern Pacific closed the Modoc Line to through traffic. If the Modoc had been open, this EURGM would have been closing in on Alturas. Instead, the train is crossing Dry Canyon Via... (more)