San Luis & Rio Grande's Alamosa to Monte Vista turn is running light engine through this winter scene just before arriving at Monte Vista to begin several hours of local switching. After serving a... (more)

The new ore cars CN has been ordering to replace their aging fleet of former DM&IR ore cars sure do glow in the low winter sun on the shortest day of the year as the haul more steaming taconite pe... (more)

Dashing through downtown Charles Town at a clip of 10 mph in front of the American Public University Eastern Panhandle Campus in low light conditions is K796 on the old B&O Valley Branch.

The action take place in unrecognized republic of Abkhazia, a disputed territory on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus. The status of Abkhazia is a cent... (more)

The Veteran's locomotive leads a crude oil drag through the ice lined walls of the Highland Cut.

Amtrak #8, the eastbound Empire Builder, is running a few hours late this day. Motive power problems at Seattle caused the addition of BNSF #716 as lead unit. The train is pictured here running al... (more)

Steam and smoke mix in the forest after a hard run up the hill by the Manitou & Pike's Peak rarely-operated steam locomotive. The M&PP's 1897 Vauclain Compound cog locomotive #4 is believed to be ... (more)

Coming from Albany N.Y and returning west, empty ethanol train #643 has just crossed into Canada as it rolls north toward Montreal on a cold blustery day.

Coming from Albany N.Y and returning west, empty ethanol train #643 rounds a curve on the old Napierville Jct Ry on a blustery cold January afternoon.

With a heavy coat of ice fog on the shrubs in the foreground and the thermometer reading -6 degrees (f) the day dawns in Alamosa and finds a pair of San Luis & Rio Grande painted SD9043MACs idling... (more)

Heading west through northern Ontario on VIA 1 in January. Cold on the outside, warm and cozy inside.

A former Illinois Central GP10 has been assigned to the daily Twin Cities & Western transfer to CP's St. Paul Yard, seen here heading light power towards the UP yard at Western Avenue. It was a v... (more)

Train L517 is climbing out of the gentle Hay River valley east of Colfax, WI. Cold subzero daytime temperatures have pushed back the schedule for train L517 on the CN Minneapolis Sub. Normally a n... (more)

11R crosses the Potomac River on a very frigid windy January day as the final rays of light shine on the Maryland side of the river.