Vintage freight car K3 # 1710 of SP (Schweizerische Privatbahnen) on the ferryboat "MF Romanshorn" of the Schweizerische Bodensee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft AG (SBS). Next weekend, 150 years of rail... (more)

A friendly face on a sad day. Norfolk Southern 1068 (Erie Railroad Heritage/Tribute) leads intermodal train 22W by CP MG and the former MG Tower on the afternoon of Sunday, May 5, 2019. The Erie w... (more)

Ed Dickens and Bruce Kirk posing in front of UP 4014. Thank you Ed and the rest of the team for bringing to life a Big Boy that I has been a dream of mine and others to see run. Also thanks to Un... (more)

Almost 39 years ago to the day, Union Pacific 8444 slowly works around a wye under the watchful eye of the crew. The clothes and hairstyles have changed over the years, and UP 8444 is now UP 844, ... (more)

New meets old at The Great Race To Ogden Celebration.

The Gooty's Baldie. The Only ALCO currently in the Indian Railways Network with a curved hood on the short end side and in this livery. The scene depicted here will never be the same again as the ... (more)

The "attention getter" of the year, possibly for the 21st Century as far as some people may be concerned. U.P. 4-8-8-4 Nº4014, one of 25 built during the latter part of WWll made it's de... (more)

On May 7th, 2019, Amtrak issued a new directive that private cars must close their classic "dutch doors" while in motion. While a seemingly minor change, riding in the dutch door has be... (more)

Big Boy under steam and under the stars

BN 7082 leads an intermodal train through Rochelle past the depot less than a month after the BN-ATSF merger. The unit appears to have sustained minor front end damage at some point recently. It ... (more)

60 years ago, 4-8-8-4's were running out their last miles between Cheyenne and Laramie, WY. For the first time since then, a Big Boy charges out of Cheyenne. Truly a breathtaking sight.

U.P. Big Boy 4014 is dwarfed by the wide open Wyoming landscape of which the 4000's pounded through during their careers. 4014 is nearing the end of it's first day during the debuting run to Ogden... (more)

42 years ago I believe it was a Saturday morning standing on the platform of DUS waiting for the departure of our UP steam train to Laramie.........If I would have known that UP steam and myself w... (more)