DM&IR 403 has already gone by heading towards Two Harbors with steaming taconite pellets and the F.R.E.D. is following along in it's tracks.

A quiet night at the Georgetown VIA Station with only one late night train arriving tonight.

Shortly after sunset, BNSF 4889 pulls through Sandcut.

Crank up the heat. The Strasburg Railroad's night hostler "dials up the thermostat" with a shovelful of the coal to keep the engine house bearable on a chilly February evening. Although th... (more)

An eastbound BNSF coal train departs Laurel, Montana, at 5:45 p.m. on the eve of January 27, 2013. Snow has been falling for a while, blanketing the scene with cast that can only happen during win... (more)

In the old steam shed of Erstfeld, dating from the opening of the Gotthard line in 1882, on the left Ce 6/8 I # 14201 "grandmother" from 1919, a unique prototyp locomotive, not operational, on the... (more)

The Rio Grande heritage and its Chicago bound Z train are on the move after waiting for a westbound stack to pass by.

Sunrise Over West Colton - An eerie orange cast from a foggy morning sunrise spills over the GATX car facility located adjacent to the Former Southern Pacific Classification Yard at West... (more)

Fade To Blue- It's raining trains as blue hour sets in. M345/M336 and WSOR's T9 are all moving under the cover of coming night.

Lightning streaks across the sky over the Florida East Coast double-track main lines during a severe thunderstorm. On average, 1,800 lightning strikes were recorded during a 30 minute period with ... (more)

An inbound GO train at dusk.

Three Tidewater bound coal trains wait to depart Roanoke on a rain slick August 1983 night. Coal loads from Roanoke follow the gentle profile of the Virginian, avoiding Blue Ridge grade. Visible ... (more)

Cold weather railroading at it's finest. It's -27 degrees below zero just before sunrise and the exhaust from the plant is hanging over the small yard while the crew is having issues loading their... (more)

A full moon illuminates the landscape and signals at S. Fairlane on the CN Missabe Sub. at 2330.

NS 117 has a clear signal at CP 145 to proceed west towards Cincinnati. This day 117 had NS's Penn Central heritage unit leading. The signals are those of PRR heritage. If you look closely, the CP... (more)