"Lookout Mountain"; not far from its namesake. Ready for return of 611 special to Atlanta

Ready for return to Atlanta

This 1950s-vintage scene depicts a Canadian National local freight waiting for the signal to leave a small town yard. In the background, a visiting Geep 7 beds down for the night. This recreat... (more)

A Canadian National mixed train crosses the high plains of Alberta amid endless fields of grain. To anyone but a die-hard railfan, such a caption would work perfectly with this image. Of course... (more)

Nevada Northern Wreck Train. Alco #109 takes the wreck train west past the Keystone Wye on a cold February afternoon. Notable elements in this special-purpose consist include NN's 100-to... (more)

Veteran Cass Engineer Danny and West Virginia Central Trainmaster Matt clear the area ahead as Western Maryland Shay #6 pulls its special excursion train out of Cheat Bridge Station and heads sout... (more)

A local mixed train begins to move westbound onto the main line as a departing express passenger train clears the yard to the east. A scene like this was commonplace 75-100 years ago but is exce... (more)

A Strasburg Railroad mixed train makes it's way through the Lancaster County farmlands on a cool November afternoon.

Lowell's own streetcar named "Desire" is a Perley Thomas enclosed car, formerly operated by the City of New Orleans, LA. Here, she makes a brief stop at the Suffolk Mill while engaged in crew tr... (more)

New Orleans Public Service Car #966 now plies the streets of Lowell Massachusetts in the capable hands of a Seashore Trolley Museum crew. Here, she crosses Bridge Street passing the beautiful Ma... (more)

This rare 1929 Railbus was originally built as a city bus by the REO Motorcar Company and converted for rail-borne operations in 1930 at the shops of the Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad in... (more)