Approximately one hour before takedown, Walter, the station's Solari board operator began to display some long gone train names on the board. Only programmed names could be shown, and alas nobody ... (more)

The waiting room of 30th Street Station is bathed in fleeting rays of sunlight on the Solari board's final day. More photos of the board and its takedown can be found here: Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: none
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 26, 2019

The distant headlight heralds the approach of a train to Kandy's station, with its impressive semaphore signals. The night shift signalman looks on.

A Union Pacific electrician rebuilds a locomotive main generator in the general shop at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 18, 2015. A lot of different skills and ... (more)

It's just after 3AM and coal loads heading to Norfolk, VA break the peaceful silence of this once-busy industrial area of Altavista, Virginia. Most of the infrastructure of this industrial park se... (more)

Last night in the info booth. 30th Street Station information desk Clerk Pat K. poses in front of the Solari departure board at night on January 2nd. On January 3rd work was scheduled to begin ins... (more)

A welder inside Union Pacific’s De Soto, Missouri, car shop repairs a freight car truck side frame on September 28, 2011.

An old, deteriorating Chicago, Burlington & Quincy stencil used on freight cars is tacked onto a railroad outbuilding along the Burlington Northern main line through Brush, Colorado, in April 1984... (more)

Even at a 10,221-foot elevation, small trees are taking foot on the rusty main line and siding at the summit of the former Rio Grande main line over Tennessee Pass. Still “railbanked” by Union... (more)

Photo JP HAMEAU - On the line from Paris to Dreux Argentan and Granville, a light inox push and pull diesel train set is crossing a short freight train. Prépared by Patrick Meunier

A UP-APL OAAP6 negotiates Williams Loop with double stacks occupying all levels of the circular alignment.

Station building of Basel SBB in the blue hour, seen from the Centralbahnplatz. From Wikipedia: In 1902, the "Schweizerische Centralbahn" was transferred to the newly created Swiss Feder... (more)

The east switch of Salida siding is no longer visible through the brush as trees and bushes encroach on the Tennessee Pass main line in Colorado that Union Pacific has rail banked for over twenty ... (more)

This train Quimper-Bordeaux has just crossed the river Lay and is approaching the city of Luçon. The first engine has kept its original blue colour scheme.

The 65 metre high Landwasser viaduct, landmark of the Rhaetian Railway (RhB) Albula Line and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Albula Bernina since 2008, leads directly into the vertically sl... (more)