IC 3719, a 2-6-0, undergoes a cosmetic restoration at the Illinois Railway Museum.

Happy New Year! Red double arrow "Churchil-Pfeil" RAe 4/8 # 1021 of the SBB, built in 1939, standing in Brunnen on the swiss national day.

On a storm filled night in Southern Missouri, a Southbound BNSF manifest patiently holds the main at Diggins Siding.

An empty coal train holds the siding at Diggins as a Southbound manifest rolls by on the main and the lightning of an encroaching storm surges across the sky.

ZAP! After a lot of patience, I captured a good sized arc, or the visible discharge of electricity between the catenary wire and pantograph's carbon strips. At high speeds, some arcing is ... (more)

Florida East Coast train FEC 208, led by FEC 815, streaks north across the Crane Creek bridge in downtown Melbourne while lightning streaks across the sky. Work to complete the first new bridge i... (more)

While the Trains Magazine photoshoot was primarily about #81, we did get a chance to get a look at #40 in the shop, currently down for its FRA mandated "1472" inspection. Here we see a member of ... (more)

Just For Show. No actual flat cars were harmed during this demonstration at the night shoot at Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in Willimantic, Connecticut on Saturday, October 2, 2021.

Visiting a freight car scrapper brings to mind the mythical elephants’ graveyard, as one is surrounded by the massive carcasses of rail cars whose useful lives have ended. Morbidly slicing them... (more)

With a large lightning storm overhead, the Tuscola-based 200 job power sits quiet for the night.

A slight sprinkle of rain falls as Loram grinds away sending sparks flying off the to the side. This was the first grinding of the newly laid ribbon rail from almost a year ago on the CSX Bowline ... (more)