Keokuk Junction Railway's B unit is missing from the classic A-B-A lashup as a former CSXT GP16 fills in. The Westbound train crosses the Spoon River Bridge on Thursday afternoon. Steve Smedley

It is 1050 on January 20th, 2018 and the sun has yet to clear the Chugach and Kenai Mountains but is promising to do so in the very near future. As I hear the southbound freight approaching my loc... (more)

Amid a light flurry, St Lawrence & Atlantic 393(detour) is crossing the Richelieu River in St Jean. Less than a quarter of a mile ahead, the consist will enter Canadian Pacific territory for the r... (more)

Westbound intermodal NS 233 crosses the Ohio River Bridge at Kenova on the ex N&W mainline heading towards Norfolk Southern's Chicago Intermodal Terminal at Landers Yard with the NS "Honoring... (more)

Carolina Coastal's #119 job crosses the long Pamlico River trestle spanning Washington, NC and Chocowinity, NC on it's morning run from Plymouth. Many of CLNA's locomotives feature new paint with... (more)

The Nantahala Gorge Excursion departs Bryson City on time. 10:30 a.m.

Snow clearance on the Furka pass line of the Dampfbahn Furka Bergstrecke (DFB) (Furka steam railway) . The Steffenbach bridge, which is folded down during the winter to give the avalanches a free ... (more)

An American tradition comes to an end... After 146 years of entertaining families all across America, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is making its final visit to Charleston, W.Va., ... (more)

Those of you who are long time followers of RP.net may recall this photo and the story that accompanied it from 5 years ago. Click h... (more)

Surprise military train! Following an amazing three days below Mount Shasta, I was hanging out with the guys and had just gotten my full from a big dish of spaghetti when we saw an unexpect... (more)

The Salmonberry Excursion train is currently empty, and is deadheading back to its home terminal in Garibaldi after a successful run. Here it passes over a trestle on the north end of the town of... (more)

The 72nd annual Santa Train crosses the famous Copper Creek Viaduct high above the Copper Creek valley. Santa has two more stops in Virginia to distribute toys, candy, and winter wear before the ... (more)

The Vermont Rail System's 101-year-old CP Angus Shops built plow got another workout on February 20, when light power from a Thursday salt extra train took the plow west over the GMRC Bellows Fall... (more)

Built in 1882 this "Eighth Wonder of the World" lasted 121 years before it was destroyed by a F1 Tornado a little over ten years ago. At the time of the Tornado it was fourth-tallest railway bridg... (more)

A loaded crude oil train rumbles across the former DM&IR double-deck Oliver Bridge.