"12R MEETS 213"
It's a very chilly 10 degrees at Shepherdstown, WV as 213 sits in the siding to meet the oncoming 12R. The venerable Norfolk and Western CPL signals stand guard both in ... (more)

Sunrise. An unidentified SY 2-8-2 crosses the river at Haishiwan with a train for Yaojie in 2005.

A local kayaker gets an early morning start as the NS 2699 leads an oil train across the famous Rockville Bridge near Harrisburg PA. The sun is rising and the fog is beginning to lift.

A pair of MTA Subway trains thread the low-rise, urban density of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The dome of the landmark Williamsburg Bank is the product of venerated architect William B. Post, also n... (more)

Choosing sides at Deep River Creek. Under a pretty mackerel sky, Engineer Brian Messinger takes Valley Railroad Mikado #40 and the 2:30 edition of the Santa Special across Deep River Creek,... (more)

NS 8327's headlights peek through the falling snow as it curves through Laurel Valley with NS 112 in tow.

R&N #425 prepares for an early morning departure from Port Clinton, PA on a brisk Winter day in December of 2013.

The sun rises on Class 19D No 2669 the classic SAR branch line locomotive pilots Sizonke Stimela's Class GMAM on the climb to Donnyrook.

Chelatchie Prairie Dawn. Up and in the saddle at 0-dark-thirty, the crew of Crossett Western #10 takes a local freight north at sunrise, on a former Northern Pacific branch line that is no... (more)

TU7A narrow gauge diesel locomotive with passenger train crosses the bridge through the river "Cheptsa" in the vicinity of Kirovo-Chepetsk city. "Karinskaya railway" is a unique narrow gauge railw... (more)

The sun is trying to burn off the morning fog as a single Canadian National SD60 heads north with a freight at Duplainville, WI.

Heading Towards the Storm A late season monsoon has formed over Peach Springs while a hot high priority intermodal train races towards it as it goes through Hackberry on its way to Texas.

Backwoods of central Russia at the north of wooded and swampy Tver region. Local time 4-28 AM. TEP70 locomotive with passenger train "Ivanovo - St. Petersburg" appears out of the fog breaking the ... (more)

"Look Good on the Marker"
Manifest train 15T has taken the siding at Shenandoah Junction, WV and it's end of train device flashes marking the rear of the train. Hot intermoda... (more)

Along the river under the clouds... EP2K electric DC locomotive with passenger train goes along the river "Sylva" at early morning. The action took place at western Ural m... (more)