Tunnel #4: The "Yellow Jacket" Tunnel. The Engineer on V&T Locomotive #29 has his engine nicely hooked up as he tugs a freight consist out of the East Portal of Tunnel #4 and up t... (more)

Reading & Northern 425 reverses towards its consist in a cloud of steam on a beautiful September morning.

NNRY 93 steams out of a section of track known simply as "The Cut". The train is headed south for its return to East Ely along the section of track known as the Hiline. This track ori... (more)

Conejoes County Glint in Steam

Easily be 1945 again as number 453 moves a manifest up the San Juan Extension nearing the dual gauge at Antinito on a very border sunset of ... (more)

On the cold, damp, rainy morning of May 8, 2019, Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 descends the Wasatch grade at Castle Rock, Utah. The locomotive leads the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike spec... (more)

A local farmer meets the train. Back in the days before motorized vehicles and good roads were common in rural Maine, local farmers would typically bring their produce to the railway and pi... (more)

Mohawk Means Mountain. New New York Central 3001 (4-8-2, Alco, 1940) is the largest surviving steam engine of the NYC fleet. While on other railroads this wheel arrangement was referred to ... (more)

After a long and eventful day, Union Pacific 4014 (Big Boy) rests under the stars in UP's Beverly yard. The Big Boy will depart Beverly at approximately 0900 in the morning, to visit the state cap... (more)

IAIS 6988 pulls a short cut of freight cars west towards Newton, IA after a few days of excursions out in Illinois.

Soo Line 1003 charges over Beaver Dam lake during the Trains Magazine 80th Anniversary Photo Charter

Station stop: Alna Center. For a brief moment in time, the tiny flag-stop at Alna Center, Maine, becomes a beehive of activity, as a southbound WW&F Mixed train stops to meet company vehicl... (more)

On a rather chilly President's Day weekend, the traditional opening day of the weekend, former Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 #475 pulls the 3 pm train on Saturday, February 13, 2021, towards the Esbensh... (more)

IRM's steam powered passenger train departs from the depot as a work train pulls up behind. A pair of CA&E interurban cars wait to haul passengers after the steam train returns.

Flag-stop: Alna Center. A WW&F Engineman and his head Brakeman chat briefly in a pouring rain as empty milk cans come off the Turner Centre Dairy Car, right behind Locomotive #9. These ca... (more)