By the year 1987, catching a train west of the Keigley dolomite quarry (MP 16) on Rio Grande's Tintic Branch was a remarkable stroke of good luck. At milepost 25, a side track lead to the LDS chur... (more)

Just a few hundred yards out of Erwin yard, the trio of SD40-2s leading a southbound freight lean into the superelevation as they charge across the short Asheville Highway overpass.

Red light district The rush hour is winding down as these two Metra Northwest Line trains await departure with their red marker lights still blazing.

The Polar Express is ready to depart for a run on the first night of operation in Old Sacramento, as the conductor gives a wave to me as I trip the shutter.

On a gray March morning, an NS crew gets empties ready to head for Lafayette.

Metrolink train 707 shoves away from Fullerton into the afterglow of a spectacular sunset.

Nice n shiny, some of the paint was still wet!

The Amtrak 40th Anniversary Train hitches a ride behind train 381, the Carl Sandburg, as it arrives at Galesburg. The train is on display in Galesburg this weekend.

Conrail C39 6614 at Liberty Park, in Jersey City, NJ is assembling a train of empty friction bearing ore cars on the National Docks line,. This train will run onto NJTransit. It will return loade... (more)

Time to Show Off! - Every spring the ARR hosts a lavish open house in both Anchorage and Fairbanks to show off the railroad. This year Anchorage's featured equipment displays both freight ... (more)

A pair of helpers assist an Eastbound down the "slide".

A set of helpers shove hard on this ore train just as the sun is starting to come out and burn the fog off. This train will shortly be on Horseshoe Curve.

a westbound local possibly the Parker or Saltus approaches Daggett, CA, junction of the UP line to Las Vegas with just a water car a some loads of Military vehicles

Amtrak E/B Bluewater #364 Stops at Kalamazoo, MI. for a few minutes racing ahead of the looming thunderstorm that's about to hit, the 519 happens to be the trail unit displaying markers for this p... (more)