Fresh new paint + just a little patina and you have ideal conditions for a portrait. I guess I never cared enough to figure out if this was on the books of the Grand Trunk Western or the Grand Tr... (more)

Originally this famous unit was apparently an F9, at least in looks but over the years she received all sorts of modifications a the company tested components across the nation. During this perio... (more)

Looking like a mixed train, Missabe 193 prepares to shove four passenger and two freight cars to the Lake Superior Railroad Museum. The freight cars are for a display on Saturday for National Rail... (more)

A Union Pacific tunnel clearance test train heads east through Garfield on the former Western Pacific Salt Lake City to Oakland mainline. In the background is Kennecott Copper Corporation's smelte... (more)

Built 1932 by De Dion Bouton, the railcar was invited as guest during the steam festival “Baie de Somme".

IN LOVE . . . with abandoned railroads? As I explained in photo no. 435007, the "sulphite bridge" in Franklin, New Hamp... (more)

This is what happens when rails are subjected to intense heat. The "sulphite bridge" in Franklin, New Hampshire, is a wooden covered bridge structure typical to New England. It was built in 1896... (more)

You may not believe it, but you are looking at a genuine World War II war machine. Three foot narrow gauge Combine No. 36 (built circa 1900 by the railroad, weighing 11.5 tons, and 42' 10" long) c... (more)

Two railcars from Pilatus Kulm to Alpnachstad near the valley station: View from the cab at the end from the first railcar. We go downhill, that's why the pantograph is not in use. Note the specia... (more)

The new EMU train Siemens Desiro-Rus 'Lastochka' ES1-017 is staying in the shop of train start-up and commissioning at Ural Locomotives Ltd., which intends to produce similar high-speed trains b... (more)

Montana Rail Link’s train No. 844, the Logan local, works up the 2.2 percent grade on the Harrison Branch on May 7, 2012. Short but rugged Big Antelope Creek Canyon is 3 miles north of Sappingto... (more)

At the Ikawa-Line from the Oigawa-Railway between Senzu and Ikawa the part from Ichishiro to Nagashima Dam is very steep. Between these two stations (1.5km) this double-loc with cogwheel (System A... (more)

Mobil Grain engines rest on a beautiful evening in Central Saskatchewan

Two variants of the Russian TEM 3 Road Switcher rest at the Havana engine terminal. The highly successful TEM models trace their linage to Alco RSD-1s supplied to the Soviets during World War 2. T... (more)