Bicentennial GG1! Our country's bicentennial was celebrated in many ways including railroad locomotives of all types painted red, white and blue. This GG1 was one of the more gaudy locomotives p... (more)

B&O 5581 has been coaled and now goes for a spin on the table before being spotted for further service. The colorful upstarts of the C&O seem to be watching the activity from the house. More tur... (more)

Western Maryland had three RS-3's that were built with the unusual high short hood. The Pennsylvania had one making a total of 4 units in this configuration. WM were scrapped. The PRR was trade... (more)

This is the New York to Detroit through train (which will skirt through southern Ontario on its way to the Motor City) passing Bannerman Castle in Beacon NY.. I want to thank railfan Ray Wetzel fo... (more)

Sitting, still in disrepair and waiting for duty, 6311 keeps guard outside the old elevators in Rosalia. The setting sun, light pollution from nearby Spokane, and a single mercury vapour light pro... (more)

EMD-GM built a pair of electric locomotives in the 1970's, a GM6 on the frame of a SD40-2 and a unique GM10. Both worked the Penn Central/Conrail electric lines with GM staff onboard. Think abou... (more)

Rare birds indeed were Monon’s nine Alco C628s (400-408), acquired in 1964. A third of the entire roster is shown at Louisville’s Youngtown Yard in June 1965. The Hoosier Line deemed the big-f... (more)

The Louisville section of C&O’s George Washington (eastbound, train 22) is departing L&N’s Union Station in June 1965. C&O’s trains serving the Derby City called at the riverfront Central St... (more)

Southbound from Silverton in the late afternoon. The combination of hazy sunshine and the reflection of light off the mineral stained rocks below the bridge produced an interesting lighting effec... (more)

Waiting for a downhill train, this eastbound stack waits at Sky.

The Adirondack skirts along Lake Champlain a mile south of Port Henry behind one of the the D&H's iconic rebuilt PAs.

CP 3716 takes a rest after subbing for BC Rail's Royal Hudson #2860 on an excursion from North Vancouver to Squamish and return. Or... apparently, I was once in Squamish. I do recall the chase -... (more)

At approximately 4AM, the Chesapeake and Albermarle rock job was northbound with approximately 40 empties. It passed 2 signals and approached the open bascule draw span over the Intercoastal Water... (more)

VIA's eastbound Turbo is gliding through the Brockville train station without stopping as a Canadian National freight is heading westbound.