Function over form. Sumpter Valley's 40-ton, 2-Truck Heisler covers its train with a steam blanket in the chilly air of a fall morning.

It is difficult to find adjectives to describe H... (more)

The northbound deadhead move of CSX's annual Santa Train rolls through Unaka Springs on a rainy morning after a nocturnal run up the Blue Ridge Subdivision from Spartanburg. The trailing SD40-2 (8... (more)

At daybreak, run heading north along N Chipman Rd. Light fog breaking up as the sun burns it off.

In 1993, the Ontario Northland expanded its operations when it took over a portion of the Canadian National’s former Canadian Northern main line from Cochrane west to Hearst and Calstock, Ontari... (more)

Pete Lerro Charter 2012. This was the second run-bye at my favorite point of the C&TS. This time with a little more smoke. The grade here actually exceeds 4% for very short sections..... Quite a... (more)

The old farm house looks right at home as Southern #630 make's her run North to Harriman, TN

630 scoots through the valley at the foot of Lookout Mountain, returning to Chattanooga from Attalla with an NS "21st Century Steam" excursion.

A westbound BNSF coal train bound for Centralia, Washington, crosses the causeway east of Heron, Montana, on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivision. As I was waiting for this train to come, I noticed... (more)

On December 2010 freezing rain fell on Moscow and vicinity. The glaze ice accumulation caused a number of accidents and power outages. Roads, trees, wires covered by a thick layer of ice.

Amtrak No. 6, the California Zephyr, is eastbound between Yarmony and Radium along the scenic Colorado River. The shiny Superliner cars reflect the afternoon sun in the placid water of the river ... (more)

DXs 5039 and 5402 cross Big Kowhai Viaduct to reach relatively high speed Canterbury Plains trackage after a long slog through the Southern Alps. The willows in the creek are brandishing their spr... (more)

Canadian National intermodal train No. 192 heads east at Windy Point, which is near Snaring, Alberta, on July 19, 2011. This scenic location is along Jasper Lake in Jasper National Park. Powering ... (more)

Electric cogwheel railcar Bhe 1/2 # 28 on a grade of about 48 % in the "Eselwand" (donkey wall) on the way up to Pilatus Kulm. The Pilatus Railway is the world's steepest cogwheel railway with the... (more)

Friends of the Rail operate two ex SAR branch line engines. Here the smaller of the two is seen shortly after leaving Cullinan Station with a short mixed train. The acacia tree is typical of thi... (more)