BNSF 1637, a 50-year-old GP9, soaks up the bright Oklahoma sunshine for a few minutes before it disappears back into the bowels of the W.B. Johnston Grain Co., as seen in Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: EMD GP9
Location: Enid, Oklahoma, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 1637
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 17, 2007

The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow... on this day was Dennison, Ohio. Ohio Central RS-18 1800 and former Amtrak F40PH 271 sat at the head of the next day's NRHS convention consist in... (more)

Through the fog. Iowa Interstate's doubleheaded 2-10-2s emerge from the fog and blast past the former Rock Island station in Wilton with a manifest freight. The Chinese imports were on thei... (more)

It's 1910 and Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington 0-4-4T 10 slows for the station stop at Alna Center. The handful of passengers aboard coach 3, still lettered for the Wiscasset & Quebec, which was... (more)

A classic lineup of Missabe SD38-2s 214 and 205 lead a southbound loaded T-Bird through the signals at the south end of Iron Junction on its way to the plant at Forbes.

Conway Scenic 0-6-0 7470 emerges from the shadows of the White Mountains as it passes through Notchland on the return trip of a Massachusetts Bay RRE charter trip to Faybans. The cliff in the back... (more)

What better way to celebrate Boxing Day... then by showing off some of Canada's finest earning their keep in the U.S. In the summer of 2006, the NHRS convention visited Ohio, and a special ... (more)

Merry Christmas. CP 9824 leads the Holiday Train toward its first stop of the day in Oneonta, while NS 9925 waits for the train to clear before heading south to Binghamton. Note the classic... (more)

Merry Christmas. A little snow would make this the perfect Christmas card scene. WK&S 0-6-0T 65 emerges from the woods and passes between an ex-Reading crossing shanty and a house made to l... (more)

Merry Christmas Eve. In a behind-the-scenes look at a CP Holiday Train stop, Binghamton police and CP employees help keep traffic moving and onlookers safe as they admire the bright lights.... (more)

The odd couple. At the end of North Platte's Rail Fest, the locomotives that were on display in downtown were brought back to Bailey Yard and sent on their way. Before leaving town, brand n... (more)

A quartet of GP38-2s (3809, 3811, 3801 and 3804) lead Iowa Northern's North Crew pass a new siding under construction on the southeast side of Manly. Note the little cart of track supplies sitting... (more)

The sun sets on another beautiful day on the Iowa plains as Prairie Land Cooperative SW1 1 and MWLX SW7 137 await another day of switching.

UP SD70Ms 4157 and 4549 lead former SP AC4400CW 6183 (still in scarlet and gray) and a manifest southbound on UP's Spine Line, seen here passing a signal on the north side of McCallsburg, Iowa.

Can you guess which way the wind blows? One of the surprising things from our trip to Oklahoma last year was the constant winds from the south, as demonstrated by this tree in the shadow of... (more)