Car # 1 of the Stoos funicular railway, which opened in december 2017 and is the steepest in the world (110 % or 48 degrees) near the mountain station (where the grade is moderate only). The four ... (more)

The Glover Machine Works. When you visit the Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History in Kennesaw, GA, the famous "General" is not the only locomotive you'll see. After the Civil... (more)

The "CASE IH 160" tractor (Case, Racine, Wisconsin) of the Feldschlösschen brewery is shunting the vintage C # 22 car of the former Sihltalbahn from 1892, now with Zürcher Museumsbahn ... (more)

"Torching Switches" New York & Atlantic Railway's MoW crew torches some frozen switches in Fresh Pond Yard after the January 5th "bomb cyclone" storm covered several switches in huge snow ... (more)

Within the next few years, Nassau Tower will be demolished for a third track to be installed between Floral Park and Hicksville. But instead of demolishing the tower, some people have suggested th... (more)

The Montgomery Fire Department presents a water cannon salute to Amtrak conductor Dennis Gleason who was on his final trip eastbound on the New River Train, pictured here in Montgomery, W.Va., on ... (more)

Retired Amtrak conductor Dennis Gleason signs a fresh brown egg after the successful coupling of three Amtrak P42DCs into the west end of the 30-car New River Train. The egg tradition was started ... (more)

CTA Holiday Express train makes station stop on Loop Elevated at Clark-Lake.

This morning, an astonishing large group of photographers and videographers from over the world watched the shift change "ceremony" at the Dongbolizhan station.

On December 17th, the new funicular from Schlattli to the Stoos sun terrace began operation, the steepest in the world with public service and 2 cars. While the route lies horizontally in the vall... (more)

Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station’s main concourse is decorated for two occasions in this December 1983 view. Balloons celebrating the 50th anniversary of the station, including an inflatable... (more)

Attention, steamtrain from the right! Hand-painted traffic sign at the railway crossing near Dongbolizhan.

With an impressive sparks rain an unidentified 2-8-2 JS steamlocomotive is tackling the grade out of the pit at Sandaoling with a load of coal.

Freshly-minted grabirons, still glowing hot after being formed to shape by blacksmith David Ragsdale, rest on a nearby cooling rack inside Union Pacific’s car shop at Desoto, Missouri, on Septem... (more)