An outbound New Jersey Transit train to Trenton flies across the Raritan River, as it runs express to Princeton Junction as a part of the rush hour services on the Northeast Corridor. On the banks... (more)

NS loaded coal train 812 passing an N&W era intermediate signal at the Long Island Park in Long Island, Va.

Scotrail meets Scotrail on the first part of the Forth Bridge (2523m long) over the Firth of Forth

"Metro North at the Mount Vernon Fall Carnival" An eastbound Metro North New Haven Line train passes by the Mount Vernon Fall Carnival. The carnival was set up at August Petrillo Plaza, wh... (more)

The Final Mile. A North Mississippi Rail Services 45-tonner has likely ran its last mile as its parts seem to be getting stripped here at the Port of Itawamba in Fulton, Mississippi. Like this loc... (more)

The conductor in charge of this evening's Metrolink 118 looks ahead to confirm a clear signal at the end of the Van Nuys platform before radioing the engineer that he's ready to highball. The sign... (more)

Local train between Martigues and Croix-Sainte on the giant bridge over the Canal de Caronte in the afternoon sun

In some of the last days of the Cuba Sub searchlights the new Darth Vader signals are already looming ominously over Niangua siding. Anticipation grows as the headlights of an approaching westboun... (more)

Framed between the rising mountains of Tehachapi, dotted with windmills eager to catch the passing gusts of wind at this location, a westbound BNSF manifest slugs upgrade into Cameron on a warm af... (more)

A Yellow Line train bound for Reagan Airport slows for the stop at the busy hub of L'Enfant Plaza. On the opposite track, an outbound train for Greenbelt departs the stop, heading eventually for t... (more)

With the length of its train still snaking through Cliff and Tunnel 5, a northbound UP intermodal train's head-end exists Tunnel 3 as it approaches Bealville in the morning light.

"Sunset on the Wetley Branch" The famous Colorado sunset as seen from the Great Western Railway's abandoned Welty Branch in Buda, Colorado. The Great Western Railway of Colorado ... (more)

"The Lonely Boxcar of Buda" A single boxcar sits alone on the Great Western Railway's Welty Branch just off of Interstate 25 in Buda, Colorado. The boxcar is painted in GWR orange and spor... (more)

End of an Era. The Famous PRR Signals that guided Westbound trains in the "Trench" at CP Penn have been retired. Also of note, new crossovers in front of the signals, the Interlocking ha... (more)

At the turn of the 20th Century, Chattanooga found itself playing a critical role in connecting the north with the south. By 1906 Chattanooga felt the need for a consolidated terminal as its two e... (more)