A classic at speed. The quintessential early 20th century American locomotive, the 4-4-0, speeds across the countryside with a trainload of passengers. After two days of clouds during Carl ... (more)

NS SD40-2s 3338 and 3344 shove hard on the rear of eastbound autoparts train 12N as they pass the former site of MO Tower and the small yard known as the Cresson Engine Facility, which is unusuall... (more)

Fog has descended on the Iowa River valley on this cold October morning, resulting in this eerie scene at Iowa Interstate's Iowa City yard. SD38-2s 156 and 153 sit on a grain train, while a couple... (more)

Iowa Chicago & Eastern SD40-2 6452 sits near the engine facility while CP (former SOO) GP38-2 4511 remains tied onto a southbound on a cool October night at Nahant Yard. The 6452 and three sisters... (more)

Two fans grab a shot of Challenger 3985 from the shoulder of Route 30 as it heads east across the Nebraska plains. A fast-approaching westbound manifest, led by UP 4005, can be seen in the distanc... (more)

Immediately after the Challenger passed (the train can be seen near the signal in the distance), UP 4005 and two sisters blast westward with a manifest, passing the Platte Vally Terminal grain ele... (more)

With much of the Northeast's fall foliage already past peak, central New Jersey is one of last places to find decent color. NJT ALP44 4416 leads a train southbound under the unique covered bridge ... (more)

Soaring above motorists on Route 67 (River Drive) is Iowa Interstate GP38-2 716, the protect engine for 2-10-2 QJ 6988. The diesel will pull the 3:00 PM train back from Walcott. The track undernea... (more)

Need a lift? A crew van waits to take ICE 6441's crew back to Mason City, about 10 miles to the south. The crew locked up the engine, loaded their grips into the van and took off, leaving t... (more)

The soybeans are ready for harvesting as they observe the passage of classy Little River Railroad 110 hauling passengers between Angola and Pleasant Lake during Angola's annual Fall Fest. The 58-t... (more)

Which is rarer? Union Pacific 4-6-6-4 3985, the world's only operating Challenger and one of two remaining, seems like the easy answer. However, a closer look reveals that the switcher is P... (more)

Guess he doesn't like the whistle. As Pere Marquette 1225 leads a freight across snow-covered Michigan fields, a Husky shows his displeasure over the morning intruder.

With the clouds that have darkened the skies most of the day in the distance, Strasburg's Canadian workhorse, former Canadian National 0-6-0 7312 makes easy work of a 10-car mixed train on the uph... (more)

After a long day of heavy trains, former Norfolk & Western 4-8-0 475 eases through the yard headed for the enginehouse in the last minutes of sunshine. From this angle, you can't even tell that th... (more)

EMDs at night. While we were shooting night shots of UP 3985, we grabbed a couple quick shots of SW1500 1002 and a Geep. Right after these shots, a crew showed up and jumped onboard to cont... (more)