It's unlikely that this Zulu family has ever seen a GMAM Garratt before. Thirty three years after steam ended in Natal, it has returned to its old stomping grounds on the steeply graded Durban to... (more)

"The Patch heard 'round the World"

The most controversial piece of railroad equipment to roam the rails is PRLX SD70ACe 4834, now wearing C&O lettering. This unit has c... (more)

Yes, that's a Chessie System locomotive at a CSX repaint facility in the year 2017. C&O No. 8272, formerly known as CSX B30-7 No. 5554 sits at CSX's Huntington Locomotive Shops on Saturday, March ... (more)

CNR SW1200RS 1212 had a bit of an oops when trying to negotiate the switches at Hamilton Junction, Ontario. This accident tied up the Grimsby Sub to Niagara Falls and Fort Erie for a while which ... (more)

It's great when you arrive at a beautiful winter scene, get out of your car and randomly hear a train coming less than a mile away. What's not great is walking up to the edge of a river to get in... (more)

Don't remember a whole lot about this picture. The building on the left is the iconic former headquarters of the D&H. The train is probably the westbound Empire State Express. I was enroute bet... (more)

A new addition to Norfolk Southern's "heritage fleet": Southern Railway SD40 #3170 was built in April of 1971 and served for Southern and Norfolk Southern until being retired in 2008. It was rece... (more)

Norfolk Southern SD50 5440 busts through a pile of snow at a crossing in Carlock, Illinois on Thursday Feb 3, 2011 following the February blizzard that blanketed much of the midwest. The former Co... (more)

Shot from a safe distance, is Amtrak Adirondack charging through snowdrifts across Vanier St. Still, I was completely buried to the delight of the signal maintainer

It was freezing cold, and we waited 45 minutes for the sun to come in under the clouds.

A great start to a day of photography on the Columbia River Sub. This vehicle train snakes off the bridge and along the bluffs, seemingly all the way back to Wenatchee. Fortunately the train was... (more)

One of the millions of things I like about Montana is the clear water. This is plainly seen in this photo. Here a H-1 Dash 9 leads a BNSF freight over Bridge 55 on Montana Rail Link's 4th Subdivis... (more)

The early morning sun rises on a plethora of stored locomotives in the West Yard.

Iowa Northern's North Crew works on digging out more snow before adding 5 engines to the 5 engines stuck in a decent snow drift south of Nora Springs. This part of railroading in the winter isnt m... (more)