Amtrak’s westbound Empire Builder passes through a frozen scene as the blue hour descends on Brookfield after one of Wisconsin’s winter ice/snowstorms in February 1983. The two EMD F40PHs have... (more)

The thunderous roar of two EMD 16-645E3's fills the cold Winter air as engineer RD Albrightson notches his two SD40-2's out to keep the 23 loads of charcoal, grain, oats and propane at the posted ... (more)

CNW 876 emerges from the fog near Blodgett, IL on CNW's New Line in March of 1985.

A little fog makes for a more dramatic shot of a set of old Missabe searchlight signals still functioning at Sparta, MN. CN is replacing these old veterans of the railroad industry with new "... (more)

Recreations don't get much better than this. Edwardian elegance by lamplight.

A cold February day and the steam in Marley Hill shed takes an age to disperse. No 2 is raising steam whilst Twizell, behind, has had a steam test

As dark envelopes the Yard in black pouring rain, the Engineer reluctantly returns to his charge, New Haven No. 3025. He will climb aboard, release the brake, tug the throttle and to put the big b... (more)

Though the valleys still lay in shadow, GSMR 1702 is already steaming along the banks of the Tuckasegee River.

As the sun begins to crest the tops of the Smoky Mountains, #1702 is already rolling west through the dissipating fog with an excursion bound for Nantahala.

A very foggy day

CREX 1427 leads a BNSF empty grain train east across the large through truss bridge at MP 57 on the Montana Rail Link near Trout Creek, MT. The chilly morning has produced a fog bank along the riv... (more)

The World speed-record lok crosses the highest trestle along Semmeringbahn. The sun rose up to the perfect height, shooting trough the morning fog. Some said that a modern train is inappropriate o... (more)

Out of the Fog

Central PA's favorite (and currently only) operating steam locomotive, Everett Railroad #11, breaks of of the mists on a brisk morning hauling the first of this year's... (more)

One may think the time stood still in the railway station of Zeitz, in Saxony-Anhalt. You can feel the atmosphere of the former "Deutsche Reichsbahn", the railways in the former German D... (more)