Late in the day, a faded SD70MAC leads a BNSF coal load through the reverse curves at m.p. 4 of the Orin Line.

The first train of today was CN A408, led by IC 1017 and 1037 (CN paint). The other 2 of 4 total trains I saw today had IC leaders as well, making CN's Chicago/Champaign Subdivisions look like the... (more)

Ferromex SD70ACe 4086 leads NS auto rack train 287 west at "FY" on the west side of Buffalo. On the track in the foreground, Buffalo & Pittsburgh SW1500 1511 rests for weekend after bein... (more)

The old and the new. For New York Yankees Opening Day the MTA New York City Transit Subway/New York Transit Museum operated its 1917 IRT Lo-Vs from Grand Central to Yankee Stadium, and they sat o... (more)

BNSF 2351 leads BN Clinton through the Davenport floodwaters

In what may be one of the craziest things I've ever seen, CP 8790 leads a manifest south through the middle of floodwaters from the Mississippi River in downtown Davenport.

Spring thaw means Mississippi River flooding in downtown Davenport. The CP will run trains through the floodwaters for as long as they can, until the River gets too high. Another engine was on the... (more)

BNSF 8362 (ES44C4) and mates are running light as they turn down Mason Street in Fort Collins, Colorado. 1-18-2018 1600d

The four-track mainline over Logan Hill in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin can still be very busy at times. On the morning of June 23, 2018, five trains can be seen between the top of the hill and ... (more)

Treasures of The Henry Ford: "The President." Henry Ford's collection of historic locomotives would not be complete without an example of the locomotive type that literally built America: T... (more)

While snowy mountain tops can be seen in the background, the town of Pomona is in the mid 70 degrees on this warm January day, as a set of four Union Pacific units lead a stack train westbound.

Two railroad stations served Mexico City in 1964, bright, modern Buenavista station for National de Mexico’s standard gauge patrons, and across town the 1878-built San Lazaro, terminal for a rem... (more)

An Elgin-bound train approaches the Franklin Park station at sunset while a freight waits in the distance.

Cutting through a lingering mist on a dreary December afternoon in rural Upstate South Carolina, Pickens Railway's Belton job navigates a well defined S-curve outside of Belton, nearing its next ... (more)

7823 lends a hand getting an empty autorack train up Sandpatch Grade through the fog and sleet.