The streamlined back end of California Zephyr CB&Q 377, named the 'Silver Solarium', must have looked like something out of a Buck Rogers movie when it was introduced in 1948. The car could accom... (more)

Bringing up the markers on tonight's westbound "Twentieth Century Limited" is the Budd-built stainless steel 5 Bedroom observation lounge "Wingate Brook" subbing for one of the... (more)

Acquired to bring up the rear of the New Haven Railroad's "Merchants Limited", observation "Watch Hill" spent most of its career as a mid-train bar-lounge car in commuter serv... (more)

Bringing up the rear of the Crescent is the beautifully restored observation car Hickory Creek, a 1948 product of Pullman Standard delivered for use on the New York Central's famed 20th Cen... (more)

"End of the Line"

In the last rays of usable sunlight, the Toys for Tots train pulled as far North as the tracks allowed them to in order to offload the toys inside the baggage c... (more)

"Rare Mileage for the Hickory Creek"

The volunteers, Marines and staff aboard the 2014 Toys for Tots train rode quite comfortably as the famed observation car from the 20th Centu... (more)

Up's Pendleton Roundup Special lays over at La Grande Yard and station over night. Led by 4-8-4 UP 8444, the train will head west on September 15 to Pendleton and back to Portland. The dome car sh... (more)

GN 1196 lettered City of Spokane brings up the rear markers on Amtrak's Empire Builder as it leaves Seattle on a sunny spring evening.

ST 100 brings up the rear of the OCS as it heads west through Otter River

One of the last photos of this car in IC paint. This car now sports CN Green and Black as the "Great Lakes".

Mr. and Mrs. Clause wave to families after arriving on the Great Western Santa Train in Windsor, CO.

The American Orient Express luxury cruise train heads westbound at Coal Creek Canyon and is about to enter Tunnel 1 east of Plainview, Colorado, on September 14, 2000. Soon, the streamlined train ... (more)

Sometimes the locomotive isn't the most interesting thing on the train. The Lake Shore Limited rolls along the former "Water Level Route" with the NYC Hickory Creek observation car at the tail end... (more)

Former New York Central Railroad observation car Babbling Brook rests in front of the M&E Whippany station.

Modern power meets elegant varnish... During Grand Central Terminal's Parade of Trains anniversary celebration, Metro-North P32AC-DM 202 (built in 1995) found itself next to former New York... (more)