BN 6118 stopped briefly at the Mora, MN depot and a crew member is about to climb back on board. The job was the Brook Park turn out of St. Cloud, MN and the crew had left their train in Brook Par... (more)

The hostlers pull an outbound train forward after putting the head end power on (as seen from Pepper Ave, over West Colton Yard). They will then hop on the helper unit and take up to the other end... (more)

One of 23 Santa Fe EMD GP60B 3800 hp (325-347) built in July 1991. The Santa Fe was the sole railroad to use this cabless GP60B model. ... (more)

It must be an officer's special eastbound crossing the ATSF and GM&O.

A rainy day look back through time... Still wearing its original as-delivered paint, Denver & Rio Grande Western EMD SW1200 No. 134 sits outside of Atterbury Grain near Saginaw, Texas. As o... (more)

Appalachia "Coal and Railroad Days" 2023!!

A 7 hour+ late City of New Orleans makes its shove move to Union Station as it passes the Amtrak facilities at 18th Street. I've seen some pretty cool units lead Amtrak trains in the past, but an ... (more)

A lone AC4400 is on the rear of a loaded GALX coal train as it rolls over the massive Arnold Fork Viaduct in Knott County, Kentucky. It's been a while since I can recall a GALX train in these part... (more)

An eastbound Norfolk Southern train rounds the World Famous Horseshoe Curve at sunset. On National Train Day 2023, the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum hosted extended hours at the Horseshoe Cu... (more)

An NS SD70M-2 and UP SD70M just climbed out of Raleigh with a loaded phosphate train out of Lee Creek. They're now cruising down CSX's Aberdeen Sub to Fetner, where they'll reenter NS rails bound ... (more)

I've seen better days says the B Boat waisting away at an old abandoned grain elevator track.

Union Pacific train number 22, the Pacific Coast Limited, is seen near Cheyenne Wyoming in 1934. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A walk along a public bike path next to the Seminole Gulf Railroad yard in Fort Myers revealed all that remains of SGRL 501. I don't know if it is going to be rebuilt or if it is being used for p... (more)

After an overhaul and repaint, Amtrak 192 is out on the road again. Heading east leading the Capitol Limited. A pair of Phase VII ALC-42s numbers 330 and 331 hitch a ride to DC, where they will be... (more)

ALCOS in South Jersey