N&W Train 5, operating between Bluefield, W. Va. and Norton, Va., crosses trestle #1398 three miles from Coeburn, Va. in fall colors on Oct. 28, 1956. Class E2a 578 is one of two Pacific 4-6-2's... (more)

Two "mother" or "master" CSX units, GP-40-2's 6416 and 6469 in the center, are flanked by slug units 2286 and 2332 (former GP35 and GP40 respectively) as they cross the Ohio River on former PRR's ... (more)

Two U.P. U-50s, 43 and 44 as well as a GP-30, bring a westbound freight through North Topeka, Kansas on May 23, 1965.

Three D&RGW SD40T-2's (with 5398 up front) lead a westbound through dramatic Rock Creek Canyon near Crater, Colo. on the Craig Branch on Sept. 27, 1989. Near the end of this canyon, out of sigh... (more)

Five first-generation diesels, including 801 F7A and GP7s, have a Missouri Pacific freight bound for Austin and San Antonio on the roll at Marjorie, Texas on April 19, 1970.

A Pennsy yard switcher 2-10-0 4552 class I1sa waits for a PRR Baldwin shark nose RF-15 to clear a diamond in Columbus, Ohio yard.

PeruRail cars 217 and 216 prepare for departure from Aguas Calientes station which serves visitors to famous Macchu Picchu (reached by bus or van connection) back to Cusco, Peru. PeruRail has a ... (more)

The fireman of BCL Mining & Smelter's 4-8-2 class LO #807 cleans his firebox grates at Selebi-Phikwe, Botswana (Africa) on a hot May 31, 2011. The camera could feel the heat.

Here she is, the last E unit built (delivered by EMD in Jan. 1964) standing ready at Cheyenne, Wyo. on April 24, 1971, one week before the birth of Amtrak. Many Union Pacific E units went to Am... (more)

Alaska Railroad's daily train (Glacier Discovery) from Anchorage to Whittier is about to make a station stop at Girdwood on June 27, 2005. The train's passenger car windows are hand washed every ... (more)

Four E units dash Union Pacific's eastbound 18-car Train No. 10 "City of St. Louis" across the big fork in the road at Menoken, Kansas on July 10, 1966. Just ahead is the next stop at Topeka. No... (more)

Wow, a sunny April day in Oregon?? Grab the camera. Forty-four miles south of Portland, the 2nd section of scheduled Train 665 is considered "westbound" on SP at Brooks, Oregon headed for Eugen... (more)

National Railways of Zimbabwe class 15A Garrett 395 leads a mixed train around horseshoe curves between Sambawizi and Zabguja en route to Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, May 25, 2011.

Two Mitsubishi-built diesels -- 1013 and 1021-- of the Empresa Ferroviaria Andena S.A., FCA, have a heavy ore train under control at Avaroa, Bolivia en route to Chile for export, two containers pe... (more)

Did someone call a "cab?" Four Clinchfield F-7 A units lead southbound Train 26 across the south fork of the Holston River at Kingsport, Tenn. on Nov. 21, 1966.