Absolute darkness and desolation in the Atacama desert, and FERRONOR iron trains continue working nonstop!
Stop the lights. Electric locomotive "class 350" of Slovak railways makes switch operations at the Main Prague station (Praha Hlavní nádraží). On this photo you can see a new ... (more)
The train was late and the sun had set, but how can you miss if it is the RCP?
At dawn, a manned helper set of SD40E's pops out of the New Portage Tunnel and heads down "The Slide" on the journey back to Altoona to help another train up the mountain. This is the steepest gra... (more)
After a whistle salute to those waiting below, the Canadian version of the CP Holiday Train pauses briefly over the Seguin River in Parry Sound before making it's stop at Parry Sound Statio... (more)
As the sun has just about set, a CN eastbound approaches C.P. East Durand as it heads for Port Huron, MI., where it will change crews and head into Sarnia, Ontario.
Just before sunrise on a bone-chilling Autumn morning, No. 590 eases toward downtown Altoona, Pa., with Norfolk Southern's Central of New Jersey heritage unit in command. The train has just come d... (more)
One of my favorites, a Soo Line SD60, roll west out of Pigs Eye Yard along the Mississippi River on one of the coldest days of the year. The sun has set causing the temperature to drop even furthe... (more)
As eastbound loaded coal train NS 766 disappears into Big Four Tunnel No. 1, NS J5M helpers led by NS' Lehigh Valley heritage ES44AC are illuminated by flash, as they grind upgrade toward Bluefiel... (more)
Climbing the former N&W Christiansburg District under the cover of darkness, NS C40-9W No. 9280 leads high priority intermodal NS 217 through the tight S curves and rock cuts of the Christiansbur... (more)
New England Central's southbound road freight train #324 is led by the colorful consist of NECR SD40T-2 3317 in Genesee & Wyoming colors, NECR SD40M-2 2716 in UP lightning stripe colors and NECR G... (more)
Union Pacific SD70M #4089 switches at the JR Davis Yard locomotive shops as night falls in Roseville.