The St. Louis "Polar Express" heads north on the TRRA high line as it ducks through the tunnels by the famous arch.

The TRRA Polar Express rests in St. Louis Union Station between runs.

During the blue hour, a pair of TRRA geeps lead the Polar Express under the Eads Bridge in St. Louis.

So who else (at least 7 others) was there this Jan 8, 1984 day as DRGW 5771 leads the Ski Train between Clay and Plainview, about to enter Tunnel 1.

It is windy and cold, with Chicago getting between three and four inches of snow as BNSF GP39-2 No. 2759 switches Metra bi-level cars at the BNSF/Metra coach yard along Canal Street on November 11... (more)

Chicago & North Western covered hopper No. 490403 has just been rebuilt at Union Pacific’s car shop in De Soto, Missouri, and awaits stripping of its old paint in the sandblasting bay of the paint... (more)

It’s getting dark early on this autumn day as Amtrak’s westbound California Zephyr chases the setting sun at Arlington, Illinois, on November 11, 2019. It’s really cold out this evening, but I’m c... (more)

Climax over Leatherbark Creek. Darkening the sky like an approaching storm, the former Moore-Keppel & Co. Climax #6 charges toward the short trestle over Leatherbark Creek, just outside the... (more)

The conductor signal at the East Broad Top​ roundhouse in Orbisonia, PA on Saturday, November 2, 2019. Lucky #17 was the last engine to operate on the EBT and the first engine to move out of... (more)

"Rollin" 765 makes her way to Akron by way of passing Indigo Lake for her 2nd day of trips for the weekend. Revealing the beginnings of what promises to be a spectacular fall season in ... (more)

Bernina piloting locomotive "Asnin" Ge 2/2 #161 from 1911 and railcar ABe 4/4 #34 from 1908 with a contemporary mixed train are on their way from Pontresina to Poschiavo, just as it migh... (more)

"King of the Road" THE shot I wasn't always confident we'd be able to pull off coming into the weekend at Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad for Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society b... (more)

Richmond-Russell manifest CSXT H751 meets eastbound grain loads in downtown Montgomery during a torrential downpour. Unconventionally, a YN2-painted SD40-2 has the honors of leading this day's man... (more)

Beneath the spectacular mountains of Glacier National Park, an eastbound Burlington Northern grain train crosses Two Medicine Bridge at East Glacier, Montana, on March 3, 1988. A trio of EMD SD40-... (more)