CR E8A 4022 leads two Amtrak E8 A's out of Chicago Union Station in April of 1977. Unknown Photographer, collection of Colin Kund.

Starting the day from Chicago Union Station, CSX's P001 is seen passing through the bascule bridges spanning the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal about 100ft north of Ash Street interlocking.

D&RGW 5371, 5377, and 5390 lead the Dirt Train back off the Sunnyside Branch.

While riding a train to Toccoa we lost 3000 mid trip and had to stop to start it back up. I took advantage of the opportunity for a quick photo while Eddie walked back and did his thing.

PA and PA in PA: An N-scale NKP PA poses next to the real thing at Steamtown.

A Union Pacific machinist works on the prime mover of UP GE C40-8W No. 9481 inside the Diesel Shop at the railroad’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 4, 2011.

SP 4-8-8-2 4117 leads train 60, the West Coast, through Los Angeles California on July 27th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

On 1/18/2024, FEC unveiled their brand new Veterans paint on #430. This was premiered along with new paint on GEs 816 & 820. The plan is to use this on special moves as often as possible, was ho... (more)

With a light rain starting to fall, NS 143 crosses the Kentucky River and through the famed High Bridge behind the Illinois Terminal and Wabash heritage units on the front

The fire burns in the belly of the beast. UP 844 (4-8-4) sits in Denver waiting to take the Cheyenne Frontier Days train back to Cheyenne.

Pick Me up at MOtt Haven. While bringing MTA Metro-North Railroad's third 40th Anniversary "heritage unit" from North White Plains to Croton Harmon on the night of Tuesday Novembe... (more)

"Granite Farm Irrigation"

On the sunny morning of May 6, 2023, the Gray Granite Railroad (GGRR) crew removes the temporary irrigation pipe that runs across the tracks to allow the tra... (more)

One of the earlier AEM-7DCs is first to be scrapped. It was dismantled into three chunks, which were hauled offsite by trailer to be further reduced. Amtrak ended up creating an official eBay acco... (more)

A Saturday evening in Burlington, Iowa finds the Burlington Junction Railway's unique Alco C415 tied down in the railroad's yard north of town, awaiting its next assignment on the shortline. This ... (more)

A view of Haworth station, the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway’s (KWVR) principal intermediate station. The KWVR is a preserved standard gauge line which joins the national railway network a... (more)