A three-car VIA LRC set running as an Ottawa-Montreal train pulls into the stop at Dorval, Quebec, in suburban Montreal. The LRC coaches found a long term home on VIA but the bug-eyed Bombardier l... (more)

With its paint still fresh and gleaming, one of Amtrak's leased Bombardier LRC sets makes an early morning stop at New London, CT, while running as Boston-New York train 151. The squat little LRC ... (more)

Canadian Pacific's eastbound Canadian prepares for its four-day journey to Toronto and Montreal from CP's downtown station in Vancouver, BC. A pair of candy-striped FP7s are up front. This facilit... (more)

In the US it's Amtrak's first day, but in Canada, Canadian National's passenger fleet rolls on as before. An MLW FPA4 and its B-unit mate accelerate away from the stop at Dorval, Quebec, on the po... (more)

Springfield-New Haven shuttle train 407, with a pair of RDCs typical of consists on the route at the time, crosses the Farmington River at Windsor, CT, on a summer afternoon. The handsome stone vi... (more)

Back when RDCs covered the bulk of service on Amtrak's Springfield-Hartford-New Haven line, the pair making up a late afternoon southbound run paused at Berlin, CT. The lead car in this set began ... (more)

Late on a cold winter afternoon, a car knocker waits to make the connections as Amtrak E60CP 975 backs onto a Washington-bound corridor train at New Haven, replacing the F40 that brought the train... (more)

Amtrak E60CP 957 hustles a Washington-bound corridor train through the station at North Elizabeth, NJ. The E60s were only moderately successful from a design standpoint, but I always thought that ... (more)

The New Haven Railroad was in its final weeks as grimy Alco FA1 0428 and its mates spent the day at the Dover Street enginehouse in South Boston. The NH's last Alco cab units, often running as an ... (more)

One of the first "heritage" repaint projects involved Boston & Maine SW9 1223, which was repainted into its original 1952 maroon and yellow colors in the early 1980s through funding prov... (more)

Boston & Maine SW9 1223 switches the yard at Lawrence, MA, on a winter afternoon. This engine was repainted into its original maroon and yellow colors in the early 1980s in a project funded by th... (more)

A trio of Boston & Maine RS3s march down the Connecticut Valley at South Deerfield, MA, with White River Junction-Springfield train JS-2. This scenic line was a regular assignment for the B&M's Al... (more)

On a quiet Sunday afternoon, Boston & Maine locomotives including an SW8, an F7, and a GP9 wait out the weekend inside the roundhouse at the B&M's Boston Engine Terminal in Charlestown, across the... (more)

With snow coming down hard, Amtrak Washington-Boston train 168 pulls into the Route 128 station in suburban Boston behind F40PH 350. The 1960s vintage NH station seen here was replaced by the curr... (more)

Louisville & Nashville GP7 391 heads up a short freight passing Thorton tower, south of Dolton, IL. The locomotive and the trackage are both former Chicago & Eastern Illinois property.