METX 211, Metra’s new CB&Q heritage unit, leads outbound BNSF train 1277 out of Chicago on the BNSF Racetrack in the last light this past week.

A very rare sight! Bernina piloting locomotive Ge 2/2 #161 "Asnin" ("little donkey") from 1911 and railcar ABe 4/4 #34 from 1908 with a contemporary mixed train are seen in the... (more)

After losing the #4 traction motor while pushing the NS 756 to Belews Creek Steam Station, the NS 8721 has the motor replaced with an axle for the trip back to the repair shop in Roanoke. 2 cranes... (more)

Fall at its best! Bernina railcar ABe 4/4 #34 from 1908 with two contemporary freight cars is seen along the "Lago di Poschiavo" in the beautiful morning sunlight. Private photo charter ... (more)

An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was note specified.

Frisco 1351, built by American Locomotive Company in 1912, sits at the Collierville Square. Frisco 1351 was rebuilt in 1943 by the Frisco's Springfield Shops changing her from a Consolidation to ... (more)

A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection

A Big Boy Pointing at Tehachapi. UP 4014 will likely be the first and last "Big Boy" steam locomotive to ever find itself on BNSF's Mojave Subdivision - the tracks that deposit BN... (more)

On a cool wet Thursday, the young Battenkill crew pick up their interchange loads by Duan Lane as the rain showers saturates the October colors.

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection

Our oldest daughter gives an excited wave to the crew of the Ohio Rail Experience "South Charleston Rocket" as the CRR 800 crosses the diamond at Lagonda on the final trip of the day. ... (more)

Neither gone, nor forgotten. Former Long Island Rail Road cars 2103 and 2104 were retired two decades ago, but have found a new home. The out of use tracks of the Brooklyn Army Terminal Railway st... (more)

After already havig to go into Emergancy, the UP 4014 gets back underway as he continues east toward Tuscon, AZ and a much needed day of rest. Unfortunately the Big Boy will have to go back into e... (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)