An outbound Metra train has left Chicago Union Station behind and heads for the suburbs a very cold January weekend day.

Cumbres and Toltec 488 sits atop Cumbres Pass as they prep to take on water. From here its all downhill to Chama on a nearly 4% grade as a light rain rolls in. Amazing to think how little this sce... (more)

A westbound "vehicle train," seems to go completely unnoticed by the locals of Hinsdale, Illinois as it heads west on the old "Q" from Chicago to everywhere west. Taken th... (more)

The engineer looks ahead as he guides the second to last trips of the day on the Southern 401, a 1907 2-8-0 Baldwin product, designed for lighter branch lines. Taken the 17th of September, 20... (more)

Southern 401, a 2-8-0 consolidation type, and a product of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, is seen here crossing the flooded Camp Creek. As some of you may recall, it was a beautiful summer in the M... (more)

The Southern 401, a 1908 product of Baldwin in the 2-8-0 "Consolidation" wheel arrangement backs out of the shops in Monticello and past the water column to start another fun filled day ... (more)

Wabash 1189, a F7 type from the Canadian side, now lives and works at the Monticello Railway Museum in Monticello, Illinois. Here it seen shoving its train out on a beautiful September Day during ... (more)

Nickel Plate Road 765 makes an appearance on the old Wabash as it splits the signals at CP Delphi. This shot was unachievable 5 years ago, but thanks to the new Hoosier Heartland Highway, (25,) it... (more)

Sisters. Taken the 7th of September, 2014 at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum's Grand Junction end.

The 27th of September, 2014 found me in Cumberland, Maryland for the annual Railroad Days event at the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. In between the daytime celebration, and the night photo sho... (more)

The date is the 29th of May, 2013. The 765 has completed her public and employee appreciation specials out of and going to Altoona, Pennsylvania. Here we see the big berk storming up and around th... (more)

Western Maryland Scenic railroad, #734, arrives at Frostburg during the 2014 Railfest. Meanwhile, a trolley bus has pulled up to take some less able bodied passengers up the hill in to Frostburg. ... (more)

The first Amtrak/Iowa Pacific Holdings test train is seen northbound here at Ash Grove, Indiana on the CSX Monon sub. Taken the 28th of June, 2015

Norfolk Southern 64A, a taconite train, has two very special locomotives on point today. In fact, they are the only kind like them. NS 1073, the Penn Central heritage unit leads, while NS 8025, th... (more)

A train hurries through CP Demun on the mainline of the NS Lafayette District. The signals are Wabash searchlights.