A former section of Reading Company's Newtown branch which had survived into SEPTA made the transition from rail to trail in 2016 seen here at what was once a diamond intercepting the West Trenton... (more)

A car rolls through the computer-controlled retarders at East Hump while being sorted for eastern destinations at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 3, 2011. Retarders s... (more)

A westbound BNSF train rolls by Daggett.

3601 rounds a curve near the Falls Village hydro-electric plant's upper canal house and the Housatonic River dam in Falls Village, CT

Way out at the old Western town of Canyon Diablo, BNSF thunders past remnants of what is left of the town.

Just before sunrise on the morning after Winterail 2016, a westbound stack train streaks past Multnomah Falls in the depths of the Columbia River Gorge. The upper falls, visible on the sheer cliff... (more)

The sound of locomotives working and exhaust fill the air as a westbound manifest begins its journey out of Green River, Wyoming as it heads up the grade on Peru Hill near James Town on July 23, 2... (more)

A vintage bridge over the Missouri River at Toston, MT frames the cab of BNSF 4337. The GE is serving as a DPU on the rear of a westbound grain train on Montana Rail Link and is en route from Laur... (more)

On May 13 2017 BNSF 5048 leads a Westbound manifest over the famous bridge at Canyon Diablo on BNSF's Selgiman Sub. The scene is shot from the North side of the bridge, a little different perspec... (more)

Passengers ride across the interlocking at Tower 18 on a CTA train, silhouetting with its arcing of electrified rail against downtown Chicago buildings as another CTA train waits its turn across t... (more)

Sleeping car passengers have their cameras at the ready as the westbound California Zephyr climbs into the Sierra Nevada Mountains and over Donner Pass.

Three Amtrak paint schemes in one photo. Amtrak Lake Shore Limited passes a retired Amtrak coach at the Lake Shore Railway Museum.

M44 404 as we call it 'Remot Bobo' (Remot =re-motorized with CAT prime mover, Bobo as Bo'Bo' wheel arrangement) pulls an empty Intercity stock to the yard. After the usual storm, it's time to do s... (more)

I attended the METRA 47th Street repair facility open house in Chicago. On my way back to Lasalle Street Station I timed the ride back perfectly along with seat selection and the 765 Rock Island R... (more)

The Phase IV heritage guides the eastbound Southwest Chief through the twists and turns of Apache Canyon, one of the scenic highlights along the BNSF Glorieta Subdivision. Many locals seek to the ... (more)