Sunset view from Mid-Hudson Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge, EMD SD70MAC No.4731 lead southbound CSX freighter, bordering Hudson river with massive former Poughkeepsie railroad bridge in backgrou... (more)

Green Means Go!: As NS 191 approaches the intersection of Sixth Street and Broad Street, the traffic signal changes to green as if it were in perfect unison for the approaching train. ... (more)

With the railway's diesels being put into use today it was a chance to look at the steam fleet and do some urgent repairs. In Marley Hill shed the right hand cylinder is being inspected by volunte... (more)

Amtrak 68 the "Adirondack" had mechanical problems with the dash8 514 requiring a special move to bring an extra locomotive and coach from Albany to Montreal. Here is 68 passing through ... (more)

Union Pacific really does clean their locomotives
Unfortunately, they only have a few places that do so, and so many locomotives! GE AC4400CW No. 6390 gets sudsed up and scrubbed inside... (more)

CN 2665 leads an X474 eastbound, as they cross the 3,920 foot Salmon River Trestle in New Denmark, New Brunswick on a cool Fall afternoon.

The Silver Stars rounds the Selma Connection from the NS H-Line to the CSX A-Line.

A Burlington Northern piggyback train, probably ‘Expeditor’ No. 41, is about to pound the diamonds at East Dubuque, Illinois, on August 13, 1994. A pair of colorful EMD SD40-2s pull the train—BN N... (more)

On a gorgeous spring evening, two BNSF C44-9W's lead a northbound stack train across the vast open spaces near Norfolk, Colorado on April 9, 2018.

No question about the wye – The protect set for weekend service sits on the Montauk Wye on the morning of 7/16/2017, DM30AC 500 facing east. The wye, which is still in service, sits at the railro... (more)

Winterail has come and gone, but the trains still roll on. At a point about halfway between two elevation gaining horseshoe curves about 3 miles west of Summit, a short 9 car Hauler creaks and gr... (more)

The colors are wildly ablaze in the Last Frontier in the waning days of summer signaling the end of passenger season on the Alaska Railroad. This year I went back for another shot at the Turn on ... (more)

As night settles over Avery, ID, one of the brakemen that will be working the train behind him looks over his car list. Behind him, other Milwaukee Road employees discuss tonight's operations. The... (more)

Museum street! The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania and the Strasburg Rail Road sit on opposite sides of the road in Strasburg PA. With extensive and complementary collections, it makes for a great... (more)

Following a September with record rainfall for the region, October of 2016 brought some spectacular fall colors to my home turf. Eager for some sightseeing, my girlfriend and I ventured north to m... (more)