The Green Mountains of Vermont have received anywhere from 3-5 feet of new snow in the past week with even more forecast, making it a bit more challenging for Vermont Rail System's operations on t... (more)

Nearly two decades have passed since the last freight train rumbled through this passage and polished the rails at the continental divide. Today the famous Tennessee Pass tunnel lies dormant with... (more)

After a heavy overnight coastal snow storm, it's business as usual as the crew hauls up five loads on the slippery grade to downtown Hudson with war wagons CSXT 8849 & 8839.

The one that got away... Most folks are surprised to know that an Amtrak Pacific Parlour car was sold and has been in private hands for years. This was a necessary measure to pay for the ... (more)

As the mist gets blown off of the Pacific Ocean on to the rusty, steel rails, of the former Southern Pacific Coast Route, a pair of EMD motors race south along the shore of Emma Wood State Beach, ... (more)

According to the Union Pacific Railroad, "A grading crew of 30 to 40 men began work on California’s Bloomer Cut in February 1864, using primitive hand tools and blasting powder to remove 40,000 cu... (more)

A lengthy lumber train off the barge in Seward rolls along the shores of Turnagain Arm and into the setting sun on a fantastic late winter's day. Although it is winter in this scene there is still... (more)

"Cutting the Trucks" It's snowing, but that doesn't stop the guys at Frontier Metals from torching the trucks of 2 Budd M3 Pairs; (LI 9822/ LI 9821) and (LI 9820/ LI 9819), as they prepare... (more)

Amtrak 68 The "Adirondack" is passing the Capital Region Toys For Tots Train on the Rockland Siding at Port Douglas. Amtrak 88 is on the rear of the TFT Train while the Amtrak Phase I he... (more)

B&M powered Canadian Pacific freight 904 is heading for White River Junction. The lead unit 4266 has recently had an RDC logo applied to the nose By BMRHS Members. This F7 is long in the tooth an... (more)

In Broad Pass, Alaska on December 22 I wouldn't say there are a lot of possibilities for train photos. With the limited daylight hours let alone sunshine not to mention the scarcity of trains, it ... (more)

Central Maine & Quebec Railway GP38-3 3812, VTR 308, and Pan Am Railways office cars, ST 101 and 100. Are at the White River Jct. depot, as WACR freight WJSW-30 passes with VTR GP38-3 207. A tota... (more)

An eastbound BNSF double stack splits the left-over carnage from a recent Union Pacific derailment, just out of the west portal of tunnel 1, as it climbs out of Caliente.

Now that's HOT!... The fusion of rails has just been made through the process of "Thermite Welding". Part of the hardened sand mould (which incloses and promotes the welding process) an... (more)