Fairfield Dawn | As the sky grows colorful on the morning of Saturday, August 31, 2024, a westbound manifest freight train cruises past farmland near Fairfield, NE.

Running towards the approaching night hours, QJ7119 and 7038 pass the Reshui bridge on the JiTong line. In the future it will be replaced by a new electrified shortcut through the mountains from R... (more)

Everett Railroad 11 approaches Martinsburg under threatening skies late in the evening.

Sunflowers and Sunsets | A few minutes after the sun has dropped below the horizon on a pleasant Friday, August 30, 2024 evening, a loaded coal train heads east past a cluster of sunflowers... (more)

A Nebraskan Dusk | As the sun hits the horizon on the evening of Friday, August 30, 2024, an eastbound train of loaded coal hoppers passes a biofuel distilling facility at Wood River, NE.

The Big Boy rests at the engine service area at Bailey yard the night before strutting her stuff to Grand Island.

NS 6074 leads NS D32 through Bellflower, IL on a nice cool evening.

Moonlight Railroading. An unusual New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railway Sunday WS-X operated on September 4, 2022, with NYSW 3618 (SD45-2, née-BN 6500, SD45, 5/1971) leading. Seen he... (more)

The California Zephyr through Roggen, Colorado at sunrise.

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The First Amtrak Train To Penn Station. On September 3, 2018, summer construction on the Spuyten Duyvil Bridge over the Harlem River had come to an end and the first Amtrak train of the sea... (more)

"S Car Shove Move"

As two trains pass by on the late night of July 16th, 2024, the conductor of Metro-North Extra 102 stands on the point of Kawasaki M8 S railcar #9582, ready to guid... (more)

"S Car Shuttle"

During the late night of July 16th, 2024, Metro-North Extra 102, led by EMD GP35r 102, arrives at Stamford Station on the New Haven Line, shuttling three Kawasaki M8 '... (more)

Swift Stream To The Hudson River. On September 1, 2024, the former New York Central Railroad "Swift Stream" (RPCX 800460) held the markers on Amtrak Train 48 (Lake Shore Limited) ... (more)

On a snowy night in Philadelphia, PA, SEPTA's brand new #901 is towed into Wayne Junction station. These new locomotives would soon replace the AEM-7s and ALP 44s becoming the new backbone of the ... (more)