Steam and smoke seems to erupt from every surface of Nevada Northern 4-6-0 No. 40 while on Steptoe Creek fill just outside East Ely, Nevada, during sunrise on February 4, 2007.

After leaving the border station of Ollagüe, the heavy train with lead/zinc/silver concentrates in round containers, pulled by GL26C-2 # 2005 and 2010 and GR12 # 2405, is passing the active volca... (more)

Massive WM Shay 6 produces a nice thick plume arriving at Whittaker as photographers line up to capture the more interesting right side of the loco. Visit www.msrlha.org.

the Mass Bay Excursion Special (Hoosick Junction Limited) ambles north past the Post Office at East Dorset on a gorgeous spring afternoon. Photo runbys were held at both North Bennington and Wa... (more)

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Train passengers in transit from Palermo to Agrigento.

Great Salt Lake crossing
An eastbound Union Pacific freight begins the long trek across Great Salt Lake at Lakeside, Utah. A wood trestle used to carry the line straight across directly... (more)

BNSF 5404 drops downgrade between Tunnels 5 and 3 during the peak of a solar eclipse. Tehachapi Pass only saw a partial eclipse, but the lighting conditions were still quite unique.

PAL 1998, painted for the University of Kentucky, charges uphill through the "sand cut" with a short local in tow. Meeting Creek Road crosses here on the classic overhead bridge seen in the backgr... (more)

Former Western Maryland Railway Shay #6, the 2nd largest ever built and at 162 tons the largest left in existence, leads the freight train for Cass's annual Railfan Weekend downgrade into Spruce.

The Hoosick Junction Limited approaches Wallingford, VT as it heads back north for Rutland. This train was the first excursion to run to Hoosick Junction, NY since 1989!

Vancouver-North Battleford train A412 soars high above the Prairie Creek, west of Hinton.

On September 13, 2002, Canadian Pacific’s westbound “Royal Canadian Pacific” luxury train meets the Rocky Mountaineer Railtours passenger train at Leanchoil, British Columbia, amid the splen... (more)

Eastbound NS train 386 passing the Red Stone Drive In restaurant at Glenita on NS' Appalachia District.

On September 15, 1992, a westbound Santa Fe freight crosses Canyon Diablo bridge in Arizona. Eight locomotives almost fill the length of the bridge, and include SF30C (a rebuilt U36C by Santa Fe) ... (more)