A PAL high and wide creeps over the Salt River bridge. I have no idea why what looks to be a mattress pad was hanging off the back end.

After several rail cars got away and ran off the tracks across from the fairgrounds in Columbia, SC after the scrap yard tried to move the cars, CSX found it necessary to bring in a wrecker to pla... (more)

Thermite weld in progress about one mile west of Williamsport, Indiana. Within seconds, the 2,000+ degree molten metal will pour into the molds below and make a hot August day even hotter. If you'... (more)

Shot of the QGRY Henri-IV Yard.

Kansas City Union Station anchors the south end of downtown Kansas City.

View into the control room of the Centro d'Esercizio Pollegio (CEP) (operation center Pollegio) of the SBB. From here, the Gotthard line from the borders to Italy, via the mountain and Base Tunnel... (more)

Four years ago yesterday, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center opened up in Portland, Oregon, officially giving the public an legal interactive setup to view the city's three steam engines in one locat... (more)

For my 4500th contribution on Railpictures I choose this "moonlight special" as a tribute to the Gotthard mountain line, with the famous loops around Wassen. In a double longtime exposur... (more)

The open-air Train Hall sits adjacent to the historic headhouse of Denver Union Station. The neon lights still invoke the message "Travel By Train."

A trio of semaphores stand under the desert sky protecting the west end of Levy siding on the Raton Pass line.

Beginning in 1902, the Great Northern began navigating its trains between Jennings and Columbia Falls, Montana on a new right of way partially following the Kootenai River. This route bypassed a l... (more)

Under the stars, a Union Pacific freight passes the old water tank in Lusk, Wyo.

The sun rises next to the former Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley (later Chicago & North Western) water tank at Lusk, Wyo. The tank was built in 1886 and is on the National Register of Historic ... (more)

This tiny 0-4-0 cogwheel steamlocomotive "Caspar Honegger" was built in 1877 by Maschinenfabrik Aarau for the factory of Honegger in Rüti, which had a rack connecting track to the stati... (more)

The upper Reuss valley in the blue hour at 10.18 PM, in a multiple long time exposure. In the foreground the village of Wassen, junction to the Susten pass, in the background the lights of Gösche... (more)