Ed Dickens, Senior Manager of Heritage Operations for Union Pacific Railroad, sits in the cab of UP 5511 as it heads east towards Silvas, Illinois. The 2-10-2 locomotive was built in 1923 by the ... (more)

609 76 is the only steam locomotive in service on the 760mm narrow gauge Rhodope Railway.

ATSF 925 is seen assisting ATSF EMC 1, as they ascend the east side of Raton Pass with the Super Chief. This was the first run for the new stainless-steel cars, on May 19th 1937. From my collectio... (more)

An east bound reefer block train is seen ascending Cajon Pass, near Pine Lodge, with 71 cars at 20 MPH. Helper locomotives 3940 and 3895 are visible in the distance. From my collection, Otto Conra... (more)

With the last train of the day from Freital Hainsberg to Dippoldiswalde, the 99 1734-5 passes the viaduct in Malter on the evening of October 9, 2022 before sunset. This is a very popular photo mo... (more)

QJ #6414 is resting outside of the Yebaishou maintenance shop.

Union Pacific 5511 sees the light of day in nearly 3 decades as it sits outside of the UP steam program machine shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Union Pacific 5511 is a 2-10-2 'Santa Fe' type steam loc... (more)

The summit of the Jingpeng pass is almost reached for this pair of QJ's.

Silhouette over a frozen river.

Double header freight heading east at sunrise.

99 788 from "Öchsle Heritage Railway" runs round at Ochsenhausen, terminal station of the narrow gauge (750 mm) line Warthausen - Ochsenhausen with a length of 19 Kilometer (about 12 m... (more)

Iowa Interstates famous Chinese “QJ” 2-10-2 is seen here crossing the Government Bridge from Iowa into Illinois for the final time on its boiler ticket. This would mark the conclusion of the f... (more)

Getting a fresh start outta Newton for the Quad Cities, IAIS QJ 6988 thunders east through Kellogg with 2100 tons of freight.

IAIS 6988 crawls into Illinois over the Government Bridge with 2100 tons of freight.

IAIS 6988 slowly crosses the Mississippi River on the Government Bridge from Iowa into Illinois with 2100 tons of freight.