High-speed train "Nevsky Express"

Three interesting operational steamlocomotives in the old roundhouse of Brugg (AG), built in concrete in the year 1912. From left to right: E 2/2 shunting locomotive of Feldschlösschen Brewery Rh... (more)

The 131st running of the Kentucky Derby had been run the day before as Amtrak's Derby special heads back to Chicago with L&N's Royal Street bringing up the northbound trip over the LIRC to Indy.

The dispatcher has an eastbound lined up at the E.E. Miller City as the morning fog begins to roll in on a cool summer morning.

Hoar frost has attached itself to cold metal and ground surfaces overnight in the former service and crew change point town of Skykomish. This railhead bears evidence of its Great Northern herita... (more)

On a foggy December evening, a green light beams from the southbound Southern Railway signal at Oakwood. As seen, its replacement is already up, obstructing the view, though still allowing us to w... (more)

Night shift at Amtrak's K Tower.

While exploring the abandoned Franklin & Tilton Railroad, I came across a cache of more than a dozen Boston & Maine mileposts, whistle posts, and other concrete posts and signage laying in the adj... (more)

Ghostly Remains, Part 2. Another shot of the abandoned Gerrish Depot station in Boscawen, New Hampshire. For caption information, clic... (more)

Running over five hours late Amtraks eastbound Cardinal passes through historic Thurmond with the New York Centrals Portland on the back end.

An old Alco S2 or S4 converted to a remote slug works Red Ash Coals load out at Litwar W.Va.

Forty years ago, in 1973, the last train rumbled across this line. Today, this is a place for the intrepid explorer to enjoy solitude while pondering the vestiges of a lost way of rural life. It... (more)

BURNED AND SCORCHED, BUT STILL STANDING. If you've been a Railpictures viewer for a while, you may recall my shot of a couple of teenagers Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: None
Location: Franklin, New Hampshire, USA
Locomotive #: None
Train ID: None
Photo Date: October 20, 2013

Ghostly Remains, Part 1. With Halloween approaching, and with the warm tones of autumn quickly fading, a series of twilight photos of the abandoned train station at Gerrish Depot, New Hamp... (more)