OLDEST RAIL on Railpictures? Left to rust in the New Hampshire woods is what I believe to be the oldest stick of rail portrayed on this site. Perhaps it is the rarest, too. The St. Alban... (more)

The clouds were set up just perfect in the eastern sky to produce a fiery sunrise along the Front Range of the Colorado Rockies. Orange and red reflect from the rails at the west switch of Leyden ... (more)

Colorado's recent flood waters from the Big Thompson River washed out the roadbed around this trestle just west of Milliken, Colorado, on the Great Western Railway. Contractors are busy rebuilding... (more)

Colorado's recent flood waters washed out a siding on the Great Western Railway at Milliken, Colorado, causing the derailment of about 16 standing cars, six of which turned over on their sides. Th... (more)

This unusual crossing signal still works correctly at an apparently unused private crossing. The lights did go out when a westbound freight approached.

This type is not legal to operate on the road so if you have an old jeep laying around you might want to try this. It worked pretty well.

Test run of the Rotrac E4 road/rail shunter for the planned RailCare container train from Oensingen to Elgg. This remote controlled powerful electric vehicle for shunting of up to 500 tons is driv... (more)

An eastward signal near Klondike, CA stands guard as the moon rises on a cloudy night in the Mojave Desert.

This small 4-wheel Plymouth gas-mechanical was used by the City of Detroit to switch coal cars at the Misterky Power Plant. Today the locomotive switches cars in Greenfield Village. It has a Cl... (more)

A Southern caboose brings up the back end of another load of southern Indiana coal as it heads east.

A southbound coal train passes Camp 2 on the old Clinchfield.

Those familiar with the B&O Magnolia Cut Off will recognize this location as Concrete Wall. When B&O constructed the Cut Off in 1913-1914, they were faced with an obstacle at a bend in the Potoma... (more)

A rare perspective of Amtrak's K Tower in the Washington Terminal. Even between the commuter train lulls the tower bustles with activity from Amtrak, Marc and VRE traffic. Having spent a caree... (more)

What was no doubt state-of-the-art technology when it opened in 1979, the Minnesota Zoo Monorail now looks like an outdated throwback to the 1970s. Why did the zoo choose a monorail? They wanted... (more)

We are in Rowlesburg, WV on Aug. 17, 1975 and an eastbound coal drag has reached the bottom of Cheat River Grade and is getting a roll on things for the climb up Cranberry. Back in the days of fr... (more)