Two gentleman converse below the wooden frame Southern Pacific yard tower at Union Pacific’s Sparks yard in Nevada on March 11, 2001.

SEPTA's Bethayres station, former Reading Company - built back in 1876, still in service today with not only a manned ticket office, but a breezeway as well! Classy!

Something's knocking on the "backdoor" in Hamilton. UP leaders on an NS train bound for Ft. Wayne, Ind.

A bridge on NS' New Castle District was recently replaced as it former concrete culvert-like bridge had snapped in two in the middle after many decades of service. There was previously a 25mph slo... (more)

The warm interior of Glenview Station at Glenview, Illinois, on a blustery April 10, 2016. The station is used by both Amtrak (Hiawatha service and Empire Builder) as well as Metra commuter train... (more)

A view on the Turntable at Shelley on the Kirklees Light Railway in Yorkshire. Hawk is the largest and most powerful engine on this 15" gauge line, which was built on the trackbed of a closed... (more)

Occasionally, track laying still requires a human touch, such as these Union Pacific men adjusting Pandrol clips while putting down the third main line through between North Platte and Gibbon, Neb... (more)

On May 19, 2015, an EMD HTCR-II truck used under a SD70M locomotive is in the process of being rebuilt in the truck shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks locomotive shop at North Little Rock,... (more)

An unusual view of "the longest passenger train in the world" (Auto Train,) as seen from the old B&O "Moonlight Dome" on the rear of Amtrak Train 90, "The Palmetto."

A BNSF stack train barrels east under one of the few untouched ATSF bridge signals left on the TransCon.

Amtrak's recent policy change on hauling private cars did not affect the "Fire Up 611's" recent round-trip from DC to Savannah, because the car was added at the beginning of the run or a... (more)

An EMD HTCR-II truck used under a SD70M locomotive is rebuilt in the truck shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks locomotive shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015. Two machinist... (more)

A welder cleans up a field weld with a grinder after a large gang of Union Pacific maintenance-of-way workers replaced the frog at the west switch of Mounds, Utah, on the morning of May 11, 2006.

The BNSF Aurora Subdivision stretches across nearly 260 miles of land traversing through both the states of Illinois and Wisconsin from Aurora to La Crosse. Perhaps some of the most scenic views o... (more)

Back in the CP Rail era, the eastbound Canadian's scheduled ten-minute stop at Banff, Alberta, provided a chance for passengers to stretch their legs and photographers to jump off for a quick shot... (more)