Westbound BNSF coal loads pass some rapids on the Clark Fork River along Montana Rail Link's Fourth Sub. This location is very close to where the recent derailment of a BNSF manifest occurred whic... (more)

This is the new livery that has been adopted on class trains: ETR.700 former "Frecciargento" brand which disappears, and merge into the "Frecciarossa" brand to be used in the H... (more)

A Vossloh DE 18 diesel-electric locomotive is doing track shunting service in Parma, some locomotives like this have already been delivered to various Italian operators. The locomotive in the pho... (more)

High green ahead. A westbound Erie Lackawanna freight is approaching Broad Street interlocking tower at Griffith in 1975.

Older and newer depicted here sitting in the former NKP yard located in Frankfort, IN.

Coal Loads at Daybreak | Under a partly cloudy sky, a southbound coal train heads down the KCS mainline at Baron, OK on a warm Monday, April 3, 2023 morning. Just a few minutes north of the... (more)

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The legendary fast train ETR.250 "Arlecchino" built in the 60s arrives in Bologna Centrale in the late afternoon from Bari Centrale on the occasion of a journey across the peninsula organized by I... (more)

Southern Pacific EMD SD45 8982 is seen at the former Nickel Plate Road yard in 1978.

D&RGW FT 543 and mates lead a 65 car freight near Pinecliff in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Unusual cargo. I found this loaded 12 axle flatcar on the EJ&E Porter Line in February 1977.

On the former NKP Chicago-Fort Wayne line. The crew had "gone to beans" at a local eatery and left the motive power locked and idling on the main. They uncoupled from their train a half ... (more)

Traction orange is seen in abundance on the South Shore Line, near Shops, at Michigan City Indiana. Jeff Stupar photo.

The sun has just risen over the community of Baron, OK where a southbound coal train cruises down the Kansas City Southern mainline on a clear and chilly Monday, March 27, 2023.

The 1927 built motorcar number 2 is passing through the former station of Sante Maria with a passenger train from Sóller to Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca. The Ferrocarril de Sóller is ... (more)