Pan Am train ED-9 rolls light to head back to the engine shop at East Deerfield, MA

Just a few minutes into April 11, Norfolk Southern/Pan Am Southern train 14R is seen passing the remains of the Boston & Maine Johnsonville Tower in the namesake town of New York with NS AC44C6M 4... (more)

The NS Training First Responders train, running as NS 043, is seen coming off of the seldom used loop track that connects UN Jct. to AR. This was one of the parts of the ferry move from Altoona to... (more)

Boston & Maine SW8 805 was working hump duty at the railroad's Boston freight terminal on an early spring afternoon when it paused for a moment outside the hump control tower at Mystic Junction in... (more)

Hobart Tower: Where the UP Crossed the Santa Fe in L.A.

A BNSF Railway baretable train, B-SBDLAC1-02A, arrives at Hobart Yard, just south of downtown Los Angeles, on April 2, 2017. ... (more)

CNW 6801 leads a colorful MILW-SOO consist on a coal train at St. Francis, WI in May of1987.

SHERMAN TX June 1974 -- Missouri Pacific GP7 186 is crossing either the Katy or Southern Pacific. The two crossings are very close and I don't recall which one is portrayed in this photo. (This ca... (more)

BN 2518, a former GN GP35 leads a freight past Reservation Tower in Tacoma, WA. This tower protected activity at the east end of BN and UP yards along their respective mainlines in Tacoma. The UP ... (more)

On gloomy 1st morning of Spring that definitely fits the somber mood, the final Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train to visit the Queen City of Cincinnati pauses in the rain at the o... (more)

On a gloomy 1st morning of Spring that definitely fits the somber mood, the final Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train to visit the Queen City of Cincinnati pauses in a downpour at t... (more)

From an era gone bye the east coast largest hump yard in the 40s run bye the new haven railroad at cedar hill. In this photo you can still see the hump and some of the old rail that was left beh... (more)

Between Portage and East Dubuque, the line was built by the Illinois Central back in 1865. The CB&Q acquired trackage rights in 1889. There are some conflicting reports who was there 1st and dates... (more)

This vintage shot was taken at Eau Claire Tower, capturing a classic piece of railroad history from the 1950s and 60s. The tower operator hands up orders to the engineer of train 172, powered by a... (more)

CNW 4445 brings as west side job strings of boxcars east past Eau Claire Tower on CNW's mainline from the Twin Cities. By 1982 the crossovers between main tracks have been removed, as well as the ... (more)

Eau Claire Tower was the heart of railroad operations through town from 1896 to 1991. This former Omaha Road (CNW) structure was actually originally built to a Milwaukee Road design. It protected ... (more)