Alco RS-3 #109 and the trailing caboose provide the only color on this snowy February afternoon, as it pulls a short string of empty ore cars out of town headed for the mine at Ruth. From the 200... (more)

A Boston snowstorm is winding down as Amtrak's South Station switch crew grabs a draft to pull it down to the Southampton Street yard. RS3M 106 was one of three Amtrak RS3s that were re-engined wi... (more)

On a frigid Sunday afternoon, an ex-New York Central RS-3 steams up the yard at Chatham, NY, with a Penn Central upper Harlem Line commuter train on weekend layover. Come Monday morning the train ... (more)

This Soo Line Depot was built in 1910 and was part of a 1908 - 1910 project to build a rail line from Superior, Wisconsin to Thief River Falls, Minnesota along with a branch through Crosby to acce... (more)

The "Coldest" Photo I've Ever Shot!

This one made me PHYSICALLY FEEL like I never have before taking a train photo. It was 38 below zero Fahrenheit and windy...bruta... (more)

SP switch jobs layover early Thanksgiving morning in Roseburg during a rare eight inch snowfall.

Union Pacific freight train M-NPWC2-22 passes through the iconic Mormon Rocks, dusted with snow, as it ticks off the last few miles of its journey from North Platte, Nebraska, to West Colton Yard,... (more)

A heavy snow coats a pair of Denver & Rio Grande Western engines sitting in the yard of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado. D&RGW 683 (2-8-0) was built in 1890 by the Baldwin Locomo... (more)

The snow is blowing over the rails and creating quite a scene on this cold, blustery day in central Illinois. A northbound empty wheat train enters the siding at Tuscola behind a UP AC4400CW-CTE. ... (more)

With both the D91 and 181 holding at Tolono for a northbound CN train, they are now finally on the move and are seen just west of Tolono racing each other. The 181 quickly pulled away from the D91... (more)

The snow has finally begun this afternoon and D91, the NS Tilton-based local, is not messing around with today's duties. They are seen here at *almost* track speed with a single SD40-2 and hoppers... (more)

Maine Narrow Gauge and the Wiscasset Waterville & Farmington partnered to operate two Photographers Specials using the combined museums locomotives and cars. 4 of the engines posed at the WW&F's t... (more)

Batten Kill Railroad's veteran RS3 4116 heads out for Salem, NY for a day of track work.

GG-1 4935 is trailing ex-UP (No. 777) and ex-CE&I (No. 780) Geeps, as the crew gets ready to make the drop-off. The 4935, built by Altoona/GE in April, 1943, is headed to Strasburg for cosmetic r... (more)

Two foot to the quarries. With brake club in hand, Brakeman Bryce Weeks protects the rear of his Monson Railroad freight as it backs onto a siding, deep in the woods of Maine.

Mr. Weeks ... (more)