Burlington's Silver Pilot and the Train of the Goddesses, aka; The Nebraska Zephyr.

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy's Nebraska Zephyr, having just departed Galesburg, IL, heads towards a late evening arrival in Aurora followed by a trek on the Racetrack before arriving back at Uni... (more)

My first shot on Railpictures was a night shot, my Railroad: East Broad Top
Locomotive: Steam 2-8-2
Location: Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: EBT 15
Train ID: Freight Train
Photo Date: October 17, 2010

Railfans are scattered through the Rockhill Furnace yard to watch EBT 2-8-2 15 pass by with a coal train after turning on the wye. This shot, taken from the now-removed coal storage pile just east... (more)

It's a foggy Saturday morning during the 2007 Fall Spectacular as EBT 2-8-2 17 sits in the Rockhill Furnace yard at the head of a freight train. Unfortunately, 17 had been out of service for a few... (more)

Heading down the 4% grade of Cumbres Pass, a Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad photo freight pulled by Rio Grande-lettered K-37 No. 497, rolls past Coxo, Colorado. An early taste of winter greete... (more)

It's early on Sunday morning during the 2009 Fall Spectacular and EBT's home-built gas motor car M-3 has just emerged from its storage shed, seen here passing 2-8-2 17, on display on a cut of coal... (more)

Classic CB&Q under classic CB&Q signals!

Classic Q. In a scene that just screams CB&Q, E5 #9911A powers the Nebraska Zephyr excursion under the classic signal bridge that has guarded this spot for decades. With a new tri-light can... (more)

One of the first in the Reading Company Technical and Historical Society's collection. Shown here during an open house at Reading Shops and running on the Blue Mountain and Reading.

Sierra Railway Locomotive #3 is steaming past the water tank and arriving at the Jamestown Depot.

Minutes after arrival at Union Station from her first day of excursion duty. It was interesting to see the number of passengers detraining from Amtrak trains stop by for a cell phone picture of t... (more)

Even in the day of the IPhone 5, this short, fast streak of gleaming silver proves that 1930s technology is still cooler than modern gadgets.

Running at full track speed, CB&Q 9911A heads through Somanuk, Illinois just as the last rays of the sun hit the stainless steel trainset.

We're in the small town of Wayne, IL as the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 9911-A and the Nebraska Zephyr head east by the old CNW depot, heading towards West Chicago and Chicago Union Station, wher... (more)