UP Big Boy taking a breather at Ogden Union Station before it traverses the Wasatch Mountain Range once again.

Rainy Paducah nights
On the eve before returning to home rails after an extensive rebuild at the Paducah Shops, Union Pacific’s A-B-A set of E9s sit in the fog and rain with a passeng... (more)

This was a fortunate accident. While testing my strobes on Steam Into History's brand new 1860s 4-4-0, York, my front strobe didn't fire. The result left a neatly side lit scene with an interestin... (more)

Norfolk Southern's "GoRail" and "Honoring Our Veterans" units pose side by side for a portrait before being put together as power for train 336 at Norris Yard’s diesel shop i... (more)

Union Pacific 6938 on display in front of the Jenks Shops.

A Bombardier consist is pushed by SEPTA's lone ALP44 into the layover yard at West Trenton, N.J.

The NS Erie Lackawanna Heritage Unit poses next to a true heritage, PRR GG1

Farewell to Number 4. On her final day of operation, Monson #4 ran 3 public passenger trips around Portland's Eastern Promenade. When those were completed, the engine and train picked up ... (more)

Lighting streaks over the top of DD40X UP 6938 as a severe thunderstorm clears North Little Rock and heads east. UP 6938 is on display in front of the Union Pacific Jenks Locomotive Shops.

While preparing to move NCTM's Southern GP30 from a roundhouse track to the turntable, the engineer starts up the EMD, shooting a could of smoke into the sky. Far above is a crescent moon, which i... (more)

One of the nicest outdoor railroad displays I've ever encountered is this exhibit in Mendota, Illinois. Burlington Route 4978 is in great condition, and appears ready to highball out of town. No... (more)

Long before dawn, the crew of Mt. Emily Lumber Company #1 slowly brings their 90-ton, oil-burning Shay up to operating pressure by the sand tower in the City of Prineville Railroad Yard. T... (more)

Four steam locomotives gather at St. Louis, Missouri, on June 14, 1990. Cotton Belt No. 819, Norfolk and Western No. 1218, Union Pacific No. 844 and Frisco No. 1522 simmer the night away under the... (more)

GoRail and Norfolk Southern announced the unveiling of its one-of-a-kind GoRail locomotive today to commemorate the 10th anniversary of GoRail, a non-profit grassroots organization dedicated to ed... (more)

Perdue Farms unloads a 90 car train of corn. To see more of my pictures, visit www.vidivides.com