A roar of upcoming freight train can be heard and soon it appears on the Krausel Klause viadukt viadukt as ÖBB's class Taurus and class 1144 electirc locomotives have started to cross the viaduct... (more)

Action In The Dead Of Night | Half past 2 o'clock in the morning on an unseasonably warm Saturday, September 21, 2024, a southbound CPKC grain train cruises through the town of Noel, MO.

Blue Sky Over Indian Creek | Just south of the town of Anderson, MO mid-morning on a sunny Saturday, September 7, 2024, a loaded CPKC grain train heads south past fields and Indian Creek, a... (more)

SP 4-10-2 number 5018 is seen at Los Angeles California on August 1st 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SBB's high-speed train to South curves next to the urban scenes and natural heights of Flüelen.

Two convoys called "POP" with a 4-carriage version ETR-104 at the head and the other 3-carriage version ETR-103 travel in multiple command, and carry out the regional service between Bol... (more)

Western Pacific 2-8-8-2 number 256 leads seventy one cars eastbound at Oroville California in 1935. Otto's speed estimate for this train was 30 MPH. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Dusk And Decrepit | As the DPU on a loaded coal train streaks past, night falls over the Tamora, NE grain elevator switching power on a cool Sunday, September 1, 2024 evening. To the left i... (more)

Relics Of The Past | Parked on a side track at Tamora, NE, a pair of ancient EMDs are looking great beneath a clear dusk sky on the evening of Sunday, September 1, 2024. To the left is an e... (more)

A summer morning view of the CSX Queensgate Locomotive Shop and the hump.

Here we see a CN stack train heading east past the searchlights at mile 2 of the Halton Sub, shot from the Weston Rd overpass on a crisp fall morning. Not sure if this was a northbound for the wes... (more)

The Heartland Tour Begins | After spending a couple of days at Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE, Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 has officially begun its "Heartland Of America To... (more)

Vibrant Nebraska Morning | Crossing a field just east of North Platte, NE, an eastbound intermodal train begins its journey down the Kearney Subdivision on the sunny morning of Sunday, Sept... (more)

Twilight in Hershey | A westbound manifest train heads through Hershey, NE on the evening of Saturday, August 31, 2024.

Big Boy heads west at Williams Loop.