Strasburg Rail Road 89 departs Leaman Place Junction with its passenger train on a sunny December morning.

Shuttle at Sea. A New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) Rockaway Shuttle train is seen crossing the South Channel Bridge, where the "Subway goes out to sea."

Carrying the "trash train", this westbound is not technically an intermodal but carries a huge cut of stinky stuff from back east going to grace the fair soil of Alabama. It gets stuck ... (more)

CNJ 113 races through Schuylkill Haven with its passenger train on a cold December morning.

Union Pacific Big Boy #4014 leaves the Denver skyline behind as it heads towards Commerce City on the way back to home base in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Amtrak engine #137 (P42DC) leads the California Zephyr 5 train through Rollinsville, Colorado on the Moffat Tunnel Sub.

Nickel Plate Road 765 leads its passenger train through the farmland outside of Pleasant Lake.

Double Decker. Two Flushing-bound New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) 7 trains are seen at 111th Street Station on the IRT Flushing Line. The station here has a "flying express... (more)

Up Above it All. A Queens-bound New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) Z train is seen racing towards Flushing Avenue Station on the BMT Jamaica Line, high above the hustle and bustle ... (more)

Greeley, Colorado has that 'land that time forgot' vibe as telegraph poles and old grain businesses line the tracks that go through town. UP 1820 (SD40N) heads into town and will continue through... (more)

Durango & Silverton 480 leads its passenger train up the grade as it nears Rockwood on a sunny May afternoon.

Two pieces of nearly obsolete equipment, which have undoubtedly gone an unimaginable amount of miles in their lives, cross paths in Winona, MN.

The Colorado Railroad Museum frequently uses their Rior Grande Southern Galloping Goose #7 to give passengers rides around the grounds in Golden, Colorado.

Durango & Silverton 480 rolls down the grade at Needleton Siding with its mixed train on a cool May morning.

AT&SF train number ninety three is seen at Amarillo Texas on April 17th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.