Pennsy power, down by the Strasburg enginehouse in the fall of 1986 with the 1223 and 7002 getting ready to doublehead. The 1223 debuted on the Strasburg in 1965 and was retired in 1989. The 700... (more)

Black Five no 45212 passes the Polnish Chapel in the West Highlands of Scotland while it hauls the Jacobean service from Fort Williams to Mallaig. This scenic chapel, which has been unused since 1... (more)

Don't even try to stop it. The Fillmore & Western Railway is known for being the location of the filming of many movies, useful because of its long stretches of desolate track far from population ... (more)

Something For Everyone. Making an unusual trip out of Los Angeles on the point of a train, AMTK 510 guides this morning's Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, into Simi Valley ... (more)

Chatsworth Rocks, in Santa Susana Pass in the northwest corner of Los Angeles, was the location of countless early Western films, from silent movies up to Roy Rogers’ television show. It has al... (more)

The widest station, the oldest cars. One of the remaining examples of the MTA New York City Transit Subway 1964 Budd built order of R-32s, 3361 leads an eight car train on C (8th Avenue/Fulton Loc... (more)

Steam Locomotive No. 618 is one of the stars of the Heber Valley Railroad locomotive fleet. This historic engine, which turned 100 years old in 2007, has been pulling tourists through the Wasatch ... (more)

Black Hills Central #7. Perhaps the longest-serving locomotive at the Black Hills Central is this little Baldwin 2-6-2. Like all of the other locos here, this engine is a log-hog. She w... (more)

The Western & Atlantic "General". Arguably the most famous steam locomotive of all time is this 1855, 4-4-0, "American" Locomotive, built by Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor ... (more)

With the towering rock formations that have served as the stage for movies like John Wayne's thrilling "Fort Apache" and the popular TV series "Star Trek" providing the backdro... (more)

You see a locomotive, and I see a movie star. Runaway Train is one of my favorite movies, and not just because it starred four locomotives racing through the Alaska wilderness at high speed. Rid... (more)

A celebrity sits in the National Railway Museum in York. Olton Hall, masquerading as none other than the "Wizard Express" Hogwart's Castle sit on the turntable at the NRM. The engine is the same... (more)

Still going strong! Still working the home rails after 116 years, Sierra Railway #3 charges through California's gold country on a Railtown 1897 excursion, with a couple of heavyweight cars... (more)

Christmas, Florida Style on this 80 degree day...Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Locomotive # 2 steams into the Tavares Depot with RERX Train 101 a round trip to Lake Jem and return. The train has ... (more)

The Three-Spot Lives! Were it not for a strange twist of fate, the little 10-wheeler you see here might have led a very undistinguished career for a California railroad and been scrapped 80... (more)