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Converging Lines
Fading sunlight illuminates the rails of the CP Rail North Toronto line in Leaside, Ontario, a neighbourhood in Toronto. In this image, one pair of rails crosses over from one...
Miller Beach
An empty coal train returning from a power plant in Michigan City, Indiana, approaches the town of Miller Beach, Indiana on the Chicago South Shore & South Bend main-line.
Lifting Putnam
Ontario Southland Railway F-unit #1400 Performs switching moves in Putnam, Ontario along the line to St Thomas, Ontario, which was formerly owned by CP Rail until December 2009. OSR serves...
Julesburg Blizzard
A Union Pacific freight train heads westbound through Julesburg, Colorado in whiteout blizzard conditions. The train is on the old Overland Route, which was completed in the late nineteenth century routed...
Into The Void
Glowing signal lights are seen from the rear window of VIA Rail train #78 destined for Toronto Union Station.
Gunns Loop
The ground streaks by under a TTC streetcar at Gunns Loop, the western end of the 512 St Clair Avenue line. After a brief stop let passengers board, car #4117...
Flyunder Meet
In low evening light, a rolling meet occurs between an inbound GO commuter train, and an outbound Union Pearson airport shuttle. Both trains are rushing through the flyunder that was...
Crossing Ahead
A BNSF hotshot mail train speeds through Rochelle, Illinois on former Chicago Burlington & Quincy rails on a sunny afternoon. The round sign in the foreground warns motorists of the...
Corridor Wrap
A VIA Rail corridor train dashes into the scene with a short consist bound for Toronto Union Station.
Metra Express
A westbound Metra express train races through downtown La Grange, Illinois, on its way to Aurora Transportation Center. This triple track main-line between Chicago Union Station and Aurora is...
On Display
Santa Fe SD40 #5508 sits on static display next to the former railway depot in Marceline, Missouri, adjacent to the busy BNSF main-line to Kansas City. Marceline is famous...
Clear Noel
A southbound Kansas City Southern mixed freight train cruises through the hinterlands outside Noel, Missouri, deep in the Ozarks region, appearing through a break in the treeline.
Night Rails
The rails of the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad refelct rest stop floodlights under the cover of night in Bradford, Pennsylvania. These tracks are today owned and utilized by...
Funeral Train
The George H.W. Bush funeral train operated by Union Pacific passes through the small town of Atchison, Kansas on it's way from Kansas City, Missouri to Council Bluffs, Iowa....
Lonely Ace
Kansas City Southern SD70ACe #4168 sits on a spur track outside of Pittsburg, Kansas on a grain train, awaiting a new crew to take it south to Louisiana. KCS...
Southern Belle
Outside of Pittsburg, Kansas, a Kansas City Southern train picks up speed on the Heavener Subdivision, the main-line to Shreverport, Louisiana.
Light Beams
Shot from inside the lead SD40-2 locomotive on a Wisconsin & Southern freight train in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, two beams of light from the headlamps shoot off into the distance...
La Salle Street
During the summer of 2017, Metra Rail operated excursion trains lead by Nickel Plate Road steam locomotive #765 between downtown Chicago and Joliet, Illinois on Metra’s Rock Island District.
Hickory Creek
A Metra Rail commuter train flies over Hickory Creek outside of Joliet, Illinois, headed eastbound for La Salle Street Station in downtown Chicago.
Lake State
Lake State Railroad Company Electro-Motive GP40-2 #4304 leads a freight train through the snow-covered streets of Alpena, Michigan, headed for Tawas, Michigan to switch out local customers.
Racetrack Sundown
A BNSF priority mail train from Chicago to Portland, Oregon glides down the “racetrack” through Riverside at sunset.
Fluted Steel
The fluted stainless steel on a Metra commuter coach reflects the setting sun during a station stop at Robbins, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago.
Moffat Road
A Union Pacific freight out of Denver, Colorado train starts up the steep grade of Big Ten curve at the foot of the rocky mountains, outside of Arvada, Colorado....