SP yard at Dunsmuir, Calif.
Oct 22, 2025·Photo of the Day

SP yard at Dunsmuir, Calif.

With Mt. Shasta rising in the background, a Baldwin road-switcher works the Southern Pacific yard at Dunsmuir, Calif., in the…

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GG1 helping a Metroliner
Oct 21, 2025·Photo of the Day

GG1 helping a Metroliner

Amtrak GG1 No. 912 dashes through the snow at Bowie, Md., with a four-car Metroliner train in February 1978. The…

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B&O Q-4 Mikado in Indiana
Oct 20, 2025·Photo of the Day

B&O Q-4 Mikado in Indiana

Baltimore & Ohio class Q-4 2-8-2 No. 4479 steps along a manicured right of way with a westbound freight near…

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Humping at North Platte
Oct 17, 2025·Photo of the Day

Humping at North Platte

Union Pacific NW2 No. 1091, with extra ballast and low-speed gearing, shoves the last cars of a freight train up…

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Inside State Line Tower
Oct 14, 2025·Photo of the Day

Inside State Line Tower

An operator pulls the armstrong levers to align a route at busy State Line Tower, near Hammond, Ind., on the…

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SP logging train
Oct 13, 2025·Photo of the Day

SP logging train

A Southern Pacific 2-8-0 pulls a log train on the Cloudcroft branch near Alamogordo, N.Mex. This view is from 1946,…

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