Riding high in the Bay Area
Feb 4, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Riding high in the Bay Area

A trio of BNSF power has doublestacks and autoracks in tow at Martinez, Calif., on Nov. 29, 2004. Tom Murray…

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Texas draw
Feb 4, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Texas draw

An eastbound Union Pacific freight smokes it up leaving Taylor, Texas, on a December 1995 day. On the point is…

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The light at the end of the tunnel
Feb 1, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

The light at the end of the tunnel

Union Pacific “Heritage” SD70ACe No. 1989 emerges from the tunnel at Newcastle, Calif., on July 31, 2010. The engine is…

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Florida from the air
Jan 4, 2011·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Florida from the air

We’re high above Seaboard Coast Line’s Uceta Yard and locomotive shop on Sept. 26 1970. Below is the busy former…

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North Star in waiting
Dec 10, 2010·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

North Star in waiting

A North Star commuter train waits at the end of the line, Big Lake, Minn, before its return trip to…

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A key connection
Nov 30, 2010·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

A key connection

A southbound Norfolk & Western freight train approaches the Southern Railway junction at Front Royal, Va., in this undated photo.…

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Happy “Kalmbach Day”!
Oct 19, 2010·Photo of the Day·Classic Trains

Happy “Kalmbach Day”!

From 1943 to 1989, Kalmbach Publishing Co. — whose family of magazines includes Model Railroader (launched 1934), Trains (1940), and…

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Rolling through the Rocks
Sep 14, 2010·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Rolling through the Rocks

Led by a new MP36PH-3C, a MARC commuter trains curves past the historic depot at Point of Rocks, Md., on…

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The high iron
Sep 12, 2010·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

The high iron

Three Union Pacific diesels muscle a southbound intermodal train under classic Southern Pacific searchlight signals near Mojave, Calif., on Sept.…

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They made Milwaukee great
Sep 1, 2010·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

They made Milwaukee great

Two Wisconsin & Southern MP15s switch the MillerCoors brewery on July 1, 2010. The lead unit’s heritage is unmistakable, thanks…

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Thundering through Jasper
Aug 8, 2010·Photo Of The Day·Trains Magazine

Thundering through Jasper

Canadian National coal train C77951 (Winniandy, Alta., to Vancover, B.C.) thunders through Jasper, Alta., on April 6, 2009. Both CN…

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