Benxi Iron & Steel Company's cauldron wagons, used to carry molten iron at Benxi Steelworks in Liaoning Province, China.1yr ⋅ johnsinternetsales ⋅ r/trains
China's new high speed train, debuted for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics2yr ⋅ AgreeableLandscape3 ⋅ r/trains
This is my wallpaper. It is a D&RGW 2-8-2 K-37 Mikado steam locomotive2yr ⋅ FrontRoyalRailfan ⋅ r/trains
An Amtrak crew aboard ex-Milwaukee Road E9A #406 waves to the crew aboard Southern #4501 as they meet at Oconomowoc, Wisconsin in 1973.2yr ⋅ N_dixon ⋅ r/trains
Everyone is posting Big Boy photos these days. Unfortunately, #4014 is coming nowhere near me, but I did swing by Scranton to see freshly cosmetically-restored #4012.2yr ⋅ N_dixon ⋅ r/trains
A Delaware & Hudson engineer looks up at Nickel Plate #759 crossing the Starrucca Viaduct with a High Iron Company excursion in May of 1970.3yr ⋅ N_dixon ⋅ r/trains
We need more cars like this. It's named the Sterand Loco, and is the only one in existence. (found on Google)1mo ⋅ Vehicular_Man ⋅ r/trains
One final somber goodbye to our now former F units from both Alaska and Metro North origin.8mo ⋅ ThatBlackBearessJess ⋅ r/trains
Saw this Hydrogen Hybrid train at the BNSF Temple, TX yard. Never seen anything like it. Was a neat find.2yr ⋅ Flapattack92 ⋅ r/trains
Do the panels on the front have any purpose or are they purely an aesthetic choice?1yr ⋅ TakeShitsMuch ⋅ r/trains
I’m sitting on a dutch intercity direct train and there is this crank in some of the cars. Does anyone know what it does before intrusive thoughts get the better of me?1yr ⋅ lowie_987 ⋅ r/trains
An A-B-A set of Alco FAs belonging to the New York Central race freight along the Hudson River at Peekskill, NY in November of 1957. Photo by T.J. Donahue.1yr ⋅ N_dixon ⋅ r/trains
Hey y’all! I’m buying my partner a gift but I have a question, is this an American Steam Train? Or is it from a different country?1yr ⋅ psychsub ⋅ r/trains
Yet another major derailment. North of Pueblo, Colorado around 1530. Meanwhile the railroad safety bill is stalled in the senate.7mo ⋅ scoper49_zeke ⋅ r/trains
A tender overflows from taking on too much water from a track pan. The locomotive is ‘A4’ No. 60022 Mallard and the location is Langley troughs, on the East Coast Main Line, in June 1962. COLOUR-RAIL photo.2yr ⋅ Penn_And_W_Ry ⋅ r/trains
Bessemer and Lake Erie engines 862 (in DMIR colors) and 905 pull a very short load through Butler, PA on CN’s Bessemer Subdivision1yr ⋅ sebileis ⋅ r/trains
Was the T1 actually bad enough to deserve the horrible reputation it got? i’ve heard conflicting information on this2yr ⋅ Atomik_krow ⋅ r/trains
someone please tell me why this locomotive was painted like this?11mo ⋅ Historical_Lime6639 ⋅ r/trains
The Chicago Board of Trade building looms in the background on a cold February in 1935 as New York Central Lines streamline locomotive the Commodore Vanderbilt heads out with the 20th Century limited1yr ⋅ NickelPlatedEmperor ⋅ r/trains
My model railroad club was getting rid of some posters, so I got this one. Can anyone tell me about the society or event it's advertising for?1yr ⋅ Trainzguy2472 ⋅ r/trains
Same place, same route, just 16 years apart (2006 vs 2022). Beaver train from Wrocław, Poland2yr ⋅ szymon362 ⋅ r/trains
1942 Pennsylvania Railroad class T1, 4-4-4-4, designed by Ralph P. Johnson and Raymond Loewy4yr ⋅ Plethorian ⋅ r/trains
Latvian Skoda EMUs were being tested for the first time a few weeks ago1yr ⋅ Otherwise_Pair_5072 ⋅ r/trains
Chatted with a local librarian housing historical books and records, he brought me this8mo ⋅ Vodnik-Dubs ⋅ r/trains
A Canadian National SW1200 street-running (or rather, front yard-running) in Oshawa, 19804yr ⋅ N_dixon ⋅ r/trains
Norfolk & Western #611 prepares to depart Roanoke, Virginia with an excursion run, July 4, 2015.1yr ⋅ HawkeyeTen ⋅ r/trains
Canadian Pacific Publicity Photo Displaying Its New Corporate Identity, 19681yr ⋅ dummkopf_returns ⋅ r/trains
Does anyone know the full story of this CSX 806 SD80MAC falling into a turntable?2yr ⋅ CraftyFoxeYT ⋅ r/trains
What is this machine I saw while stopped at Hornepayne, Ontario, Canada (December 2009)?1yr ⋅ danpietsch ⋅ r/trains
Not sure if this fits here but here’s a drawing I did of a Japanese Metro Train Station!4yr ⋅ domomon ⋅ r/trains
Two of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Baldwin DR-6-4-2000 diesels prepare to leave Jersey City with the express commuter train known colloquially as The Broker for the amount of Wall Street workers that it carried. Photo taken in 1960 by William D. Volkmer.9mo ⋅ N_dixon ⋅ r/trains
U.S. Military Railroad locomotive W.H. Whiton (built by William Mason in 1862) coupled with Abraham Lincoln's presidential car, soon to become his funeral car. Photo taken at Alexandria, January, 1865.1yr ⋅ NomadSound ⋅ r/trains
The inside of the train car taking Joe Biden from Poland to Ukraine last night1yr ⋅ biwook ⋅ r/trains
Greetings from Denmark's iconic rubber nose train, officially the DSB Class MF. Photographed in Flensburg near the German/Danish border. The rubber provides an efficient and noise-reducing seal between the cars.1wk ⋅ ObjectiveMall ⋅ r/trains
Heavy long-distance train behind an AEM-7 on the Northeast Corridor at Cornwells Heights, PA, USA1yr ⋅ niteFlight ⋅ r/trains
I don’t know much about trains but I took this photo today and thought you guys would like it. Located in Nagano, Japan.2yr ⋅ MythosOne ⋅ r/trains
Hello guys I'm having trouble what is the name of this train, if its unnamed then just tell me2yr ⋅ AghKay ⋅ r/trains
🇦🇹 A beautiful sunset in the Austrian town of Gmund, not far from the Czech Republic 3wk ⋅ No-Magazine-6999 ⋅ r/trains
Vandals did this with a stolen backhoe in Greenville, NC. Good thing the track inspector noticed it before the train came. Photo taken by Vic Lewis 7/25/20072yr ⋅ TrainFan244 ⋅ r/trains
Amtrak's eastbound Lake Shore Limited at Utica, NY, two hours behind schedule and with Norfolk Southern SD70ACu #7258 in the lead. One of the P32AC-DMs suffered a mechanical failure near Waterloo, Indiana and the #7258 was borrowed to get it over the road. Definitely a strange sight.1yr ⋅ N_dixon ⋅ r/trains
I buy negatives and print them in my darkroom. Here’s 2 Class 17’s at Edinburgh Princes Street in 1965.1yr ⋅ SquashyDisco ⋅ r/trains
Any train experts know what the piece is called that goes across the wheels laterally?1yr ⋅ reebeaster ⋅ r/trains
The first ICE L, Germany's new intercity express train, has been spotted leaving the Talgo factory.1yr ⋅ Random_Introvert_42 ⋅ r/trains
The 2013 Lac-Megantic (Canada) Runaway Train Inferno. A defective freight train rolls into a town unmanned due to insufficient brakes and derails, sparking an inferno. 47 people die. The full article is linked in the comments.3mo ⋅ Random_Introvert_42 ⋅ r/trains
Why do some small steam engines have this weird smei-circle jacket over their boiler.10mo ⋅ Hugh_Mungus_Jass ⋅ r/trains
The aftermath of the 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Japan on Mar 16. They're my 2 most favorite trains2yr ⋅ pgllrq ⋅ r/trains