2014 Trains Photo Contest Winners
We asked for your images that show a sequence of events. See our choices and learn the theme for next year's contest.
The second Cascade Crossing
By Robert W. Scott
After 108 years, the second crossing of the Cascade Range still feels the rumble of tonnage over its rails
The Orient line reborn
By Fred W. Frailey
Three times failed, twice up for abandonment. Who would have predicted this outcome?
Map of the Month: Toledo's circular railroad
By Bill Metzger
The Toledo Terminal Railroad was the only complete loop
Getting nowhere fast
By Paul Baumgartner
Inadequate power and a heavy train in the middle of a Michigan winter equals disaster
Carbuilding challenge
'Buy America' requirements give car builders oomph, but is it enough?
Pause in time
By Travis Dewitz
Towns along the Norfolk Southern in McDowell County in West Virginia appear to be stuck in time
In my own words: Fire, lies, and signals
By John A. Mango
How a quiet graveyard shift at the tower turned to chaos on the Erie Railroad
We asked for your images that show a sequence of events. See our choices and learn the theme for next year's contest.
The second Cascade Crossing
By Robert W. Scott
After 108 years, the second crossing of the Cascade Range still feels the rumble of tonnage over its rails
The Orient line reborn
By Fred W. Frailey
Three times failed, twice up for abandonment. Who would have predicted this outcome?
Map of the Month: Toledo's circular railroad
By Bill Metzger
The Toledo Terminal Railroad was the only complete loop
Getting nowhere fast
By Paul Baumgartner
Inadequate power and a heavy train in the middle of a Michigan winter equals disaster
Carbuilding challenge
'Buy America' requirements give car builders oomph, but is it enough?
Pause in time
By Travis Dewitz
Towns along the Norfolk Southern in McDowell County in West Virginia appear to be stuck in time
In my own words: Fire, lies, and signals
By John A. Mango
How a quiet graveyard shift at the tower turned to chaos on the Erie Railroad