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Welcome to Railroad Picture Archives!

Front Page Pic This site contains a large collection of railroad pictures.  You will find photographs of many different railroads!   Browse the collection by locomotives present in the photograph, by the location the photograph was taken, or by locomotive model.  Visit the contributor sites to see the collection of an individual contributor.

Check out our interactive U.S. railroad map!  Each location a photograph was taken will appear on the map as a red dot.  You can zoom in and out to see detailed track configurations all across the U.S.  Registered users will have access to our U.S. Traffic Density map. Quickly find the busiest lines near you!

Traffic Density Map 2011 data update!  

newNew Feature: Heritage Units!  The locomotive search tool has been enhanced to support searching for heritage locomotives.  Follow the link to the locomotive search, type in heritage in the tag field and search!  More locomotive tags will be added in the future.

Want to contribute?  It's free!  First register for a user account by clicking on the 'Register' link on the left.  Once you have registered simply log into the site and click the Contribute link and follow the simple instructions!

The editors of this site will be selecting the best and most interesting photos as they come onto the site.  Each photo that is selected as an editors pick will have a red award icon visible on the top of the picture view page.  You can see the most recent editors picks by selecting the Editors' Picks link from the menu on the left.

You can see the contributor's favorite photos by going to the Contributor Picks link on the left.  On the Contributor's individual site, their picks will be accessible through the My Picks Link.  Each photo that is selected as an contributor pick will have a green award icon visible on the top of the picture view page.

Want to see the most recent photos added to the site all in one screen?  Click the Newest Photos at the top left and see all photos added to the site within a specified number of days.  This is a great way to see all of the newest photos on one page!

 
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Select one of the links from the menu on the left to begin browsing the collection.
 
Site Stats
Photos: 2,757,590
Locomotives:  125,761
Rolling Stock:  675,102
Locations:  25,773
What's New?
New Photo Albums
Covered Hoppers (Texas)
   -Added 5/16/2012 7:15:32 AM
Norfolk Southern (Texas)
   -Added 5/16/2012 7:13:26 AM
National Train Day
   -Added 5/16/2012 3:53:17 AM
EL, some passenger cars.
   -Added 5/15/2012 11:48:12 PM
Four WB's On CP.
   -Added 5/15/2012 11:27:19 PM
Greene County PA
   -Added 5/15/2012 8:57:14 PM
NS Heritage Engine
   -Added 5/15/2012 7:39:40 PM
Ford
   -Added 5/15/2012 6:23:04 PM
Special Events & Equipment Moves
   -Added 5/15/2012 6:09:10 PM
Suffern N.Y. 1976/79
   -Added 5/15/2012 5:32:29 PM
Durango and Silverton
   -Added 5/15/2012 2:49:03 PM
NS Griffin District
   -Added 5/15/2012 2:36:42 PM
May 2012
   -Added 5/15/2012 1:06:21 PM
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
   -Added 5/15/2012 11:20:34 AM
Amtrak 184
   -Added 5/15/2012 9:24:29 AM
CSX closes out the weekend.
   -Added 5/15/2012 8:20:59 AM
4 train monday.
   -Added 5/15/2012 7:33:41 AM
May Photos 2012
   -Added 5/15/2012 5:40:11 AM
San Diego Metro
   -Added 5/15/2012 3:26:58 AM
Taking a Dump - Ballast and riprap
   -Added 5/14/2012 10:34:13 PM
Cresson Photos
   -Added 5/14/2012 10:06:06 PM
Private Varnish
   -Added 5/14/2012 10:05:50 PM
San Bernardino
   -Added 5/14/2012 9:06:02 PM
CVSR Weekend Operations.
   -Added 5/14/2012 9:01:27 PM
Sundown at Pasco
   -Added 5/14/2012 8:57:23 PM
Wheeling and ABC on the weekend.
   -Added 5/14/2012 8:46:13 PM
Cajon Pass May 2012
   -Added 5/14/2012 7:05:05 PM
National Train Day @ GCT 5/12/2012
   -Added 5/14/2012 5:57:04 PM
Grafton and Upton Railroad
   -Added 5/14/2012 5:47:46 PM
Grafton Upton Railroad
   -Added 5/14/2012 5:44:44 PM
Hudson Subdivision
   -Added 5/14/2012 4:30:51 PM
Selkirk Branch/Chicago Line
   -Added 5/14/2012 4:02:57 PM
National Train Day 2012
   -Added 5/14/2012 4:02:53 PM
Cumbres and Toltec
   -Added 5/14/2012 3:43:12 PM
Stations etc.
   -Added 5/14/2012 3:07:31 PM
   more...
 
Updated Photo Albums
Out And About With Canadian National
   -Updated 5/16/2012 12:55:46 PM
CaliforniaRailfan101's Best of Emeryville, CA
   -Updated 5/16/2012 12:54:50 PM
Norfolk Southern's Harrisburg Division May 2012
   -Updated 5/16/2012 12:45:31 PM
Pastor's Train Pics
   -Updated 5/16/2012 12:36:24 PM
Burlington Northern
   -Updated 5/16/2012 12:35:06 PM
Railfanning in Black & White
   -Updated 5/16/2012 12:32:13 PM
Special Events & Equipment Moves
   -Updated 5/16/2012 12:17:31 PM
South San Francisco, CA
   -Updated 5/16/2012 11:50:31 AM
Varnish and Vanna
   -Updated 5/16/2012 11:26:05 AM
2012 Photos
   -Updated 5/16/2012 11:10:31 AM
waterloo
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:59:27 AM
EJ&E
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:56:03 AM
Joliet, IL Album 2
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:55:45 AM
2nd Quarter 2012 - CMP
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:54:56 AM
BNSF Chicago Sub: Album 2
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:52:20 AM
Further East
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:48:24 AM
Villa Grove Illinois Trains
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:47:19 AM
Bownsville
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:41:52 AM
Terre Haute Trains
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:34:13 AM
Effingham 2012
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:15:56 AM
Misc Train Photos
   -Updated 5/16/2012 10:01:29 AM
GNWR equipment in CT
   -Updated 5/16/2012 7:43:50 AM
CSX Mainline Subdvision May-July 2012
   -Updated 5/16/2012 7:27:02 AM
Durand, Railfanning
   -Updated 5/16/2012 6:39:42 AM
Araucaria
   -Updated 5/16/2012 5:44:29 AM
San Diego Metro
   -Updated 5/16/2012 3:18:17 AM
Canadian Pacific ex-MILW Mainline 2010-2012
   -Updated 5/16/2012 3:09:30 AM
Altoona Brickyard Photos II
   -Updated 5/16/2012 2:53:23 AM
Altoona Juniata Shop Photos
   -Updated 5/16/2012 2:46:01 AM
CN Waukesha Subdivision
   -Updated 5/16/2012 2:39:05 AM
Intermodal Cars 2012
   -Updated 5/16/2012 2:25:49 AM
MoW Equipment / Misc 2012
   -Updated 5/16/2012 2:15:23 AM
Boxcars 2012
   -Updated 5/16/2012 2:12:32 AM
Tank Car Pictures 2012
   -Updated 5/16/2012 1:56:03 AM
Hoppers (Open / Closed) and Gondolas 2012
   -Updated 5/16/2012 1:52:15 AM
   more...
 

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