Welcome to Railroad Picture Archives!
This site contains a large collection of railroad photographs uploaded by many different contributors. You will find photographs of many different railroads! You can also browse the collection by locomotives or rollingstock 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.
Use the locomotive search tool to search for specific locomotives. Type heritage in the tag field to search for heritage locomotives. More locomotive tags will be added in the future.
Site Updates are in progress!
Updated on 10/29/2026: Missing Rollingstock Range pages re-created!
Updated on 10/28/2026: Refreshed the Photo Locations Page.
Updated on 10/19/2026: Added new Rollingstock Search page, updated photo calendar (by date) page. Updated Locomotive Search. Adding and updating tools for site data editors.
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As this is a pretty large project, you may notice some things that don't work correctly. Please let us know if you do see issues and we'll work to get them resolved as soon as possible.
We will also be looking to add features to make it easier for others to assist in curating the data that is on the site. Things such as updates/additions/corrections on locomotive and rollingstock data, etc. If you are interested, let us know as well. Once features added/updated that will allow us to grow in this area, we'll start to expand this group.
Want to contribute? It's free! First register for a user account. Once registered, log in and click the Contribute link to get started!
The editors select the best and most interesting photos as they arrive. Each editors' pick will display a special award icon on the photo page. View the most recent selections via the Editors' Picks link.
Contributors can also highlight their own favourites via Contributor Picks. Want to see everything added recently? Click Newest Photos to see all photos added within a specified number of days.
