LEFT: Maine Eastern FL9 No. 489 leads east through the Cook’s Corner section of Brunswick, Maine, on October 24. Passengers are enjoying blazing fall foliage on this October afternoon. This would be Maine Eastern’s last season of operation after 11 years serving the mid-Maine coast. PAOLO ROFFO
BELOW: Beginning in 2012, Chicago commuter railroad Metra and Union Pacific partnered with the non-profit organization Operation North Pole to provide a day of fun and fantasy during the holiday season for Chicago area families who are dealing with a life-threatening or terminal illness affecting their children. Led by F40PH-3 125, the Operation North Pole equipment consisting of coaches 6054, 6094, 6131, 6177, plus cab car 8472 worked Train 711 westward between Arlington Heights and Palatine, Ill., on December 19. JENNIFER NELSON
LEFT: Everett Railroad 2-6-0 No. 11 leads a Santa Train across the Little Juniata River on December 12 on the line out of Roaring Spring, Pa. The Mogul returned to service in 2015. The 1920 Alco was built for export to Cuba, but wound up on the Narragansett Pier Railroad in Rhode Island before heading to the Bath & Hammondsport in New York. MATTHEW BONIN
ABOVE: The Amtrak maintenance facility in Seattle oversees maintenance of Amtrak and Sound Transit motive power and passenger cars. On the afternoon of September 19, Sound Transit F59PHIs No. 902 (promoting the ORCA farecard system) and No. 906 pose in the facility, with the Seattle stadiums in the background. DAVID BAER
LEFT: Virginia Railway Express Train No. 331 passes under the ex-Southern Railway signal bridge at Clifton, Va., on September 16 as it heads south from Washington, D.C. GEORGE W. HAMLIN
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