One stop on our cruise to Panama was in Limon, Costa Rica. There is a tourist train that operates on the remnant of Costa Rica's narrow guage banana line that we rode on our trip 21 years …

I was reading an article about the evolution of railfanning. In it, they were mentioning various phone apps that are used to locate train-movements. I've done a search, but haven't found …

Last Sunday, I took a railfanning trip down to the Princeton, NJ Area. The main focus was to photograph action along the 3.7 mile NJT Princeton Branch, also known as the Dinky. With the …

Re: Powder river railfanning Author: Trainwreck The coordinates I have for the Logan Hill bridge is 43.39783 N 105.36065 W My notes are showing that is on Forest Service Road 942. For …

Kind of a requirement for railfanning in that area, it's on page 364 of your railfanning manuel. I could easily tell you to spend a day railfanning around the Cresson / Altoona area, but you …

A brief note about my own railfanning radios. The radios that I use most for railfanning are those in my primary railfanning vehicle--an Icom IC-F5061D mobile radio, that I've had for nearly 10 …

We're planning a trip from Iowa to Colorado this summer, and are looking into travelling across Nebraska via highway 30 for at least part of the distance in order to catch a bunch of mainline …

There is a constant stream of posts here on TO that ask the same questions over and over about radios for railfanning. I’m going to try sum up what makes a good railfan radio in one post. For …

As a new resident of Iowa, I am curious about railfanning opportunities in Des Moines. Can anyone suggest places to railfan, levels of traffic and any timings of traffic? Many thanks, …

I hope this is the right spot to ask this but I’m heading to Pittsburgh Saturday for railfanning. Looking for some spots other than Station Square...that seems to be the overall top answer for …