Due to 50mph winds, IAIS's mainline was shut down due to a fence and power lines falling on the main. IAIS 505 pulled right up to the fence which made for perfect pictures!

The afternoon of March 31st has turned rather dreary although it doesn't dampen the spirits of CSX Y104's "cool crew" which is seen after cutting off their transfer cut on the south end of NS's In... (more)

An EMD SD70MAC (4775) and a GE ES40DC (5493) sit waiting for their turn at the Bostic Yard in Bostic, NC.

TRT-909 is a Track Renewal Train that can simultaneously replace both rails along with removing and replacing ties. It can install wood, concrete (as seen here), or steel ties while pulling and re... (more)

Working slowly toward Radium, Colorado, on Union Pacific’s Moffat Tunnel Subdivision is TRT-909 on August 6, 2009. TRT-909 is a Track Renewal Train that can simultaneously replace both rails alo... (more)

Northbound EC-4 Track Inspection Unit at Seacliff Siding.

On August 11th, 2015, Portland and Western's Westside district trestle in Sherwood caught fire and was lost. Three teenagers were caught, cited for trespassing, and charged with reckless burning, ... (more)

On August 11th, 2015, Portland and Western's Westside district trestle in Sherwood caught fire and was lost. Three teenagers were caught, cited for trespassing, and charged with reckless burning, ... (more)

The Prince Brothers General Store closed its doors in 1984, ending 112 years of continuous operation. Here a CSX power move rolls past the store on October 11, 1986, the same year that it was plac... (more)

Oh ... That's What the Flashing Red Lights Mean!

As Southern Pacific's Huntington Beach Hauler was heading back to Anaheim, a moron in a white car somehow failed to notice the... (more)

Full crew. Carlos Llamas, engineer, Mr. Bear, assistant engineer, and Jake Vigil, fireman, on the March 12-13 Friends of the C&TS snow plowing special. I understand Carlos is writing a book about... (more)

In what almost looks like a GP30 gaining ground on a Kenworth is actually Rio Grande No. 3011 being trucked through a temporary gap in the fencing at the Colorado Railroad Museum on August 11, 200... (more)

SD90s waiting for a rebuild

It was twenty years ago... BNSF was a brand new railroad. I worked at Kalmbach Publishing Co. as their corporate art director. On a whim, I sent Robert Krebs, then BNSF's CEO a drawing suggesting ... (more)