The former Baltimore and Ohio Valley Line, from Harpers Ferry to Strasburg passes along the floor of the Shenandoah. In Charles Town the line crosses the former Norfolk and Western at grade and is... (more)

Looking through the crumbling ruins of a stone and concrete building in the ghost town of Siberia, California, is a view of Santa Fe SD40-2 No. 5134 leading an eastbound across the remote Mojave D... (more)

Sunset at Fox Lake. Just a minute or two of daylight remains as a local SOO Line Freight runs eastbound across the causeway just south of Fox Lake, Wisconsin. The power this evening is the... (more)

A light summer rain shower is gently falling on the the sleepy railroad community of Sadieville as northbound manifest No. 376 races for Cincinnati.

A P42 comes down off the pit at Ivy City to await a train it will take out of town southbound.

Tennessee Pass—2015
Like a grave site bouquet, flowers begin to grow between slag ballast and rusty 136-pound rails laid by Rio Grande in 1970’s, as nature slowly reclaims what is h... (more)

A new era. The interior of the first Viewliner II Diner to enter revenue service is a welcome, warm and contemporary atmosphere. These cars will ultimately replace the last of the Heritage... (more)

The switch heaters are working nicely at the Claycomo Spur turnout off the NS Kansas City District-BNSF Brookfield Sub.

Yep, it's that time of year again, folks.

2-20-15
Birmingha... (more)

I happened to capture an old D&H "pitch fork" signal still in use while heading home after a long day on the Toys for Tots special. The Toys for Tots goal is to deliver, through a new toy at Chris... (more)

Alaska Railroad 3002 leads a barge train north along the shore of Cook Inlet. Alaska is big country and the scenery can really make the trains looks small. In the background are the Kenai Mountain... (more)

Santa is coming...Merry Christmas!

Baltimore Transit Company 6119 departs from the visitors' center at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum. This photo was framed by an overhanging branch and the camera's pop-up flash was used to illumi... (more)

Running as S185, this domestic double stack train is a lengthy one today, topping out at over 8100 feet long. The colorful BNSF / Citirail leaser combo come through the city of Newnan as the last... (more)

The sun hides behind clouds as a fast moving eastbound Z-Train led by Union Pacific ES44AH No. 8155 races down Sherman Hill on Track 2 along Frontage Road and I-80 east of Granite, Wyoming on Dece... (more)