The diesel passenger run poses briefly with the Chinese 2-8-2, which is slowly coming around, a process we got to witness firsthand in the cab. The "awakening" of a steamer is one of my... (more)

A classic Western Maryland look, as WM-painted FP9 243 runs over "home" rails on its way towards Elkins. To the left is a connection across the Tygart River to the B&O Coal and Coke line... (more)

Happy Endings Caboose Cafe. Near the Cañon City station of the Royal Gorge Route Railroad sits Happy Endings Caboose Cafe, which is situated in a pair of retired cabooses. Seen here is... (more)

Rock & Rail. Rock & Rail GP40-2 no.s 201, 401, and 501 are seen resting in Portland, CO where they serve a cement plant. This short line has a particularly interesting reporting mark: R... (more)

Some newer WW power and some classic sit at the shops in Gore on a nice spring day amidst some bradford pear trees.

The WW heads over to Gore across Route 50 with light power. This line no longer sees freight traffic as of January this year when the sand mine closed in Gore, only 1-2 light power moves per mont... (more)

WW102 crew heads to the shops at Gore with light power. This line no longer sees freight traffic, only 1-2 light power moves to the shops per month.

The Carolinian stops at the station in Wilson with the OLS P42 for power.

Northbound on the midday trip, SC&H D&H 3021 powers over Harris Rd. bound for Hadley Station pulling the Hadley Express featuring the pullman car in-tow.

NS 12Z, with the "Conrail" and "Virginian" heritage units shoots through a bucolic scene just south of Brandtsville.

NS 12Z, with the "Conrail" and "Virginian" heritage units is participating in a double meet (288 is on his tail, 13R is to the right and 13Z is ahead of him). The dispatcher w... (more)

11Z with the "Virginian" heritage unit leading, pauses near a rockface after meeting a northbound.

Cruising west through Columbus, Pennsylvania the WNYP's ME-1 holds the main as they pass by the old Columbus Milling Company's mill on the east side of town. This is the westbound return leg of th... (more)

Reading 2102 opens its cylinder cocks as it begins to reverse out of Jim Thorpe to wye its train.

After holding up for MoW in the small town of Vesuvius, VA down at the bottom of the grade another Railfan looks on taking photo's as the Northbound NS 12Z with double heritage units on the head, ... (more)