Warrior Ridge presents a colorful backdrop as NS 9690 charges through Huntingdon on an autumn morning.

An October morning finds NS 6718 leading an eastbound manifest past the position light signals at rural Horningford, nestled in the farmland along the banks of the Juniata River.

An eastbound intermodal consist led by NS 9637 arrives for its portrait beneath the MP 211 signal bridge just east of Barree, PA. The crisp air, entrancing colors of the mountain slopes and a mood... (more)

Conrail 6268 is a former LMS unit re-lettered for Conrail and looking a lot better in the process. Here it leads symbol LMPI (Linden/Metuchen-Conway) across the Juniata River near CP Long.

BNSF 9745 leads empty hoppers west between Anselmo and Lin Scott, NE. The second unit, 9647, is the infamous and much maligned BNSF experimental scheme that was an attempt to combine the executive... (more)

BN 7205 with a cabless B30-7 and AT&SF GP-30u are on a westbound manifest headed for Lincoln, NE a short distance west of Ashland. Fuji Astia.

The glorious colors of Appalachian autumn were in vivid display this October as CR 6250 and 5646 lead Mail-9X up the grade toward Horseshoe. There are a pair of helpers assisting this outfit. Fuji... (more)

Early morning in Huntingdon, PA finds the 6095 East crossing over from No.1 to No.2 track as it passes the vintage Hunt Block Station that, fortunately, has been preserved. Eastbounds were general... (more)

SD45s 6202 and 6217, just a few months old, heel to the super-elevated curve at Lewistown, PA on a summer morning with the 55 cars of hotshot AST-4. This curve bore the lowest speed restriction of... (more)

It's 9:30 on a fall morning as D&H 308 leads a 5-pack of U-boats and 69 cars under Starucca Viaduct on the old D&H Pennsylvania Division that ran over Ararat summit. With a still fairly busy Erie-... (more)

Deep in the Potomac River valley, CSX 4764 leads a westbound through Orleans Road, WV on an October morning. The distinctive B&O CPLs were still an attraction in this territory.

A marvelous autumn morning on the mountain yields NS 6804 bringing empty hoppers through MG interlocking.

Literally coming 'round the mountain, BNSF 9844 with a westbound manifest negotiates the tight curve at Windy Point as it threads its way down the grade toward the Flathead River valley on the for... (more)

BNSF 5425 South is exiting Tunnel No. 5 at Cliff, CA. The classic SP era searchlights are about to fall and, with them, the codelines that marched along the right of way all across the land.

Through the shadows: Sundown comes early on November evenings and there's just enough light to yield an image of the 6767 West leading symbol OIEL (Oak Island-Elkhart) out of Scotch Run curve and ... (more)