Size comparison between a GMD GP9RM and a Hyundai Tuscon

Liked a visage from the past a leased Norfolk Southern GP38AC leads a Napoleon, Defiance and Western train at Napoleon, Ohio. Until 1990 this line was the NS Maumee District and this power may hav... (more)

After a 2.5 mile hike up the tracks from Hampton, we reach the first bridge over the Doe River in the Gorge. Barely visible through the trees is the darkness of tunnel #4 across the river. Needles... (more)

A pedestrian runs across Mason Street as a slow moving freight enters street running.

Coal for Christmas On the day after Christmas the Athens Line delivers two cars of coal to the UGA powerplant in Athens. The steep grade into the plants means that only two loads at a time ... (more)

The Monongahela heritage unit leads a loaded coal train down Main Street in West Brownsville, PA, along "home rails" of the former Monogahela mainline. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more informat... (more)

A Green Mountain Gateway Inspection Trip emerges from the Bellows Falls tunnel on the way from Whitehall, New York to Worcester, Massachusetts amid steady rain and heavy fog. The train consisted ... (more)

Making it's best lawn mower impersonation MAW 16 pulls cars out of Storage west of the CSX Diamond in Defiance. 3 years later MAW 16 has possibly seen here last days as she has been rode hard and... (more)

With all their work complete on the east side of town, the MAW heads west through what was once a small yard, but today is nothing but weeds. Meanwhile, old glory flies high above the local VFW ha... (more)

Number 5 backs a car into the Johns Manville siding in Defiance, Ohio. The line to the left leads across the Maumee River and onto Napoleon. Maumee and Western, Defiance, Ohio

We laid down in the weeds many times, but always managed to be creative enough to over come the situation.

Southern Indiana Railroad (SIND) S-2m No. 103 travels through a curve on the return trip to Sellersburg, Indiana, on August 10, 2012. These sharp curves nicely illustrate the interurban heritage o... (more)

Amtrak's Track Geometry Car / Train spent Tuesday running from St. Albans, VT on to Burlington, VT over the New England Central, then south to Rutland on the Vermont Rail System's proposed Western... (more)

Freshly repainted 4794 dwarfs everything around it leading another train of coal empties down the street at 00:34. Notice the new concrete panels over the track, and how well the tiny autos are p... (more)