Before a fire gutted the tower in 2005, De Val Tower directed traffic on the CNW Harvard Sub, CNW New Line Sub and the SOO Line.

A407 blasts north through Ashkum with a trio of IC SD70s.

As snow comes to the Heartland this Easter Sunday, I thought I'd go back to an April day in '93 when rain turned to snow overnight and yielded a heavy, wet snow in central Pennsylvania. At MG, hal... (more)

A pair of Locomotive Management Services Dash 8s, leaving no doubt as to their caretaker, lead a westbound intermodal train past old Huntingdon Block Station on a July afternoon. Ektachrome.

Under sunny skies, GTW GP38-2 #5846 leads southbound L501 by Rondout Tower after working the industries of North Chicago.

Blue GP9s congregate at Ayer, MA, as Boston & Maine train EDSA (East Deerfield to Salem, MA) behind three of them passes the single unit assigned to local freight AY-1. By this time Ayer tower her... (more)

METX 402, the newly painted MP36 honoring the state of Illinois, and the 405 Milwaukee Road heritage unit lead an outbound train past Rondout Tower.

One of my favorite places to observe traffic was MG, located about 2 miles west of Horseshoe Curve on the climb to Gallitzin. The block station was open and symbol OIPI (Oak Island-Conway) was cro... (more)

From the Abyss: Amtrak Veterans ACS-64 #642 leads Northeast Regional #88 past Lincoln Tower and Metuchen Station on a rainy Sunday afternoon. With the COVID-19 pandemic, Northeast Regional... (more)

NYSW CL-1 heads south with the road train.

METX 425 leads an outbound by 16th street tower

The light power of NS H55 passes by the old interlocking tower in Waldwick on their way to work the NJT Main Line.

A Washington bound Amtrak Regional flies past Nassau Tower just outside of Princeton Junction station. Ridership was likely very low on this service due to the ongoing pandemic, but Amtrak was sti... (more)

425 releases steam before departing Penobscot.

Passing the 1907-built Tower A-2, the Milwaukee Road heritage unit makes its way to Fox Lake.