CSX Q009 rushes past the old tower in Deshler as golden light starts to come into effect. On point is CSXT 4713, an uncommon leader on hot pigs to Chicago.

"Coke at GREEN Tower" Amtrak Coca-Cola wrapped ACS-64 606 leads Regional 99 west past GREEN Tower (NYNH&H RR SS-28) on Metro North's New Haven Line in Greenwich, Connecticut. The train is ... (more)

"Coke at Green's Farms Tower" Amtrak Coca-Cola wrapped ACS-64 606 leads Regional 99 west past Green's Farms Tower (NYNH&H RR SS-53) on Metro North's New Haven Line in Westport, C... (more)

A rainy day in Vancouver greets the arrival of The Canadian as the train rolls by a tower just east of the CP station.

Northbound on the Toledo Line crosses the diamond at Deshler.

Amtrak's eastbound Pennsylvanian descends Slope, slowly passing ALTO Tower preparing to make its Altoona station stop.

On a soupy and foggy Saturday morning, the Tri-State Railway Historical Society's Santa Train is arriving in Denville, N.J. This was the first of four Santa trains on December 14, operating from W... (more)

Leading this coal train; MKT SD40-2 616 with four Burlington Northern units, at Fort Worth, Texas on March 23, 1984. Photo from my collection, Photographer Steven Bledsoe.

NJ Transit's Railmen for Children train barrels through Denville Station on the former DL&W Montclair-Boonton Line.

Conrail EMD SD45-2 "helper" approaches long gone MO interlocking tower and will continue East back to Altoona for another assignment.

CSX C821-07 brings the second cut of loads from NRG off of the Poor Fork Branch at L&N's Baxter Tower in Loyall, Kentucky.

First Snow in Metuchen: The NJ Transit Pennsylvania Railroad Heritage ALP-46A shoves Northeast Corridor Line Train 3937 past Metuchen Station and the PRR-built Lincoln Tower as snow falls ... (more)

Randy Knaub is getting the shot of another ubiquitous Chicago and North Western commuter train about to hit the MILW diamonds at Mayfair in 1976.

The "low-level set" on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner route pulls out of Los Angeles as train 1572 with NPCU 90278 (former F40PH 278) taking up the markers. Terminal Tower is on the right.

Photographed from the eastbound Broadway Limited, this is Thorn Block Station at MP35 west of Philadelphia on the former Pennsylvania Railroad mainline. Thorn was an example of the importance PRR ... (more)