The quiet of a cold Saturday morning on this Vermont farm is broken by a pair of 3000 horsepower EMD products heading east with the daily Rutland-Bellows Falls manifest. A couple of minutes later,... (more)

The 1870-built Bartonsville Covered Bridge silently stands watch as Vermont Railway 310 heads east with a 16-car Rutland-to-Bellows Falls manifest. The 139-year-old bridge has not only seen horse-... (more)

Skiers are momentarily halted by eastbound Rutland-Bellows Falls manifest 263, led by GP40-2W 310 and GP40 304, seen here crossing Route 103 a few miles southeast of Rutland.

Vermont Route 103 and Vermont Railway 264 emerge from the Mill River valley as a couple of railfans record the scene. While I went for the wide shot, AB2 (leaning against the crossbuck) put his ow... (more)

The Mill River reappears briefly from under the ice and snow as Green Mountain GP40 304 soars high overhead with westbound manifest 264, on its way back to Rutland from Bellows Falls.

A snow shower has covered most of the road as Vermont Railway GP40-2W 310 brings up the rear of a light-engine B&R Extra heading north past this small church in Shaftsbury on its way back to Rutla... (more)

Some people can't park. Snowmobiles are parked haphazardly in front of the Mount Holly Post Office as Green Mountain GP40 304 and Vermont Railway GP40-2W 310 rumble by with a 13-car train h... (more)

Green Mountain GP40 304 and Vermont Railway GP40-2W 310 head light northward through the Otter Creek valley in southwest Vermont, returning to Rutland after switching North Bennington and the Pan ... (more)

You're not from around here, are you? New Jersey Transit 4801 races southward through SEPTA's Levittown station with the late morning ACES southbound. The high rollers aboard this Valentine... (more)

Half a decade after its destruction, a familiar photo prop has returned to the Wilmington & Western. Washed away by floodwaters caused by the remnants of Tropical Storm Henri in September 2003, th... (more)

Rare sight at Strasburg. While setting up for the last trip of the day at Cherry Hill, AB2 and I noticed something rare about the siding at Groff's. With this being the first day of operati... (more)

GEs under wires. Amtrak P42 196 blasts westward with the Pittsburgh-bound Pennsylvanian over Irishtown Road, one of the few diesel-powered trains crossing one of the few grade crossings on ... (more)

A full trainload of passengers enjoy the ride through the cold and bare Pennsylvania farmland on the first day of operation for Strasburg in 2009.

The lone passenger waiting on the southbound platform casts a quick glance at the northbound Amtrak regional, whose Amfleets reflect the rapidly setting sun nicely.

The ice flows that cover the Delaware River are starting to recede on this warm morning as a northbound Amtrak regional sails overhead on the PRR stone arch viaduct, in use since 1903.