The golden cab of 2101 is kicking up the snow in the late afternoon sun at Temagami under the watchful eye of the rusted infrastructure no longer in use. I can take no credit for this vantage poin... (more)

Coal loads from Shire Oaks, PA head south through the scenic Shenandoah River valley of Norfolk Southern's Roanoke District. The train is passing the iconic N&W position light signals south of the... (more)

Last night I dreamed I was in searchlight signal heaven, oh what a beautiful sight. All the signals had softly glowing incandescent bulbs and no harsh LED lights, wah wah wah / and they were prope... (more)

In This Edition Of Armchair Railfanning. The former New York Central searchlight signals at Automatic 167 in Scotia, New York are in the foreground and the CSX Selkirk Branch in the backgro... (more)

As another autumn day turns to night on October 1, 2020, the signals light up at West Tuscor, Montana, in response to a couple mouse clicks from the Montana Rail Link dispatcher in Missoula. Not l... (more)

P001-23 proceeds southward (railroad east) down the Big Sandy Sub and as it rounds the curve at EM Cabin.

All is quiet in the mountain town of Altapass, that is until the faint sound of a K5LA echoed through the valley. Soon a brilliant glow of headlights pierced through the still darkness as the CSX ... (more)

CSX P001-23 the OCS with the CSXT CSX1 in the lead cruises east along the former C&O Big Sandy Subdivision towards a crew change in Shelby, KY. The train is back underway after making a stop at Da... (more)

You can almost feel the intent of Santa Fe's Transcon, slashing across the country, inexorably pursuing the coast. Same could be said of the 7443 West as it races through Stronghurst, IL on a late... (more)

FEC 109 passes the searchlights guarding the south end of Port Sewall on a warm March morning.

An oddity along the unsignalled Ohio River Subdivision, a classic B&O Color Position Light serves as a switch indicator today just north of the yard in New Martinsville. The positions on the head ... (more)

Amtrak 161, the Phase 1 Heritage Unit, leads the Southwest Chief past the Semaphore signals at 786

Having just left Trinidad, Amtrak #3 begins its climb over Raton Pass with the new phase one heritage unit at the lead. Here it is seen passing under Santa Fe era cantilever mounted searchlight si... (more)

A late Amtrak Southwest Chief takes the siding at Blanchard, NM to meet it's eastbound counterpart

Amtrak's Southwest Chief #3 passes the intermediate semaphores north of Wagon Mound. With the removal of the set at 706, these are now the final intermediate semaphore signals within the northern ... (more)