Things seemed so quaint, so comparatively recently. While many mainlines maintained their distinctive signal systems of predecessor roads, now the scene has largely been transmuted to a generic bl... (more)

Amidst a very dry fall season a bit of railroad color ameliorates the bleak surroundings as UP 8084 cruises downgrade west of Woodbine, IA. By Christmas the landscape would be snow covered and the... (more)

The trees were late in turning this fall and evil portents of signal changes were spreading up the river valley. If logical from the aspect of uniformity it is nevertheless deplorable that the her... (more)

Although the predominate traffic was coal, there were several manifests and even intermodal trains plying the lengthy Lincoln, NE - Laurel, MT "long branch". Three handsome SD70MACs, a c... (more)

Just another coal train crossing the vastness of the Nebraska Sandhills between Whitman and Mullen on a cool November afternoon. The C30-7, Oakway SD60, SD40-2 combo are rolling past one of the ma... (more)

I should have had an order hoop to hand on treats to Mail 3H as it climbed the mountain between Horseshoe Curve and MG on an overcast October afternoon. Fuji Sensia.

An early version of BNSFs pumpkin scheme is presented on the 8134 West approaching Greenwood, NE on an October afternoon. Fuji Velvia.

NS 8062 East brings a long intermodal train under the 1910 vintage overpass in Port Royal, PA.

Conrail in its prime: symbol PIMO (Conway-Morrisville) comes rolling through Mifflin, PA on a July afternoon. Fuji Velvia.

In the peaceful, rural valleys east of Altoona the railroad follows essentially river grade for over 100 miles along Spruce Creek and the Juniata and Susquehanna Rivers. On a Sunday early afternoo... (more)

The 6837 East has been plodding up the Hi Line's serpentine path on the west slope of Marias Pass. On the rear is a DPU unit and a pair of Essex helpers - that will stay with the train to Spotted ... (more)

NS 2610 West is whistling for Book's Crossing as it leaves the path it has followed along Tuscarora Mountain and follows the rivers' course toward Mifflin and Lewistown Narrows.

Back on home rails: NYSW SD45 No. 3618 was formerly BN No. 6500 and is seen here in the company of TPW 2050, an SD20u of Santa Fe heritage. They present a rather unusual power lineup on old BN No.... (more)

BN 5001 with a couple Oakway SD60s hustles empty hoppers beneath the CB&Q-style signal bridge near Greenwood, NE. Coal trains were commonplace at the time and there has been a startling downturn i... (more)

Rarin' to go: A six pack of Minturn helpers are cut-in to an eastbound manifest and ready to shove up the Eagle River canyon and into the high country across Tennessee Pass. What a piece of railro... (more)