Painted in Mid-December, but with the nose logo recently applied, Metra's Rock Island Heritage locomotive departs Chicago. The unit is painted and named in honor of retiring CEO Don Orenso, who b... (more)

Nassau Tower sits along side the main line, switching tracks and dispatching trains on the line. In a few years, this tower will no longer be here since the LIRR is going ahead with plans to add a... (more)

Train 1160 rolls past the former Erie Railroad BJ Tower in Rutherford, NJ with GP40PH-2 4204 leading eastbound and an ALP-45DP on the west end. NJT has been short of cab cars during the PTC conve... (more)

LIRR 256 takes priority over the "Z" at the South Ocean Avenue crossing in Patchogue, NY. in this 1979 view. By this time, PD tower was showing it's age, and in 2006 the tower would be c... (more)

CSXT GE units 5724 and 5709 have brought the New River Train back from Hinton, WV and have a green board to back down and let NKP Berkshire 765 depart for Huntington.

NS21Q about to pass the BE Tower at CP 194 in Berea, Ohio

Louisville & Nashville GP7 391 heads up a short freight passing Thorton tower, south of Dolton, IL. The locomotive and the trackage are both former Chicago & Eastern Illinois property.

Westbound Q375 rolls by Sand Patch tower on a sunny fall day.

This shot was taken around 1969 or 1970, shortly after the transition from NYC to PC. The view is looking east on the Michigan Central Porter Branch, with the N&W ex Wabash 4th District crossing i... (more)

Towering Over Bryn Mawr: Although inactive, Bryn Mawr Tower still dominates the scene at Bryn Mawr Station on the Paoli/Thorndale Line. Here, the tower is seen on Friday, November 10, 201... (more)

Eastbound Q384, led by a pair of Wisconsin Central units, enters the cut approaching the west portal of Sand Patch Tunnel. Sand Patch Tower is in the left background.

The Beginning of the End

A westbound oil train climbs the east slope of the Alleghenies, passing up the silent sentinel of the mountain, MG tower. The interlocking and tower were ins... (more)

Big UP SD50 No. 5078 leads a westbound freight over the crossing with Santa Fe's Stockton Sub at the tower. When freights approached the tower, they would often call the operator for a "light... (more)

"Spraying Past WC"

CSX's Toledo Ore Docks yard job No. Y122 drags a lengthy cut of cars out of the docks past Ironville Tower in Ironville, Ohio with a pair of GP38-2's, both of Seaboard heritage. Replacement signal... (more)