Standing guard, never to be used again. A Rutland-era train order signal rests in the warm morning sun as the GMRC 263 rolls into town.

With over a mile of roadrailers behind a solo leader, NS 255 heads south for Kansas City passing one of a few Wabash era searchlights along the mainline in rural Missouri.

The Southwest Chief splits the semaphores at Springer, New Mexico.

NYS&W 1800, running LHF, heads south past Wickwire Road in Hubbardsville, NY.

A late October afternoon finds CSX 297 with empty hoppers deep in the Potomac River valley at Hansrote, WV. Yes, the heritage of this route was easily discernible by those unique B&O CPLs. The wan... (more)

A pair of Wheeling & Lake Erie SD40-2's roll under a massive signal bridge on the west side of Crestline, Ohio. Train 430 is running east over the CF&E from Lima to home rails in Brewster.

A classic scene in Rensselaer as 148 heads eastbound to Decatur. The old code line and signals still in place is reminiscent of the old Wabash era.

After running around the wye in Newark, Ohio, the Ohio Central's ZVNK power passes underneath a former PRR signal cantilever in the Hill Yard. The crew will then pull down and put together their t... (more)

NS 148 passes the signals at Goss.

Eastbound Signal to Nowhere. Hidden in brush and overgrowth for years, a US&S CPL dwarf governing the end of ABS territory on the N&W Mate Creek Branch awaits it's fate. Located half a mile... (more)

Norfolk Southern loaded coal train U52 rounds the bend in Vansant, Virginia behind a pair of ES44AC's. Former N&W CPL's guard the Vansant control point here on the Buchanan Branch.

The skies have opened over Corry, Pennsylvania as heavy rains pour from a summer afternoon thunderstorm while the Buffalo & Pittsburgh's WAER job returns from Erie. The train has just crossed the ... (more)

AMTK 22 leads the eastbound 4 through the Semaphores at WSS Levy.

Loaded CSX coal train T403 makes an evening run down the Big Sandy Sub behind a pair of GE's, passing under the C&O signal bridge in Thelma, Kentucky just after sunset. This train is bound for Duk... (more)

A trio of Buffalo & Pittsburgh SD60's lead a Sunday extra SIRI as it heads south out of Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, passing by the B&O CPL signals that serve as a fixed approach to CP Mt. Jewett.