A volunteer at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum works on restoring a Baldwin truck inside the shop at Duluth, Minnesota, on June 10, 2016.

Rolling through downtown Hurricane, CSX Q135 heads west into the center of a severe thunderstorm. Featuring a storm top of more than 22,000 feet above the surface, an impressive lightning show tur... (more)

The time on the clock tower appears to be about 9:30 as we see daily activity at the CNW Lakefront terminal in Milwaukee. There would be a NRHS Convention special running out to Clyman later this ... (more)

This tie was last replaced in 1962. The date nail tells the story. This is one rugged hunk of wood, bearing 54 Minnesota winters.

With the afternoon's monsoons passed, and pelting a different portion of the plains, the endangered former AT&SF semaphores in the ghost town of Colmor, New Mexico, faithfully guard the Raton Subd... (more)

Amid the hustle and bustle of life in New York City, day transitions to dark on this June evening as a Queens bound 7-local train arrives at 40th Street station in Queens. The city's Empire State ... (more)

A short eastbound freight glides through the night at East Naperville.

Dry conditions combined with a stiff breeze fanned sparks from a rail grinder into a moderate grass fire. Crews on the grinder and those following on a special Northshore Mining fire train doused ... (more)

An inbound Metra with the tell-tale green streak passes the site of the former Lake St tower and under the "L." On the left side of the frame, construction is in progress on a new building that wi... (more)

Street running pre-rubber tire era on the south side of Chicago. Bustitution in Chicago was not far off in the future. The grainess is due to this photo being an Anscochrome original.

The cleanup efforts from the derailment that happened in Cheyenne a couple of weeks ago is coming along nicely. Crews have piled up most of the wood and wheel sets. A few centerbeam cars are still... (more)

Built in 1901, demolished on June 21, 2016 by the IL-DOT for the new I-74 bridge over the Mississippi River. History is lost after preservationists failed to save the building.

Some old abandoned rail from the Oliver Iron Mining Rouchleau Mine operations laying in the woods near the edge of the pit near Virginia, MN. The Rouchleau Mine is an abandoned open-pit mine and i... (more)

After many years of abandonment, neglect and two devastating fires the old Chesapeake Western office & Depot was sold to a local business whom then invested in the building's future. Local firms w... (more)

That's going to leave a mark! A Soo Line Colormark grain hopper has obviously been in a recent derailment and will present a challenge to repair. At least the insides are clean!