Contractors complete a weld.

The old and the new, JNR SHINKANSEN & the overnight Blue Train, back in 1973.

Abandoned since 1988 and 20 years later, the QCR removed the rails....

Abandoned since 1988 and 20 years later, the QCR removed the rails....

Gorgeous sunrise just near rotave as i snap a shot of the sky as i wait for a westbound manifest to come

The sun is shining brightly, but the evidence of a March blizzard from the day before is still very apparent! A dusting of snow covers everything as the Ski Train heads west toward Winter Park.

Note the Baldwin switchers in the distance at this CP water-front yard.

Ice-cold, corn-fed, bio-fuel headed for New Jersey passing through Hummelstown, Pennsylvania.

CP Torontos Yard master works away on one of his four monitors plus additional camera screens over head showing the many angles of the yard. Note the many different types of banana and apple stick... (more)

The Great Northern hasn't been though Edmonds in over 30 years, but the famous GN herald still glows bright in the station. Looking down on the Train Bulletin, we see Amtrak's 4 daily Cascades sta... (more)

These eyes watch you. They control you. They move you. They stop you.

This is the north switch at Fairburn and it is blown in with Tumble weeds. We used a switch broom to clean out the points before throwing the switch. The first 5 cars of our pickup where "Drifte... (more)

The sun, filtered through a thin band of cirrus clouds, is about to set almost directly down the Illinois Railway's Ottawa line, just after its last train of the day has headed down it.

Early morning sunrise at rotave as a ballast regulator works at the siding.

Prairie railroading! This is the north switch at Fairburn and it is blown in with Tumble weeds. The first 5 cars of our pickup where "Drifted" in with tumble weeds up to 9 feet high.