There is only a handful of these double mast CPL signals along this ex-B&O country. Here at SW Cabin, south of Swanders, the mainline is lined for northbound freight train heading towards Lima.

Running at track speed, IRM's handsome Nebraska Zephyr passenger special cruises away from the rapidly setting sun, nearing Leland, IL.

Conway Scenic Notch Train is southbound through famous Crawford Notch on its return to North Conway from Fabyan on a rainy October day. The scenic round trip takes five and a half hours and passen... (more)

Grafton & Upton power preparing to move equipment around the North Grafton, MA yard to set up a shot during the 2012 night photo shoot. Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG

It's after 3am and the dark clear sky sets as the backdrop to the Norfolk and Western CPL signal at Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia as temperature reach below freezing for the first time of the... (more)

The Monongahela heritage unit leads a loaded coal train down Main Street in West Brownsville, PA, along "home rails" of the former Monogahela mainline. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more informat... (more)

A loaded grain train sits idle in PTK1 waiting for a crew. Meanwhile the mill bakes up some more chicken food.

Utah has for many years participated in Daylight Savings Time, where the clocks are advanced one hour in the spring leading to additional daylight in the evenings. Since the Rio Grande Zephyr arri... (more)

A late night B LACLAC waits for a stack train to over take it before continuing east to pick up baretables and bring them back to LA.

Heritage unit NS 8114, the "original" Norfolk Southern, leads train 187 out of Columbus, GA, across the Chattahoochee River, and into Alabama on its way to Birmingham. Photo by Casey Thomason. F... (more)

The conductor of Union Pacific's Long Beach-Global II stack train clings to the Western Pacific heritage unit as he diligently inspects a passing westbound for defects.

The 261 lives again. Under steam again for the first time since 2008 after undergoing its federal mandated overhaul on this 1944 Alco 4-8-4.

2:06am, Labor Day...

A Full Moon illuminates overcast skies over the Magnolia Cutoff and the B&O CPL signals at Carothers light up for a westbound train. These signals would continue to only shine for two more months ... (more)

C&O E8 units 4026 and 4016 sit together with the Washington and Newport News sections of the GEORGE WASHINGTON which were combined here for the trip west.