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)

Following the Starlight Up the Coast

American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 is back on familiar rails as it departs Los Angeles with Amtrak's Transcontinental Steam Excursionmore)

Southern Pacific #99 to Amtrak #14

Southern Pacific’s famed Coast Daylight (Los Angeles to San Francisco) lives on as Amtrak’s Coast Starlight (Los Angeles to Seatt... (more)

Hobart Tower: Where the UP Crossed the Santa Fe in L.A.

A BNSF Railway baretable train, B-SBDLAC1-02A, arrives at Hobart Yard, just south of downtown Los Angeles, on April 2, 2017. ... (more)

This vintage shot was taken at Eau Claire Tower, capturing a classic piece of railroad history from the 1950s and 60s. The tower operator hands up orders to the engineer of train 172, powered by a... (more)

Southbound #1 The Limited crossing the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway and passing Ridgely tower in Springfield, Illinois. Its October 04, 1959. Photo taken from my slide collection, No photog... (more)

"LI 165 Tows Rerailed M7s at Jamaica" Long Island Rail Road Extra 165 tows a rerailed Bombardier M7 pair past HALL Tower (blocked by electrical boxes) at Jamaica. Earlier that mor... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

A short 287 makes its way west passing the former B&M tower

Dirty Old Town ... er ... Diesel

Because of the large number of tunnels (and snowsheds) found on the Southern Pacific, the railroad and EMD designed the SD45T-2 (and later the SD40T-... (more)

GE23's crew heads back to Inman Yard, "engine light," after dropping inbound autoracks at East Point which came in earlier on train 275. NS AC44C6M 4001, one of the two original DC propulsion to A... (more)

Just two days after “Snowmageddon 2016”, proof of Jonas’ wrath is still evident in Altoona as 156 leads the Pennsylvanian past the former Pennsylvania Railroad Interlocking tower “Alto” ... (more)

A UP FEF3 is about to cross the diamonds of the CB&Q at Grand Island.

We are at GI Tower (closed June 1968) looking northeast along the NYC's mainline from Louisville to Colombus, Indiana. This area would be completely unrecognizable today. Any sign that the railroa... (more)

A coal train cools its heels as the Floridian pulls away from Union Station.