A FEW MARBLES LEFT. On a back road in New Hampshire, an old crossing sign (with most of its marble reflectors intact) stands sentinel at twilight — just in case a lonely, midnight ... (more)

The Burn of Thermite - A BNSF MOW worker sets off a crucible of Thermite powder to join a pair of railroad rails by welding them in place.

Welding Rail - A BNSF joint elimination crew welds the rails that MOW workers had set in and placed the night before on main track #1 through the station at Fullerton California. I ... (more)

Hot Rail, Main Two! - BNSF MOW workers replace the track on Main #1 through the station at Fullerton California as a Westbound stack train passes at track speed a mere 6 feet away. ... (more)

End of the BNSF TRANSCON - BNSF MOW workers and their contractors replace the track on Main #1 through the station at Fullerton California. The last time this was done was 14 years ago... (more)

Snappin Track - Like on a large HO layout with Bachmann EZ Snap Track (C), BNSF MOW workers and their contractors replace the track on Main #1 through the station at Fullerton California... (more)

Lehigh Valley's carfloat terminal was just north of Jersey Central's Communipaw ferry terminal. Across the Hudson River, the World Trade Center (North Tower) is under construction.

A cable winching system or car mover is used to pull empty woodchip hoppers under the loadout, seen in the distance. The winch motors are housed in the yellow boxes on both sides of the tracks, wi... (more)

Constantly on the guard for rattlersnakes and copperheads in an area heavily infested by snakes, a brakeman has written a reminder to future crews. The Royal Blue spur serves the International Pap... (more)

Brunswick, MD 11/11/2012 - A Contrast of Eras: while a string of loaded coal hoppers sits in the Mill Yard with modern CSX emblems, a solid string of 1970's Difco side-dump ballast cars with a var... (more)

The Barstow derrick and a contractor's truck crane move ice reefer NRC 19693 to a position where it can be re-trucked. The reefer was part of a multi-car derailment in the Needles Yard, July 21, 1... (more)

Hurricane Sandy damage. Even though the Montclair-Boonton Line wasn't hit as hard as some other NJ Transit lines, Hurricane Sandy still left its mark, with at least three fallen trees visib... (more)

Original Wheeling & Lake Erie searchlights still stand guard at a few locations on Norfolk Southern's Toledo District, including the E.E. Williston. It's a typical quiet night on the former Wheeli... (more)

Abandoned CN Graham Subdivision bridge over the CP Kaministiquia Subdivison and the Matawin River.

After years of neglect Michigan Central Station is showing some life by being illuminated with flood lights in the night sky.