Speers Ferry, VA 7/23/12 - Thirty minutes under the massive Copper Creek Viaduct on the former Clinchfield Railroad shows the rotation of the earth, pivtoing around the North Star. One general man... (more)

The American Orient Express is westbound climbing the Front Range of the Rockies on September 21, 2001. The train is threading the former Rio Grande right-of-way between Tunnel 2 and 3, and the sc... (more)

Round 'em up! They're not happy, but their ride to market has arrived and it's time to load up. A cow-poke cracks the whip to get his herd together prior to entering the loading chutes at ... (more)

Kirby, PA 7/11/12 - The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a one-man operation. On each shift, one locomotive engineer serves as brakeman, conductor, engineer, coal loader, and unloader. Controlling his ... (more)

Kirby, PA 7/11/12 - The Cumberland Mine Railroad is a one-man operation. On each shift, one locomotive engineer serves as brakeman, conductor, engineer, coal loader, and unloader. Controlling his ... (more)

Kirby, PA 7/11/12 - At the Cumberland Mine in southwestern Pennsylvania, coal is flood-loaded into 38 hoppers with black gold destined for overseas ports and southern power plants. It takes about ... (more)

Beacon in the night
Duplainville tower on a pleasant, but cool evening in March 1984. Tower operator Tom Kidd has his 8-pack of Diet Pepsi's cooling outside on the railing. He informs u... (more)

Energy
A coal train passes an oil well during a beautiful sunrise south of Bill, Wyoming, on May 30, 2009.

Believe it or not, this is the famed Brooklyn Roundhouse. In any photo from the past this photo would include the SP4449 right in front and the SPS 700 next to it but with all the locomotives and ... (more)

RF&P Mechanical Dept. employees gather around an N&W boxcar on March 6, 1978, as it is set back on the rails following a small "defrucalty" in the yard at Fredericksburg, VA.

A Cabin stands valiantly in the early morning sun as the fog begins to lift at Alleghany.

The switch job that works the grain mill in Newton uses a caboose to protect reverse movements. Here they negotiate the yard before heading to the mill on the main.

A westbound SP vehicle train with a new caboose passes a slide fence at Floriston.

Keeping ’em rolling
Progress Rail Services, a Caterpillar Company, has a busy car rebuilding facility in Amarillo, Texas. Here, two workers inspect the center ring of a truck bolster ... (more)