A Metro Rail K Line train that originated at Crenshaw and Expo heads over a railroad wye on the BNSF Harbor Sub on its way to Redondo Beach. The K Line is an amalgamation of the originally planned... (more)

Rail Link Chevron switcher behind DGNO GP38-2 No. 3556 shoves a cut of tank cars across Pacific Coast Highway in El Segundo, CA, on a Sunday afternoon.

On June 22, 2008 Amtrak detoured both Coast Starlights through Tehachapi in order to work around a bridge replacement project on the Coast Line. For the southbound train #11, I moved to the same h... (more)

Conrail COSY9, Columbus to Syracuse, approaches the old  Reynolds Road grade crossing in Mentor, Ohio, on December 29, 1978. Power is a Conrail blue SD45 and GP38, both of Penn Central heritage. ... (more)

I am fairly certain that this is the Apollo, AP1, the Newark to Chicago train that was carved out of Conrail's opening-day ops in order to ensure that there was till competition. Interestingly, th... (more)

On April 12, 2019 I had a long lay-over at the airport in Panama City. I hired a driver to take me around and we set up at the bridge in Gamboa. I was nicely set for a picture of the train on the ... (more)

A Columbus to Selkirk train heads east on the Water Level Route as it passes through Mentor Ohio on a chilly December morning. Power is a GP40 and a U33B.

Former Penn Central F7(A) #1854 is first out in this lineup at Collinwood on December 28, 1978. A little on-line research shows that this one-time New York Central unit went to scrap in February o... (more)

On September 23, 1978, Chessie ran its 41st Chessie Steam Special of the year, with a round trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia. I got cloud skunked on the eastbound trip. My dad and I were determ... (more)

The McDonald's Frozen French Fries train passes near Chichester (at Meetinghouse Road crossing), led by GP9 6538. This local began in Philadelphia, picking up loaded frozen french fry cars, which ... (more)

Western Maryland SD40 7571 leads at Chinchester, PA on Baltimore & Ohio's westbound train 85. This was the third of three trains that the crowd "suffered" at Meetinghouse Road while wait... (more)

AThis is a new and drastically improved scan of a slide that I have shared in the past. According to my notes, this is Baltimore & Ohio train #88. My dad and I were waiting at a crossing in the Bo... (more)

Hot train on a cold day... Conrail's TV14 (Englewood to Boston), heads east through Mentor, Ohio, on December 28, 1978. Power is U33B #2958, U30B #2873 and GP38-2 #8013. Both of the U-Boats have a... (more)

A Norfolk & Western freight train with autoracks up front (and what looks like a Lincoln Mark V on the first loaded rack) heads through Mentor OH on December 28, 1978 behind a GP35 and two GP9s. W... (more)

An SECO7 (Selkirk to Columbus) cuts through the early morning air in Mentor Ohio on December 28, 1978. Power was an ex Penn Central SD45 and U25B with an ex Reading GP35 trailing. This train had a... (more)