A wreck on the River Line shut the entire line down on January 27, 1979. What looks like a snow covered path in front of the auto carrier is actually the ROW. The tracks have been removed as part ... (more)

In a view between the gas pumps in front of a long-abandoned gas station along the old Lincoln Highway (later, U.S. Highway 30) at James Town, west of Green River, Wyoming, a Union Pacific stack t... (more)

From inside a service bay of a long-abandoned gas station along the old Lincoln Highway (later, U.S. Highway 30) at James Town (west of Green River), Wyoming, the DPU of a westbound Union Pacific ... (more)

The coal chute at Orbisonia waits for a tender to fill.

Crews work to clear a major derailment in Two Harbors yard a day after a loaded ore train ran away down the steep grade into the yard. Two crew members jumped and sustained injuries but are thankf... (more)

Was a sad end to the 2 Saginaw Rescar units

Hidden gems of the Mountain State... Rusting away on the last section of Western Maryland mainline rail outside of downtown Webster Springs, an American Car and Foundry Co. 1928 built wheel set re... (more)

Looking east on the Western Maryland mainline toward Slatyfork, the Elk River bridge and much of the former mainline rail remain in place, outside of downtown Webster Springs. Coal mining operatio... (more)

The Western Maryland of Webster Springs... When one envisions the mainline and branch lines of the Western Maryland, the community of Webster Spring doesn't immediately stand out as a geographical... (more)

The East Broad Top 1910 built two stall engine house located in Mount Union, PA. The building received a new roof in 1993 and was made more secure. It is equipped with pits under both tracks and... (more)

Hmm... I'll bet if you cut the tree down, counted the number of rings, you'd know roughly how long it's been since the last freight car rolled over these rails.

Stumped? Well, don't get the ... (more)

The sound of couplers colliding together, whistle blasts, air compressors and steam locomotive exhaust chuffs, all but an auditory echo from some 50 years past. Here, a long abandoned hopper and ... (more)

Narrow gauge hopper cars as far as the eye can see... Part of what was once a fleet of roughly 275 hopper cars, close to 100 sit preserving a moment of time that once was - a living time capsule o... (more)

Signal, automatic train control, tracks – all is here for trains. If ever they are running again ?

At the entrance to Exporail. After photographing the CP Holiday train nearby, I figured I would try a night shot of this unique steam engine as it has a small amount of Christmas lights. Th... (more)