A hot eastbound BNSF intermodal train takes the siding at the west switch at Watrous, New Mexico, on March 6, 2005.

Early on a bright February morning BNSF 7155 leads an impressive cut of power and an eastbound manifest under the iconic SP signal bridge just north of Mojave. The future of the signal bridge is ... (more)

A heavy wet snow has blanketed East River Mountain, leaving behind zero visibility, arctic cold temperatures, and quite a measurable snowfall for the late winter season. Over 14" of snow accumulat... (more)

GTW SD40-3 5950 and CN SD40-2 5367 struggle towards Jasper with a whopping 131 cars in tow.

The Christmas rush in in full swing as train 204 blasts through Wellford, SC on this first week of December 2010. Sadly, the classic Southern Signal Bridge only had a few years left in service, a... (more)

A westbound Q-CXOLAC1-12 is lined up at La Plata as the sun sets on the day. This control point in northern central Missouri is one of the few remaining signal bridges left along the Marceline Sub... (more)

In the quietest moments of a winter storm, fire and ice converge in the tangled trackwork at Metra's busiest interlocking in the Chicagoland area.

Alongside the Greenbrier River in rural West Virginia, the eastbound absolute signal at Rockland projects its stop signal indications into the east portal of Rockland Tunnel along CSX's Alleghany ... (more)

Pennsy heritage leads train 201 past the signals at Wytheville on a beautiful afternoon on the Bristol Line.

A westbound stack train rolls under the classic NYC era signals at Vickers. The replacements are already standing though not yet in service or in the scene at all, so the time for these classics ... (more)

The eastbound C&O signal bridge at Sandstone displays a clear signal on main two for an approaching eastbound as an early spring thunderstorm associated with a cold front invades the New River Gor... (more)

A summer afternoon thunderstorm cools off the humid north Georgia countryside while the Gainesville to Toccoa turn returns south with a short cut of cars behind a pair of standard cab EMD motors. ... (more)

Amtrak 42 leads train #3 as it passes a single semaphore east of Los Cerrillos, NM on 11/12/13.

Framed by Thurmond's iconic C&O cantilever signal, eastbound crude oil loads roll through downtown under the lead power of a western visitor. The train is destined for Yorktown, VA from BNSF at Ch... (more)

A pair of BNSF units and a mixed assortment of CSX locomotives idle near Mexico Farms on the eastern edge of CSX's Cumberland Terminal Subdivision. The two western visitors arrived at Cumberland f... (more)