Action at Mifflin Tower

CSX train I157 rolls westbound through the CP25 interlocking in downtown Grafton, Ohio on the Greenwich Subdivision. Up front is a nice YN2 leader that also happens to be the "Spirit of Dante... (more)

An inbound Q train gets headroom at Hobart Tower as they break down their consist.

CR 6469 rattles across the NS diamonds in Marion, OH with an eastbound trailvan. The train is passing AC Tower that was active until 1994 and has since been moved across the right of way. It was q... (more)

a pair of Northwestern SD40-2's lead a transfer train past the old C&WI 40th Street tower in Chicago Illinois

An Amtrak AEM7 leads a Washington-bound train through the station area of Bowie, Maryland. The tower, which was closed by this time, would later be moved back from the tracks and become the center... (more)

Today's Star: In a scene almost reminiscent of the 1980s through the mid-1990s, ACS-64 #662, wrapped in Amtrak's classic Phase III paint scheme, leads the Silver Star, train 91, pas... (more)

CR 5007 paired with an SD50 leads symbol OIEL (Oak Island to Elkhart) past MG as the consist crosses over from No.3 to No.2 track. Behind 105 cars are a pair of SD40 helpers. MG was still an open ... (more)

Amtrak 768 crosses the San Pedro Sub at Hobart Tower as the train begins the 2nd half of its journey to San Diego.

A couple sets of yard power await their next assignment by Hobart Tower, with the LA skyline in the background.

Botsford (BO). Michigan Central's BO (Botsford) Tower opened on October 2, 1914 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Owned by the Michigan Central and once responsible for lines controlled by Grand Tru... (more)

The ghosts of MJ Tower guard the Soo Line/BN crossing in Superior, WI. in May of 1986.

Hunting(don) For Private Varnish? On the afternoon of March 13, 2021, Webb Rail's former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullman obs/diner/sleeper "Babbling Brook" (WEBX 800007) held t... (more)

A Saturday RS70 rumbles past the quaint B Tower with 43 cars of miscellaneous freight, including C&D hoppers, loaded stone cars, box cars, gondolas and spine cars to load containers of contaminate... (more)

Crossing the IC diamond at Pana, Illinois, is NYC's Southwestern Ltd with E8A 4041 and one passenger car in November 1965. The New York, NY to St. Louis, Mo Southwestern Limited was one of New Yo... (more)