I surprised how busy the UP coal mainline to the PRB was in the 2 hours we were around it. 5-6 empties chased each other west out of North Platte towards South Morrill. As we worked east the scene... (more)

No meets today. Indeed, meets are scarce these days on this portion of the Indiana Sub, with J780 having the line all to itself here, passing the only intact siding left between Mitchell and Seymo... (more)

During the sweet golden hour, an eastbound autorack train NS 244 pass by a long abandoned pole line east of Wawaka, Indiana on the NS Chicago Line. A lone insulator is still attached to the conduc... (more)

Old code line poles still stand along the Buffalo Line in Lock Haven, PA. Bound for Baltimore, MD, NS train 632 enters the sleepy town of Lock Haven behind two GEs.

Eastbound NS 122 rounds the curve at West Peru, IN just a mile or so from a crew change at Peru as it makes its way to Detroit, MI sometime in the 1990s. K64 scan.

Palmer Lake relics and Heritage
Now MIA these charming code line poles are gone. Little did I know in a matter of a month or so after I shot this frame with 1989 in April 2020 the B... (more)

CSX 5313 West passing through the cut with C&O code line poles at Greenwood Station during the golden hour.

A GP60M, GP50, SD452u combination bring a westbound through the sag at Maine, AZ. The locomotives, station sign, signals and code line spoke of an era that was passing all too rapidly.

A blue and yellow freight F7 the 254, is replacing the usual E8M on the No.191, the Denver to LaJunta passenger train as it passes Littleton on November 11, 1970. It is near the end of Santa Fe p... (more)

With the C&O era code line still standing, this scene along the Indiana Eastern's former C&O of Indiana mainline at Milepost 44 on the south side of Cottage Grove is almost like something right ou... (more)

261 performs a photo runby for the passengers during the lunch break at Bongards, Minnesota. TC&W has not yet removed the old Milwaukee Road code line from this location.

Classic American Railroading. Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is seen splitting the semaphores near Bernal, New Mexico as it climbs the steep grade through the mountains. ... (more)

While the man attraction of the Raton pass line is the semaphores, another disappearing element of the railroad fabric that lingers on Raton is the code line. Some code lines remain, but the numbe... (more)

Lake State Railway train Z127 works its way southbound as it crosses Munger Road next to the still active searchlight signals and code line.

Amtrak train #3 flies down the former Santa Fe towards Albuquerque, NM. Seen here passing history on a pole, the Southwest Chief doesn't mess around. Also note, the westbound semaphore for the mai... (more)