On April 17, 1979, my friend Paul Wester and his dad Pete Wester took me on a roadtrip to Horseshoe Curve. Back in those days, climbing over and around the hills there was far more acceptable. Her... (more)

Connecticut Southern train CSO-1 rolls through Wallingford on a dismal rainy night in January.

The Great Third Rail. Chicago, Aurora & Elgin no. 303 (Niles Car & Manufacturing Co., 1906) is seen being pulled around by Hartford Electric Light Co. no. 1 (GE, 1949) at the Connecticu... (more)

Open Cars. Montreal Tramways Co. open observation car no. 4 (MT Youville Shops, 1924) and Fair Haven & Westville Railroad Co. no. 355 (J. G. Brill Co., 1902) are seen at Hancock Siding ... (more)

Unprotected Crossing. Connecticut Company trolley no. 65 (Wason Manufacturing Co., 1906) is seen crossing Wells Rd in East Windsor, CT, while photographer turned crossing guard Marc Glu... (more)

Typical power on the Richford local in this era was two SW1200's.

Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) 765454, a railroad crane, rests in Mullins, South Carolina attached to several cupport cars. At the time, I thought CSX was positioning it there for the next inevitable C... (more)

NS power leads this westbound QNSABAR on a cold morning along the Needles Sub.

On a very rainy St. Patrick's Day 2014, crews of two Lanaster and Chester trains have combined to bring a cut of cars on the wye track that leads to the "new" CSX interchange that was bu... (more)

Greenville, SC-based Republic Locomotive built this item for Cemex and it is stationed at the City Point (Cocoa) yard for switching. More about this can be found here: http://www.republiclocomotiv... (more)

Powered and Unpowered. Springfield Electric Railway lightweight combination car no. 16 (Wason Manufacturing Co., 1926) is seen passing Hartford Electric Light Co. no. 1 (GE, 1949) on th... (more)

Sleighs and Semaphores. Montreal Tramways open observation car no. 4 (MT Youville Shops, 1924) is seen on the Connecticut Trolley Museum's main track next to their freshly repainted - a... (more)

Tunnel of Lights. Springfield Electric Railway lightweight combination car no. 16 (Wason Manufacturing Co., 1926) and Connecticut Electric Railway line car S-193 (Ponemah Mills, 1985) a... (more)

The Richford Local is crossing the Missisquoi River as it returns to St. Albans from Richford.

Open Car Meet. Fair Haven & Westville Railroad Co. 355 and Montreal Tramways Car 4 were posed side by side at Hancock Siding on the night of Saturday, January 21, 2023. These 2 open cars ar... (more)