How ya doin'? Fill it up diesel..." The engineer and car dealership employee shoot the breeze as the 44-tonner gets fed. The dealership which owns the Java Center depot supports and helps t... (more)

The State of Alaska's stand on no weed spraying on the ARR provides many opportunities for unique views such as this one of ARR 4003 leading a southbound Princess Cruises Denali Express train as i... (more)

A year and one month later I was given the opportunity to shoot Gerdau Ameristeel's SW1200 once again, this time in the dead line with an ex-Raritan River Steel crane instead of Railroad: Gerdau Ameristeel
Locomotive: EMD SW1200
Location: Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: GAXX L212
Train ID: Switcher
Photo Date: June 09, 2008

1512 at Aboño (Gijón) is a long way from it's other 12 classmates on the scenic La Robla route. It has been stationed here for some time now, its sole job being to draw coal trains through the h... (more)

The Kenosha trolley has both street and grass running.

There are tracks in those weeds! A westbound train heads out of Portage la Prairie

Running thru the grass.

Prairie railroading! This is the north switch at Fairburn and it is blown in with Tumble weeds. The first 5 cars of our pickup where "Drifted" in with tumble weeds up to 9 feet high.

Prairie railroading! This is the north switch at Fairburn and it is blown in with Tumble weeds. The first 5 cars of our pickup where "Drifted" in with tumble weeds up to 9 feet high.

Roster shot of the 6525, a unit on the roster of the Great Walton RR, one of the more obscure shortlines of Georgia.

NECR 3843 on the point of train 608 in Franklin was exchanged to the NECR from the Goderich-Exeter Railway (GEXR).

#142 backs down the line (away from the camera!) with a mid-afternoon excursion.

#142 is framed by dense foliage as she approaches a road crossing near Carpentersville. Though the leaves have not yet begun to show their colors, fall is still in the air.

#142 passes another relic from days gone by as she makes her way southbound through the small town of Carpentersville at a brisk pace.

Though #142 may have been built in China a mere eighteen years ago, this scene could easily depict a mixed freight train on a rural branchline in the 1940s.