Morning Wake-Up Call

On a quiet and otherwise calm Saturday in Dover, NJ the residents of these particular apartments awoke to the sound of a train literally in their backyard!... (more)

The Torrance Local heads over a small bit of street running that is a vestige of this line's one-time life as an interurban line. Heading down Vermont Avenue the train will soon turn back to its o... (more)

SB NS E25 has stopped in the middle of Hillsboro St. clear of all street intersections, and clear of the CSX ex-ACL switch which is against them, while the conductor walks ahead to line the switch... (more)

Street Running Surprise

While Augusta's 6th street was on the list for the big trip, this bit of street running was unknown to me prior. While we were hanging out at the Salisbu... (more)

Skating down the Santa Cruz Boardwalk on a DODX flatcar.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 whistles as it meets an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe double-stack train at Casa Blanca, four miles west of the Riverside Amtrak/Metrolink station. The steam engine i... (more)

High Greens on 11th Street

After stopping for a red traffic signal, it is now all "high greens" for Chicago South Shore & South Bend GP38-2 2000 as it trundles down Michiga... (more)

Chicago South Shore & South Bend GP38-2 2000 has 11th Street to itself on January 18th, 2016. It seems the snow and cold temperatures (-1º F, with a wind-chill that made it feel as if it were -1... (more)

Through The Parking Lot

The track layout on this line is similar to a model train layout. The latter part of train is crossing over Route 78, while 2814 is traveling through the pa... (more)

"Close Clearance"

H-81, the Croxton based local, maneuvers through some close clearance on Seamans Lead in Carlstadt, NJ, almost taking the bumper and grille off of a C... (more)

Signals - [Winter Solstice Study 2015] - Signals from the Santa Fe on display at the old Goff's School House Museum.

It’s time to play follow the leader on Beach Street in Santa Cruz.

An EBT train still sitting where it was parked when the railroad shut down in 1956. The track is the ramp that leads up to the coal bunker for filling the locomotive tenders. All along the EBT mai... (more)

SP 6051 is seen approaching Capital Ave near Embassy Suites near Old Sacramento

The last train to ever operate on the MMA Stanbridge Sub. The ex-MMA Stanbridge Sub (now owned by CMQ) has had crossings paved over in Farnham and in Bedford, thus sealing the fate of the l... (more)