At the CN's Family Day at Taschereau Yard in Montreal PQ, the engineering department was showing a rail exothermic welding demonstration. Thermite welding is widely used to weld railway rails. The... (more)
We are at GI Tower (closed June 1968) looking northeast along the NYC's mainline from Louisville to Colombus, Indiana. This area would be completely unrecognizable today. Any sign that the railroa... (more)
This is the north approach to the Big Four Bridge which spans the Ohio River between Jeffersonville, IN and Louisville, KY. The photo was taken looking south along Mulberry Street in Jeffersonvill... (more)
Southern Railway searchlights are on their last stand here at Delaplain, just north of Georgetown, KY on the 1st District of the CNO&TP. With the blue hour coming to an end, nightfall is eminent a... (more)
The approach signals east of Columbia on the NS Port Road stand as silent beacons in the night sky. Usually heavily used under the cover of darkness, they won't be seeing any traffic this night. A... (more)