Many years ago I purchased a number of negatives at auction that had been taken by the late O.S. Nock, the famed British railway author and signal engineer at Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co. Among... (more)

Nine tired NS war wagons head west for what will be their last trip out of Altoona. These units have been sold to Larry's Truck & Electric in Ohio and maybe someday, some of them will get a second... (more)

A Santa Fe work train was helping clear the mess following a sideswipe accident at the east end of Esperanza siding involving an eastbound piggybacker into the side of a train entering the east en... (more)

A fate other than scrap... on a stormy Pennsylvania day Strasburg Rail Road's Thomas operates to the delight of hordes of young children. In its previous life, Thomas was once Brooklyn Eastern Dis... (more)

Is there anything left to do at these iconic locations that hasn't been done before? Well, until you've been there yourself and shot it your way, yes! I love night photography. I have so much more... (more)

"NO BOUNDARIES COMPARE"
There is perhaps no boundary in the Continental United States that has been more influential in the history of the country than that of the West Line,... (more)

BNSF SD70MAC no. 8941 leads a BN painted SD70MAC and BNSF SD70ACe on the Laurel, Mont., to Denver, Colo., manifest near Broomfield on October 28, 2013.

"REMINDERS OF A RAILWAY'S PAST"
The fully loaded UBHF strains as 2 GP38-3's and 2 SD40-2's pull the 30 car heavy train up the mountain, passing by the former west end of the Sabillasvi... (more)

Stripping the colors out of the Union Pacific's North Yard results in a gritty, industrial feel to the Denver facility.

On April 25th, 2014 the crew of Norfolk Southern's T51 made its last run on the N&W's famed "Peavine." Orders were to pick up all equipment, railcars, and a switcher in Winchester, Ohio... (more)

425 races past Millers Crossing on a cold rainy day. This is day one of 425's fall foliage trips, and wet rails will prove to give 425 a challenge as she works her way North to Jim Thorpe,PA.

After retrieving a long cut of bulkhead flats for loading gypsum board at Sigurd, the Salina Local departs Provo Yard on Feb. 19, 1977. The local will travel 20 miles along the mainline through Sp... (more)

Standing tall and glaring down on this streamliner in its final hour, the scrapper looks like he's just slain a mighty beast as smoke rises from the wounds. The 486 was built in 1957 for the New ... (more)

A Rio Grande mixed freight heads east through Springville on Jan. 10, 1976. EMD GP30 No. 3011 is undergoing restoration at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden.

There may be no device more important to the American economy than the automatic railroad coupler. This device holds together the trains that keep the economy moving better than any other mode of ... (more)