While counting the rings on this tie made me think of how the life of the frog that it sits on is over and the life of the tie has just begun. The age of the tree that made this tie was probally ... (more)

Pre-dawn "High Green" at Brighton Park, back when the count down to the end was on.

Truck and tank car used to fill propane at sidings blowers

An industrial diesel shunter in the yard at Keighley on the KWVR.

With their work done for the day, a CSX truck shoves ballast cars back across the Ohio to clear the main.

Union Pacific's Cheyenne Depot was completed in 1887.

With all the passengers onboard the eastbound California Zephyr, the conductor stands alone on the platform, waiting for the departure toward Chicago.

New humvees on the MSDGBAR or "Daygo"

The loaded coal CATJO9 28 rolls by the signals on Converse County Road 43.

In late 1890 the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley first reached Deadwood, SD. The Chicago and North Western Railway acquired control of the FE&MV in the late 1800s. In 1903, the FE&MV was formal... (more)

The heritage of this truck shows in the casting.

The attractive station of Vale do Peso on the line between Torre das Vargens and Marvão-Beirã. Note the name spelt out in contrasting mosaic on the platform.

Falsgrave signal box sits on the West end of Scarborough station. The station 'box was closed in 1984, leaving this one to control the entire layout. Note the North Eastern region orange sign and ... (more)

A signal crew is clearing off of the mainline at the station at Brunswick, Maryland, with the remains of an old B&O CPL signal that had been in place at the west end of the yard.