Lock And Key - CSX executive equipment behind chain link and razor wire. Located next to the CSX Operations center in the heart of a Jacksonville's inner city.

Time Out- Snow falls lightly on WC's train 44, stopped in line trying to get to CSX's Barr Yard, in a very urban part of Chicago's west side. This scene has changed greatly in the past few years. ... (more)

Fly Over- CN makes good use of it's EJ&E by-pass route through Chicago. M342 jumps over a westbound BNSF Aurora Sub Scoot, at Eola.

Brain Box- Not every day you pull up behind a Caboose. Even in 96, only a select few Soo jobs used them. Shot off the nose of my WC SD45, this "Brain Box" guards the rear of a Soo pig transfer hea... (more)

Riding With Dad - Dad was an Engineer with the Milw/SOO/CP... I shot this in late winter 92'. This was one of the last trips taken with dad. It wasn't a couple months later, that I graduated from ... (more)

Clashing Cowl's - SD60F 5530 cools its jets, as another 60F clashes by.

Conductor Cook- Far away from punching tickets on Penn Central to Metro North commuter trains into Grand Central, Conductor Cook has been there and done that. 2 years before retirement, he braves ... (more)

Action - CP stripes reek action. All the hype of Flags, Beavers and otherwise, cant match the bold striping of CP's past.

Identity Theft - Its hard keeping a good Bluebird down. All the G-League grey and orange paint can't hide this units proud heritage. Once Boston & Maine 309, this unit displays B&M, Guilford, HLCX... (more)

Monday Morning Rails- Casey Jones would be proud. Illinois Central lettering survives to this day on a select few IC units. This shot taken a few years ago on the anniversary of his death, April 3... (more)

Empire Builders - Amtrak #7 and Indiana Railroad, both Empire Builders of sorts. These guys don't get a chance to get much face time together, but here we have "America's Engineer" C-Liner Willett... (more)

Cheddar Curtain- One of the pools to watch, is the run through agreement between the CP and INRD, which brings INRD 90mac's deep behind the Cheddar Curtain... CP 801- Empty- Fayette Indiana coke h... (more)

Hogback- CP trains 801 and 280 meet at speed on a hogback east of Columbus Wisconsin, on the CP Watertown sub.. 801 is an empty train of BNBX coke hoppers, powered by a pair of INRD 90mac's, heade... (more)

Frosty Start- Early, bone chilling frost complements an empty Weston coal bucket, about to top Byron Hill. WPSX Weston trains were lost to a UP routing soon after this photo was taken, leaving thi... (more)

Survivor - WC 3007, is but a handfuls of survivors. Here she stomps down the main at Vernon leading A446 one last time. Her days are numbered, in a few weeks she will be shut down and join the lin... (more)