An eastbound grain train crosses the CSX Toledo Branch at Dunkirk, passing the tower that once controlled the interlocking.

Local from Warren passes Newton Falls Tower with cars for the westbound siding.

How tomorrow moves, by yesterday

One of CSX Transportation's first Tier 4 locomotives leads train G650 past the historic NJ Cabin that is still miraculously standing... for the time being... (more)

A pair of ex-Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2s pauses by SO Tower, which was virtually destroyed by arsonists in November of 2008 and razed shortly afterward. No. 6658 was built by EMD in November, 1972 as... (more)

On a gloomy afternoon in Los Angeles a pair of BNSF switch engines pause briefly between duties at San Pedro Junction, where UP's San Pedro branch crosses BNSF's busy San Bernardino Subdivision. U... (more)

On its way to the engine terminal, a set of Conrail power takes a crossover controlled by Steel tower. One of the regular operators at Steel tower was the late Eddie Mink, who would hold court wit... (more)

A pair of nine-month-old Chicago & North Western SD50’s lay in front of Broadway tower in Green Bay.

Just two days after “Snowmageddon 2016”, proof of Jonas’ wrath is still evident in Altoona as 156 leads the Pennsylvanian past the former Pennsylvania Railroad Interlocking tower “Alto” ... (more)

"Winter"

An F45/GP40 mutt provides power for an express from Port Jervis past the Rutherford Junction tower.

Dressed for the Chessie, former Reading T-1 2101 hauls the Chessie Steam Special past the tower at Porter on the return trip to Chicago from Hartford, MI to help celebrate the Sesquicentennial of ... (more)

Keeping traffic moving over the mountain grades in the Alleghenies is these set of helpers based out of Altoona. Helper crews keep busy shoving or moving around to be in position for the next shov... (more)

The local is waiting for the signal on the former NKP westward siding in 1982. The EJ&E Porter Line is visible adjacent HO tower.

A B40 with a Conrail "Labor/Management Project" nose decal is westbound by the 1942-built MG (Mid-Grade) Tower. The tower is about 1 mile west of Horseshoe Curve, and was offered by Lio... (more)

"A SCENE SOON TO CHANGE"
CSX Q216 passes by the closed Mexico Tower and the soon to be replaced B&O CPL signals as E705 patiently waits with a new crew to head westward. For... (more)

Re-Qualifying Run.

Morristown & Erie 18 is on the Montclair/Boonton Line main at Denville, New Jersey heading West. This was an official M&E run which went down the whole ... (more)