Under a clear sky, the signals at Control Point Belcher display a Clear Signal on a cool late Spring evening.

Silhouetted against a clear night sky are the Searchlights at Control Point Simon along the Guyandot River Branch.

Moving Fuel. On the afternoon of May 26, 2019, Norfolk Southern Train 776 (Shire Oaks, PA-Hyco, NC) with coal loads passed Train 65E (Linden, NJ-Chicago, IL) with ethanol empties in Summer... (more)

One of those nights a person just doesn't forget. Standing trackside at 0100 on a peaceful night watching the sky come alive.

Rolling Scrap. With NYNJ Rail's locomotives dealing with the inbounds coming from New Jersey on the NYNJ 100 barge, the yard in Brooklyn, New York is usually bare on the morning of March 25... (more)

The clean up Saturday morning after a loaded rock train southbound with UP power had an Oopsie daisy derailment Friday night.

The clean up Saturday morning after a loaded rock train southbound with UP power had an Oopsie daisy derailment Friday night.

April Showers NS 22X rolls east down the hill into a severe thunderstorm. If you look closely, you can see NS 8025, the Monongahela heritage unit third out.

Lonely History. The Leaderfoot Viaduct still stands over the River Tweed, awaiting another train since the last one crossed its majestic structure in July 1965.

Covering nearly every inch of the rail but the rail head, grease has accumulated on about a 15 foot section of rail at the lubricator pumps. The grease is used to protect the wheel and rail from ... (more)

On a snowy night the GSMR Bryson City car sits in downtown Bryson City waiting the night for tomorrow's excursion.

The Classic Insull Style. The sole survivor on an active railroad of the eleven Mediterranean Revival style stations constructed during Samuel Insull's ownership of the area interurbans can... (more)

The crew has finished loading 145 ore cars up at Minntac has called for signals to depart and head back towards Two Harbors. RTC has given them the lights to proceed.

Metra in Texas on display in the museum

A Grand Birthday. On February 1, 1913, the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad opened the Beaux-Arts style Reed and Stem/Warren and Wetmore designed Grand Central Terminal to the publi... (more)