One of the responsibilities of a Tower Operator was to inspect passing trains. On a steamy July 23, 2000, CSX Operator Paul Swain, pad and pencil in hand, was inspecting an empty hopper train as ... (more)

The CPL signals at Doe Gully, WV stand guard as a westbound freight approaches on April 10, 2004. Although the grades on the Magnolia Cut Off are mild, the westward signal at Doe Gully did rate "... (more)

Westbound BNSF passes the Nevada Northern's small yard at Shafter, NV.

An aerial shot of Mojave, CA. The UP Mojave sub can be seen coming down from the mountains into its namesake town. Also visible on the right are several aircraft from the Mojave aircraft boneyard.... (more)

A full moon softly illuminates the crossing point at the Williams Loop. A train, as yet unseen, approaches out of the Feather River Canyon to the west, turning the signal red.

A BNSF Kansas City-Pasco manifest freight, with a cut of Boeing 737 fuselages, rolls through Lombard, Montana. The train is passing the bridge over the Missouri River of the abandoned Milwaukee Ro... (more)

A Full Moon illuminates overcast skies over the Magnolia Cutoff and the B&O CPL signals at Carothers light up for a westbound train. These signals would continue to only shine for two more months ... (more)

Traveling Montana Rail Link’s Fourth Subdivision, an eastbound BNSF train approaches Trout Creek, Montana, on the evening of September 20, 2012. As the train streaks through the darkness and cas... (more)

It's after midnight under a setting half Moon as the Chambersburg to Chicago intermodal Q015 crosses the Potomac River and a heavy fog begins to lift off the water's surface. The glow in the dista... (more)

SRS 145 heads west on the NS as it nears Louisville.

Denver & Rio Grande Western's rerouting of its mainline bypassing the big Thistle landslide is well underway on June 15, 1983. The 3009 ft. tunnel under Billy's Mountain is nearing completion with... (more)

Fall has arrived along the route of the Georgetown Loop Railroad with the few aspens scattered throughout the valley now a brilliant yellow. West Side Lumber Co. Shay #9 is doing the honors at the... (more)

While looking for historic mining artifacts in Park City, we discovered the old D&RGW freight depot along Park Avenue. The Rio Grande removed trackage into Park City in 1948, but this structure sa... (more)

In April of 1983, the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad yard and the small town of Thistle, Utah became victims of of a landslide which dammed the Spanish Fork River. Residents of the small tow... (more)