One for the modelers: PRR kept this fire equipment handy, just in case. Was there a concealed water cannon behind the walls of the tender frame at the head end? It was stored at the St. Clair Av... (more)

From the lookout point at Kama Bay, I was able to spot this guy passing through Red Rock, some 12 miles distant as the crow flies. A half-hour later, he was passing my location as the morning sun ... (more)

The era for the ex-Santa Fe signals are coming to an end on the Marceline Sub on BNSF Transcon Mainline. Many places new signals have been cut in and the old signals are stripped down and are dorm... (more)

The era for the ex-Santa Fe signals are coming to an end on the Marceline Sub on BNSF Transcon Mainline. Many places new signals have been cut in and the old signals are stripped down and just dor... (more)

The era for the ex-Santa Fe signals are coming to an end on the Marceline Sub on BNSF Transcon Mainline. Many places new signals have been cut in and the old signals are stripped down and just dor... (more)

A Full Moon rises over the former B&O East End of the Cumberland Division on an S-Curve near Hedgesville in February 2012

Not seeing a train since the mid 70's, this bridge is now part of the Willard Munger Trail. This bridge originally carried the Northern Pacific Railway's "Short Line" between Carlton and Duluth a... (more)

The former DW&P railroad depot near the end of Chestnut Street in Virginia, MN is in the fog from the yet unfrozen Silver Lake on a cold December evening. A nearby detector from a northbound CN f... (more)

The prairie sun sets during harvest time on the MPLI (ex-M&St.L Railway) at Fairfax, MN.

Here's an old relic. The Duluth and Iron Range Railroad or D&IR was formed in 1874 by Charlemagne Tower to haul iron ore from the Minnesota Iron Co. in Tower, Minnesota, to the new Lake Superior p... (more)

On the east side of Joliet around the turn of the century, and in the heyday of railroads, there were four rail yards within one mile of each other. The Elgin Joliet & Eastern, The Michigan Centr... (more)

It is a star filled night in northern Missouri along the Marceline Sub. Sign of changes are still evident as new and old signals stand along the right of way for now. These ex-Santa Fe cantilever ... (more)

Sunset is just about to disappear as night sets in in northern Missouri. A set of crossovers in middle of now where along the Marceline Sub at MP 276, is Gorin. New signal have been cut in to repl... (more)

The East Broad Top 1910 built two stall engine house located in Mount Union, PA. The building received a new roof in 1993 and was made more secure. It is equipped with pits under both tracks and... (more)

Hmm... I'll bet if you cut the tree down, counted the number of rings, you'd know roughly how long it's been since the last freight car rolled over these rails.

Stumped? Well, don't get the ... (more)