A heavy coal train is rolling through high altitude countryside past remnants of a coal mining town that has bit the dust.

The Mine train to Pax returns after dropping off cars at a coal wash plant nearby.

Readville to Selkirk freight is on the move again after picking up orders from the junction tower operator. Off to the side notice a smashed box car, one load that did not make the trip west that ... (more)

The old train servicing area is a quiet Sunday morning place as trains lay over for the weekend. The only things moving in this part of Franklyn are the bikers. The RDCs in the background appear t... (more)

The Ocean Limited stops on it's eastward trip. The longest part of the pause is for replenishing ice blocks for the air conditioning on the elderly sleeping cars.

The MN&F was a short line operating a coal dock on the Ohio River beside the N&W and C&O yards. A glance at a satellite map shows that kenova is the site of massive yards and river barge loading d... (more)

I took this shot for the sake fo the unusual caboose.

With a few glimmers of the setting sun still available, CNR 6218 heads south back to New London. These 6218 trips in 1966 were a rare tribute to the end of steam on the CNR. It was fitting that so... (more)

I had just complete a trip from Sacramento on the Eastbound Zephyr. As i was leaving to visit friends at Sqwa Valley this freight appreared with unusual power.

Just imagine what great power has run on this shoreline route.

Along the road to Leyard I came upon a Penn Central freight at a grade crossing near Charleston. Luck was with me on this trip. The banjo crossing warning was an added feature.

The pride of the North is preparing for a sprint to Conway with trainload of tourists, railfans, rubbernecks and senior citizens.

This is the quintessential picture of industrial siding railroading in 1960’s New England. The Wrentam Branch freight from Readville is switching the Shoe Carton siding. At one time there would ... (more)