Norfolk Southern’s Cement Secondary is an interesting collection of former LNE and LV lines that are worked out of Allentown Monday through Friday. Passing through the massive plant in Nazareth,... (more)

The evening commute is in full swing as three trains are passing by “Dock” tower and through the Passaic River bridge. The tower, which was fully manned up until just a few years ago controlle... (more)

Through the costal bluffs, not around them! In their new role, these former Rio Grande look a bit out of place, but are still a welcome sight with that classic paint scheme. The hoppers behind the... (more)

Ross Rowland puts on quite a show as he brings 614 out of Hoboken with a long train of fans. I believe that this was the first time steam has run out of here since the days of the steam powered Ph... (more)

Fall is coming to the Gap as the Portland bound turn passes through. The lead unit was originally purchased by the Lehigh Valley RR and looks right at home on this line.

At first glance, this train appears to be a caboose hop crossing the St. Maries River. Coupled behind the caboose are 35 center-beam cars that were picked up at the Union Pacific interchange and a... (more)

NYSW 142 doubles-heads with C&O 614 for one of the last of Ross Rowland’s popular “Iron Horse Rambles” on New Jersey Transit rails. Here the train has been reassembled after turning the loco... (more)

The Portland & Western’s ex SP&S line to Astoria still handles a lot of logs as the local turn pulls into Rainer with 19 loads to be dropped.

Scott Wickert adjusts his speed as he leads the excursion train north into town. Normally, he is the lead engineer of Heisler #2, but that unit developed a minor seal leak earlier in the day and t... (more)

As night falls on the quite suburban town of Wyckoff, the northbound manifest train breaks the peace for a few minutes as it hurries through.

The moon rises over the remains of the Bethlehem Steel plant as an incoming train illuminates the yard full of inter-model cars. Not long ago, this facility was one of the largest producers of ste... (more)

The sun has just set on Newark, but there’s plenty of action on three converging rail systems. In the center, Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor line is hosting a NJ Transit train, which is a few min... (more)

The Portland Turn passes through the Delaware Water Gap on its way to Slateford Junction to pick up the Norfolk Southern interchange cars. The Appalachian Trail provides this view, which is about ... (more)

Late spring finds the creeks full from the melting snow as an eastbound BNSF manifest train exercises its trackage rights to Denver.

The California Zephyr climbs the Rookies on its westward trek. I lost my breath twice on this shot, first the hike up, and then the view from the rocks! For a just off the plane, flat-lander from ... (more)