Standing The Test Of Time. Heading north for Springfield, a shuttle train from New Haven heads north over the Farmington River. The cut-stone bridge has stood at this river crossin... (more)

Who Needs A Photo Line? Flagg Coal 75 performs a photo runby at Jericho Bridge during the Mass. Bay Railroad Enthusiasts Steam On The Naugy charter. Despite fellow RPer Kevi... (more)

Eying The Competition. FRVT's crew eyeballs a trucker pulling off the scale while they climb off the loco to go about their pickup.

Smoke Screen. While 734 sat between photo runs at Helmstetter's, wind and temperature conditions combined to obscure the engine in her own escaping steam and almost completely block... (more)

Go Time. With his train together and air test done, Q437 is all set to head west when the NA dispatcher can take him.

No Steam Today. Late in the season after the crowds die down, Strasburg uses its Brill motor car to protect weekday runs. On this Friday, the return leg of the 4:00 trip coincided ... (more)

For The Mileage Collectors. Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts' chartered Day Cape Codder performs a spirited photo runby along the Cape Cod Canal, showing off the result... (more)

Ladies In Waiting. DL 3000 and five of her sisters spend a Sunday night idling outside the tower. Come Monday morning, they'll climb over the Poconos to the Delaware Water Gap.

Taking A Breather. With two of his charges simmering quietly behind him, the roundhouse foreman takes a moment to enjoy a warm July night while he ponders his next move. A night... (more)

Just A Tease. The day's first runby was conducted in the Cumberland Narrows, to take advantage of the strong early-morning backlighting. The strong sunlight held the promise of a s... (more)

An F7 spends the night on a turntable between runs at one of the small engine terminals that were so common on the B&M, with its air supply connected to the turntable mechanism. This one is still... (more)

Reminders. Almost 20 years after Amtrak service was rerouted off the former Central Vermont and onto a parallel former New Haven line, white ballast and superelevated curves still r... (more)

With the late-afternoon shadows growing long, #10 returns to Alna, passing the enclosed water tank at the north end of the yard. Near the storage shed, volunteers discuss their days' work with th... (more)

Taking The Night Off. Railroading may be a 24-7 business, especially here in Framingham, but work trains tend to do their thing by day and get parked at night. CSXT 8856 spends the... (more)

Slowing to meet counterpart MOAY on the Buckland siding, AYMO rolls west past Cosby's Barn with two BNSF motors doing the honors. The long shadows testify to the approaching sunset.