Severed—forever?
In early March 2014, a 30-foot boulder came crashing down the mountainside above Minturn, slamming onto the Tennessee Pass main line below while breaking in two and de... (more)

The former car floats of the Long Island Rail Road became part of Gantry Plaza State Park in Long Island City, NY in 1998. The park has been expanding on the waterfront since, and is a popular des... (more)

Both sides of the tunnel.... Wish I could have caught the Big Boy and company here. Pretty good eats across the Interstate at Taggart's Grill.

A passenger heads for the South Concourse of Chicago Union Station in a portion of the facility “remodeled” in 1991 on November 8, 2018. A recent renovation of the main waiting room has recent... (more)

Two crew members are out inspecting an eastbound train that has just left Mac Yard for points north and west on this cold winters evening.

The Allegany Dispatcher on Norfolk Southern has had a very busy night on the Pittsburgh Line. Due to a 12 hour work window to cut in new signals at UN, AR and remove signals at MP 244, 245, and 24... (more)

A derailment on the morning of Saturday, May 11, 2019 in Tifft Yard in Buffalo, New York lead to an extensive and rapid clean up. A cut of tank cars found their way off the rails at the interchang... (more)

An eastbound races across the cornfields of northern Ohio, taking a clear signal at the CD 309 as the sunrise progresses early on a summer morning.

Two clear signals shine down the rails of the former C&O with an orange glow on the horizon and a million stars in the sky above on a tranquil night along the Pemberville Subdivision. The classic ... (more)

Its 5am and Eastern Kentucky is waking up. The core of our galaxy is rising over the classic C&O cantilever that faithfully keeps its watch over the Big Sandy Subdivision, as it's done for over ha... (more)

Making the best of sadness. The history of this spot is most famously known for the tragic events of May 8, 1974, when the bridge that now carries the Walkway Over The Hudson used to carry trains ... (more)

With heavy mist coming off the water, CN Q120 hustles along Folly Lake, Nova Scotia at sunrise.

A Classic's Demise

It was a dreary morning, appropriate for this scene. The signal bridge at milepost 225 on the old PRR Middle Division hangs in the air as work crews guide it along... (more)

Just around the corner from where the Not-Quite-As-Mighty Willamette River joins the Mighty Columbia River in Portland OR, is the Columbia Grain Facility. In this scene the bulk ship Mamma Mia is... (more)

For decades, the position light signals of the Pennsylvania RR have stood the test of time. But all things must eventually come to an end. By the close of April 2019, these signals will fall victi... (more)