An EMD HTCR-II truck used under a SD70M locomotive is rebuilt in the truck shop at Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks locomotive shop at North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 19, 2015. Two machinist... (more)

A welder cleans up a field weld with a grinder after a large gang of Union Pacific maintenance-of-way workers replaced the frog at the west switch of Mounds, Utah, on the morning of May 11, 2006.

The BNSF Aurora Subdivision stretches across nearly 260 miles of land traversing through both the states of Illinois and Wisconsin from Aurora to La Crosse. Perhaps some of the most scenic views o... (more)

Back in the CP Rail era, the eastbound Canadian's scheduled ten-minute stop at Banff, Alberta, provided a chance for passengers to stretch their legs and photographers to jump off for a quick shot... (more)

By the light of the moon. Missabe Road era signals still guard movements along the CN Iron Range Sub. For how much longer?

All red at CP Morgan. The Pennsy position lights have been guiding trains through Racine Avenue in Chicago since the 1920's. Over the next few days, they will be taken out of service and replaced ... (more)

Holding the weight of mammoth trains and allowing them to travel for vast distances, the rail I guess you could say is the backbone of the railroad. The letter "I" typically represents its shape.... (more)

Abandoned narrow gauge hopper cars belonging to the East Broad Top Railroad sit staged ready for an assignment that never came, left frozen in time. Though abandoned, they are not without ownersh... (more)

An elusive standard gauge tank car sits forlorn among narrow gauge hoppers in the woods of what was once the bustling Mount Union yard of the East Broad Top Railroad.

The perils of urban railfanning. A UP transfer rounds the curve at Division and pulls to a stop near the St. Paul Union Depot where they will wait for a barge to pass before they can proceed over ... (more)

A long abandoned hopper and a steel box car sit frozen in time, serving as a time capsule preserving a part of Mount Union's past. That is, so long as someone, or some group, remains in a position... (more)

Mother Nature wraps her limbs around a pair of abandoned narrow gauge hoppers at East Broad Top's Mount Union yard in an apparent attempt to reclaim the land.

EBT narrow gauge hoppers at rust at the north end of the East Broad Top Mount Union Yard. The hopper cars have sat here, frozen in time, since the railroad closed back on April 13, 1956. Though ... (more)

A Tree Grows in Mount Union

A tree makes its way to Heaven, piercing through the trucks and around the belly of a narrow gauge hopper car. The rusting car, one of over 200, has sat in Ea... (more)

A full moon rises behind the old Norfolk & Western CPLs in Radford, VA, on a cold Spring night.