A western diamondback rattlesnake has awakened from a nap while warming itself along a rail of the Copper Basin Railway main line near Tunnel 3 at Riverside, Arizona, on the afternoon of March 18,... (more)

An eleven minute exposure finds eastbound doublestacks making track speed downgrade into Minot over 1792' long Gassman Coulee Trestle, among the longest on the former GN. Photo taken from private... (more)

The 50th Anniversary Santa Claus Special nears the end of its run, with local citizens on the ground waiting for the train staff and Santa to heave gifts off the back platform of the business car ... (more)

AMT 809 is arriving in Montreal, with a number of cranes visible around the always changing skyline.

The station at McAdam, New Brunswick festive for Christmas, with the trees along the front, and lights along the roof railing. A few weeks ago was Christmas In McAdam, but unfortunately I couldn't... (more)

Traffic in Georgetown encounters an unexpected delay as the "Edwin Brazelton Snead" heavyweight passenger car is moved at walking speed for roughly three miles. This car was formerly the Missouri-... (more)

A signal head, a CP speeder and Cabin D (a wooden interlocking tower built by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1896) are seen at the Roundhouse Park near downtown Toronto.

This shot was taken around 1969 or 1970, shortly after the transition from NYC to PC. The view is looking east on the Michigan Central Porter Branch, with the N&W ex Wabash 4th District crossing i... (more)

Now that's HOT!... The fusion of rails has just been made through the process of "Thermite Welding". Part of the hardened sand mould (which incloses and promotes the welding process) an... (more)

AMT 809 passes the Peel Basin on a sunny fall morning.

A CNJ survivor and Scranton landmark - built in 1891 at the top of a switchback, this freight house served as the Western most terminus for the railroad originating in Jersey City. An equally impr... (more)

The signals at Dickerson, MD in the early morning hours in September, 2017 taken from the MARC Station as on oncming eastbound approaches.

An eastbound manifest turns the corner around the curve on the PRR mainline through Mapleton, PA as it turns out, an empty hopper train enters the westbound block at Jacks and activates the 193W s... (more)